Food Safety and Quality Tech (FSQA)

About the role

This assistant role supports quality departments and plant leadership to ensure a safe work environment that efficiently manufactures the highest quality products meeting customer specifications. The position aligns with Food Safety Team and HACCP teams, and requires accurate and complete reporting on all aspects of food safety and quality-related functions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain work and operation areas to meet and exceed internal and external quality and food safety demands
• Participate in customer work groups as needed to maintain appropriate relationships
• Assist with product specifications at an interval that assures compliance with all regulatory and customer requirements
• Ensure associate compliance in quality and food safety programs, policies, and procedures to meet or exceed established guidelines of regulatory agencies, customers, and GFSI
• Assure the execution and adherence to Crown Bakeries' quality and food safety programs, policies, and procedures
• Maintain quality records and data to allow efficient flow of information to plant leadership and customers
• Prepare for and participate as needed in customer and regulatory audits at each company facility to ensure superior audit scores and compliance with all regulatory and customer requirements
• Ensure effective gathering of information and documents related to investigations, root cause analysis, risk assessments, implementation of change control, and corrective and preventive actions to adhered timelines while following up through trending to ensure all actions were implemented effectively
• Communicate quality information to Supervisors or Managers on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis through reports, meetings, and presentations
• Provide plant management data that accurately reflects company performance in quality

Qualifications and skills

• Strong communication skills – written and verbal
• Strong computer skills proficient at Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of statistical and analytical problem-solving procedures preferred
• Working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices, HACCP, food quality testing, and safety issues

Work environment

This job operates in a production environment. The employee is frequently exposed to facility elements such as noise, dust, fumes, and odors. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.