Food Safety Specialist; Facility

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Regular Full-Time Technical Castroville, CA, US

Salary Range: $26.25 To $31.53 Hourly

The Food Safety Specialist supports the implementation, administration, verification, training, recordkeeping, and continuous improvement of the Company’s food safety program. Responsibilities extend across all operating regions, including the Salinas Valley, Castroville, Huron, Oxnard, Coachella Valley, Imperial Valley, and Yuma, Arizona.

The specialist assists the Food Safety Manager and team in maintaining compliance with company policies, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory standards. Responsibilities include food safety documentation, traceability activities, environmental monitoring, audit preparation, employee training, and mock recalls.

This year-round position is based specifically at our Castroville facility. Occasional travel to remote growing regions may be required to provide backup support as business needs arise.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

All Assignments

• Help support the goals and objectives of Ocean Mist Farms’ food safety program
  • Implement policies and programs that provide guidance and education on food safety and food defense
  • Conduct prepared food safety training sessions, monthly, annual orientations and as needed
  • Conduct daily and monthly GMP and GAP inspections to verify compliance with company food safety programs, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory standards
  • Enforce policies related to food safety and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) through auditing
  • Prepare and maintain annual documents
  • Establish comprehensive corrective actions
  • Share detailed and accurate findings report with necessary departments and personnel
  • Conduct follow up inspections for corrective actions adherence
  • Identify food safety risks, compliance concerns, process improvement opportunities, and recommend corrective actions
  • Work with suppliers to obtain and evaluate the necessary annual documentation such as LOAs, COI, 3rd party audits for supplier approval
  • Follow up on incomplete, inaccurate or records with critical findings to solve and prevent future recurrences
  • Identify trends
  • Assist in troubleshooting food safety problems and implementing improvements
  • Complete incident report as necessary
  • Accurately document the chain of custody sampling forms
  • Address customer/ consumer inquiries and work with appropriate staff to resolve
  • Communicate results to the appropriate team member or grower in a timely manner
  • Conduct thorough root cause investigations and retests
  • Help evaluate new testing equipment
  • Assist with other departments under food safety; farming, harvest, processing
  • Attend monthly applicable trainings/meetings
• Assist with other duties as assigned

Facility

• Adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) as minimum standards for facilities
  • Conduct risk assessments for facilities as needed based on perceived risks
  • Verify the proper function, calibration, and accuracy of food safety monitoring equipment such as thermometers, PH meters, and ATP luminometer
  • Assist with annual CIP procedures
  • Coordinate and oversee GMP and 3rd party audits
  • Participate in audits by; preparing facility and personnel for food safety audits, 3rd party, customer, organic and regulatory inspections
  • Support product traceability activities, including record reviews, data collection, and verification of documentation required for trace-back investigations
  • Participate in mock recall exercises and assist with corrective actions, documentation, and follow-up activities
  • Performs the PCQI record…