Associate, Food Safety & Quality (61020)

TITLE: Food Safety & Quality Associate (FSQA Associate)

DEPARTMENT: Quality Assurance

REPORTS TO: Supervisor,Food Safety & Quality Assurance 

About the Role

The Food Safety & Quality Associate is responsible for performing standardized food safety and quality control checks to ensure that the products meet the required legal and company standards for safety and quality. This role is required to maintain calibrations, monitor equipment, check product integrity, and identify areas for quality control improvement.

How You’ll Make a Difference

• Follow and implement Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Train receiving teams on food safety and quality control procedures.
• Support Culinary QCs/leads in day-to-day food safety quality checks in adherence to preventive controls.
• Work closely with production line QCs/leads to ensure complete and accurate record keeping.
• Support production QCs/leads in day-to-day food safety quality checks and in adherence to preventive controls.
• Train production teams on food safety and quality control procedures.
• Assist with training, instruction, and support on all manufacturing equipment.
• Work closely with the sanitation team to implement the Master Sanitation Program
• Verify adherence to Preventive Controls, Processing Parameters, CCPs, Allergen, and Sanitation programs
• Ensure Quality Management Systems and Food Safety programs comply with the regulatory requirements and 3rd party food safety standards (local, state, federal, GMP, SQF)
• Ensure allergen program, allergen declaration per recipe, and labeling requirements are met 
• Conduct internal audits to monitor food safety quality, processes, facilities, and quality systems.
• Submit complete and accurate audit reports within established timelines.
• Monitor and verify day-to-day QA and Food Safety records.
• Help build out an internal auditing process & certification program.
• Conduct pre-operational line inspections and residual swabs.
• Calibrate critical equipment- thermometers, pH meters, scales, etc.
• Oversee Sanitation and environmental testing program.
• Additional duties that may be assigned

Who You Are 

• AA degree (Bachelor's preferred) in food Safety & quality management or a related field
• 2-3 years of experience as a Food Safety Specialist or Quality Technician in a food manufacturing environment is required; 
• Valid Food Handlers Certification for state working in 
• Desire to grow into leadership positions and develop leadership skills
• Strong communication skills that put people first and ability to balance empathy and direct feedback in order to both support and advocate for the team and also maintain consistent standards of performance
• Ability to form effective working relationships with cross-functional teams
• Ability to adhere to company SOPs and implement new initiatives as needed
• Strong analytical and mathe