Director, Quality and Food Safety Process Engineer

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

August 4, 2024

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Primary Job Location: (USA) Will need to be currently located in or willing to relocate to the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Travel: This role requires up to 25% travel with a minimum of 3 days a week in the office.

A Director, Quality and Food Safety Process Engineer is responsible for the supervision, regulation, and validation of all elements of a company's food processing operations. This involves ensuring the quality of products and food safety processing principles in operations meet local, and national, regulations, along with company policies and standards.

Required Experience: 
 

*Minimum 7 years of engineering experience in the food and beverage industry. 
*Must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, food sciences, food safety, microbiology or related field. 
*Certifications in food safety such as HACCP and PCQI, as well as knowledge of hygienic design. 

• Must have strong Leadership Engineering Experience in these areas to ensure food safety and quality programs are fit for purpose and managed appropriately as it is crucial for this role. 

• Ability to demonstrate a thorough understanding of food safety and quality program risks during product processing. 

• Experience with thermal, aseptic, retort, ESL products, and processing. 

• Comprehensive knowledge of food safety regulations, process validation, sanitation principles, and sanitary design.

​What You’ll Do for Us  

• Support the development, management, and implementation of Quality and Food Safety (QFS) programs in the processing division. 

• Oversee and validate processing activities, new technologies, products and packaging to ensure they meet specific product quality, food safety criteria, as well as regulatory and company requirements. 

• Audit and monitor processing procedures for compliance with food safety and quality policies. 

• Collaborate with other teams such as QSE governance team, bottler operations, supply chain, copackers and Governance for Growth (G4G) partner teams to ensure seamless deployment of process control measures. 

• Evaluate, design, and implement new technologies for the production process. 

• Conduct risk assessments of the processing steps, engineering controls and enforce food safety standards. 

• Required to ensure Quality by Design / QFS due-diligence, setting up product manufacturing requirements, develop validation protocols, ensure successful scaleup and release of products & packages. 

• Support productivity / optimization efforts in packaging. 

• Provide guidance and training to support franchisee operations product and consumer complaint investigations, non-compliances, root cause analysis, process improvements, and other organizational initiatives. 

• Review/provide technical reports, data analysis, and make recommendations to key stakeholders. 

• Stay up to date with emerging food safety practices and technologies, make recommendations for continuous improvements, and ensure the team is trained to the latest industry standards.