Food Safety & Quality Specialist, Senior

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct support to the functions of the Quality Director, step in on tasks in their absence
• KPI performance monitoring and development
• Identifies and communicates trends in inbound grain to corresponding malt production and malt shipments
• Performs food safety and quality audits and manages corrective action plans internally and across third party warehouses, transloads, distribution centers
• Supports SAP functions of accuracy, and may include release of material for production purposes, analyzing blend data, traceability exercises, among other functions
• Follows, Supports, and at times leads, Root Cause Analysis and corresponding Corrective and Preventative Actions, including the verification of effectiveness
• Supports and Collaborates issuing certificates of analysis for malt shipments
• Documentation Organization to keep all documents current and accessible

Food Safety / Food Defense

• Ensures the Food Safety Plan is accurate and current for all 4 locations
• Ensures all corporate, customer, regulatory compliance
• Ensures robust and comprehensive risk assessments of each site, as part of their HACCP plan
• Performs internal GMP, Site Security, and other applicable Inspections
• Affords assistance, and at times conducts, internal Food Safety/Food Defense audits
• Drives internal policy management and creating a strong FS/Q culture
• Supports supplier approval questionnaires from our customers

Qualifications Required

• Bachelors Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Biology, Chemical Engineering, or other science related field
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Food Safety, or related field in Food Industry or Grain Processing
• Knowledge of Food Safety, FSMA, FDA, and labeling regulations
• CFDAI knowledge an advantage
• Knowledge of food safety quality systems (GFSI, ISO 2200) preferred
• Experience with ERP systems; preferably SAP
• Result-driven with excellent communication, analytical, and decision making skills
• Strong proficiency in MS Programs
• Ability to travel domestically up to 30%
• Prior Laboratory experience including hands-on laboratory analysis work, practical data evaluation is an advantage
• Practical knowledge of barley biochemistry, farming practices is an advantage
• Malting and/or brewing experience desirable