Safe Quality Food Specialist

Job Category:

Quality

Job Family:

Plant Quality Assurance

Work Shift:

B (United States of America)

Job Description:

Support the Quality Assurance Department in the maintenance and documentation of partner training records.

Work closely with Quality Assurance, Production, Human Resources, IS, Sanitation, Support, Home Office, and other pertinent plant partners.

Validation and verification audits to ensure plant compliance with SQF elements.

Assures measurement is in place to document outages, demonstrate performance of plant departments, and individual plant partners against the Safe Quality Food Standards.

Develop forms, registers, and standard operating procedures for SQF processes that comply with SQF program and organizational requirements.

Develop measurement tools which show compliance/non-compliance with Safe Food Quality Standards as established by the program.

Disseminate information to plant partners and leadership to demonstrate compliance and potential for improvements.

Must be able to identify and understand customer requirements.

Prepare for audits and meet all requirements.

Play a key coordination role in SQF certification audits.

Monitor and coordinate the control of SQF documents.

Maintain confidential files of partners and outside vendors and professionals.

Train leaders and hourly partners in defined SQF programs and policies.

Help define and implement continuous improvement concepts into SQF programs that align with corporate processes.

Verify document and system conformance.

Monitor corrective action and preventative action processes.

Maintain and monitor plant partner training registers and documentation.

Complete weekly, period, and quarterly reports.

Verify document and system conformance.

Monitor corrective action and preventative action processes.

Perform complaint investigations and write the appropriate responses in the OPM system.

Track and identify patterns that can lead to appropriate reaction plans.

Expected to work with various computer systems including Word, Excel, RMCS, OPM, etc.

Maintain alignment of plant SQF processes to an overall HO or company program.

Perform other duties, projects, responsibilities as directed by the Quality Assurance Team Leader.

Work with lab technicians to monitor and improve testing accuracy through the use of internal cross check methods.

Maintain and track product to put on hold and provide all recall information.

Proficient PC skills such as Microsoft Excel and Word are required.

Must follow Good Manufacturing Practices and good housekeeping guidelines.

Must follow safety guidelines, wear designated Personal Protective Equipment, and meet OSHA Safety Requirements.

Perform all process CP, CCP, QP, and CQP checks required for the position.

Follow reaction plans for Food Safety, Food Quality, and customer requirement deviations.

Be able to identify and understand customer requirements and assist in assuring proper production operation.

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