Food Safety / Quality Assurance Auditor

Whitestone, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 3/13/2024
Up to $70000

The Food Safety/Quality Assurance Auditor is responsible for the successful quality and compliance management operations at Jetro/Restaurant Depot locations. This is done through process performance audits to ensure all applicable corporate operating procedures, federal, state, county, and municipal laws, regulations, and/or ordinances meet or exceed expectations and to act when predefined standards are not met.

Responsibilities:
  • Partner with management to lead quality initiatives that develop and maintain a high performing, scalable, and compliant quality system
  • Perform or oversee routine audits of compliance processes to assure accuracy and thoroughness of completion
  • Participate in and facilitate state regulatory compliance inspections, investigate, and resolve compliance concerns, issues, or violations while working with department.
  • Label/packaging review adhering to requirements
  • Works with FSQA - co-workers and operations to identify all regulatory requirements and
  • Ensuring all relevant product safety and quality records are reviewed and filed properly.
  • Training new hires on GMP and Food safety related subjects.
  • Participating in Internal audits and keep track of trends.
  • Conduct research on compliance topics.
  • Ensures that compliance issues/concerns within Jetro/Restaurant Depot are being appropriately evaluated, investigated, and resolved
  • Work with department leaders to troubleshoot any deficiencies that surface, to ensure issues get rectified quickly with high standard
  • Analyze facility trends to assess potential areas of continued non-compliance
  • Routinely reviews monthly corporate QA/QC documentation and assures that all areas of concern are addressed appropriately according to corporate policy and regulatory standards
  • Perform assigned Quality Inspections
  • Perform improvement projects as identified.
  • Collect quality data and report metrics to management.
  • Monitors compliance to established Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidance.
  • Expected to adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP and HACCP guidelines, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained.
  • Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect product safety, product quality or personnel safety.
  • Maintain a positive work atmosphere.
  • May make decisions and perform the job responsibilities of the Quality & Compliance Manager in their absence.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • Qualifications
  • Associate degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field required, Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field preferred
  • 3 years of regulatory compliance management including interfacing with regulators and inspectors
  • 5 years work experience with a proven track record of building and developing QA/QC processes and systems
  • Must have the knowledge and skills required to work in a fast paced and challenging environment
  • Must be able to work variable day shifts dependent on business need
  • Knowledge of the GMP, HACCP and Environmental sanitation programs
  • Experience with GMP, HACCP, PCQI or similar certification experience preferred
  • Possess a strong knowledge of sanitary design, specification, and implementation of food\\pharmaceutical processing systems
  • Exceptional computer skills in Microsoft® Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) a plus

Additional Requirements
  • Must possess valid driver's license
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively within the organization.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.
  • Willingness to do 25-50% overnight travel
  • An ability to think ahead, plan a full shift and prepare action plans to achieve results.
  • An ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.
  • The possession of quality orientation and attention to detail, problem analysis and resolution.
  • Must have knowledge of basic warehouse food safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
  • Must be PCQI certified.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
  • Occasional lifting, carrying 50 lbs;
  • Occasional pulling, pushing pallets 100-500 lbs.
  • Frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching.
  • Frequent exposure to cold/freezing temperatures.
  • Frequent Exposure to moving equipment within warehouses.
  • Frequent walking on concrete floors.

Benefits:

Medical, Vision, Dental, company matched 401K, Vacation/Personal Days

Pay Range: $62,500 - $72,500

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