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Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Join our innovative, fast-paced distribution centres and help deliver essential products to over 1,600 stores. With flexible schedules and a strong commitment to health and safety, you’ll play a vital role in keeping Canadians stocked with what they need most.

Ready to Make an impact?

Alberta Commissary located in Calgary, (3440
-56 Ave SE, T2C 1P1), has an opening for an onsite Technician Food & Safety QA. This is an exciting opportunity that will be responsible for overseeing, assuring compliance to, and continuously improving Food Safety and Quality Management Systems.

• Review and assess quality and food safety programs on an ongoing basis. Develop new programs as required.
• Perform regular microbiological testing of food samples with accurate and reproducible results.
• Ensure that the quality, product safety, plant sanitation, and regulatory standards are consistently met.
• Troubleshoot and solve quality problems at plant level using multiple tools including analytical testing and brainstorming. Present results to management team.
• Actively participate in the plant’s process improvement platform and seek ways to improve all operating procedures.
• Ensure adherence to Sobeys policies, procedures and practices through monitoring and acting on observations.
• Successfully complete other duties as assigned.

• Four-year college degree in Food Science, Food Microbiology, Chemistry, or related field.
• 1-2 years experience in a food processing plant, ideally in Ready to Eat (RTE) products.
• 1-2 years laboratory experience in microbiology testing.
• Experience with SPC, GMPs, sanitation and process controls.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian regulatory requirements.
• Experience in maintaining HACCP plans, ideally in a GFSI certified facility.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Suite.
• Energetic, self-motivated, organized, and proactive with excellent team skills.

Who We Are | Why Work With Us

We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life.

• health and dental benefits
• retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan
• a 10% in-store discount at participating banners
• virtual healthcare
• an Employee and Family Assistance Program
• learning and development opportunities