Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory Manager

Morton Salt is an iconic, 175-year-old company with a strong heritage and a bright future. We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team who constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for managing all FSQR activities and programs at the site level. It serves as the management representative for all applicable areas within Quality and Food Safety to ensure that we satisfy our customers, comply with corporate and local/state/federal legal and regulatory requirements, and continuously improve our systems, processes, and culture. Ensures product safety, integrity, legality, quality, and authenticity of all products produced.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage a team consisting of FSQR Technicians across multiple shifts, including annual reviews and career progression.
• Lead the site in all Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory related activities for human food, pharmaceutical, animal food, water conditioning and industrial grade products, when applicable at location.
• In the U.S. or Canadian sites shipping to the U.S., act as Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) and ensure all requirements are met for PCs/CCPs/oPRPs for FSMA and/or SFCR.
• Ensure compliance with specifications, customer, and regulatory requirements at the site.
• Lead the consumer and/or customer complaint investigations process, including conducting root cause analysis and driving corrective action plans, up to and including into manufacturing processes and/or product specification(s).
• Lead the process at the site for all food safety and quality opportunities including verification of effectiveness of corrective action plans.
• Lead the site for all quality and food safety audits including internal, third party, and regulatory agencies. Responsible for leading the closure of any Non-Conformances.
• Lead the site in determining the annual FSQR Program and Food Safety training needs for all employees.
• Drives Quality and Food Safety culture at the site.
• Lead and manage the disposition of all products placed on hold due to incident, out of specification test results, obsolete or slow-moving inventory.
• Lead recruiting efforts with Talent Acquisition Manager to hire and retain FSQR employees at the site.
• Serves as the Food Safety Program Team Leader, to ensure the Food Safety Plan is established, implemented, and maintained. Ensures the plan is reviewed and updated annually or as needed.
• Lead the Food Safety and Quality function regarding any applicable product safety and environmental monitoring programs.
• Maintain and update the site mock recall program and conduct traceability exercises, as required.
• Manage the FS&Q Management System for the site, to include development, maintenance and implementation of all site level policies, procedures, and work instructions that affect quality and/or food safety of the products.
• Oversees quality laboratory testing and review/approve results.
• Participate in the Management of Change (MOC) process at the site.
• Conduct regular reviews of the facility’s Pre-requisite Programs (PRPs), GMP Compliance, and Sanitation/Housekeeping Compliance.
• Sits as a member of top site management to lead and guide the facility.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, or other related science field
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a food, feed or USP manufacturing FSQR laboratory
• Strong knowledge of International Safety Protocol (ISP) and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), Standards and Regulatory Requirements of FDA FSMA, HACCP Programs.
• As applicable, knowledge of USP regulations.
• PCQI-certification in Human and/or Animal Feed preferred.
• Highly self-motivated, high energy and ability to work independently and team contributor and collaborator, show initiative, and drive positive change in system, processes, and culture.
• Ability to understand and comply with all company policies and procedures as well as all applicable local/state/federal regulations.
• Well-developed interpersonal, communication skills and able to manage conflict in a stressful environment
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and ability to work successfully under pressure in a fast paced and challenging site environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate and present information to all levels throughout the Morton Salt organization as well as internal and external staff, government authorities, auditors, customers, vendors, occasionally under conditions of urgency and in pressure situations.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Regularly required to sit or stand, reach and move about the facility.
• Work performed in a plant environment.

At Morton Salt, we work best when we work as a team, when we treat one another with dignity and respect, and value the unique contributions of others. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, sex, religion, color, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.