Food Safety Technician at Santa Monica Seafood Compton, CA

Food Safety Technician – Full Time

Santa Monica Seafood, First in Food Safety, is looking for the next leader to join our team. We are an industry leader providing the highest quality and selection of seafood products.

The Food Safety Technician monitors programs and procedures to ensure food safety and regulatory compliance of our process and product. The operation meets Seafood HACCP requirements and is FSSC 22000 - GFSI certified.

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct plant walk-through audits and pre-operation inspections; scheduled temperature, metal detector, and label accuracy checks.
• Monitor and verify Receiving, Production, Logistics, Sanitation records, and activities.
• Upload and verify records on a cloud-based food safety management system.
• Support quality system activities such as employee training, supplier assessments, sample collection, regulatory inspections, and customer audits.

Qualifications:

• Able to read, write and speak fluently in English.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel), comfortable with computer and learning software applications.
• Working conditions are in a food processing environment requiring to spend time in refrigerated production areas, coolers, warehouse, laboratory, plant exterior, etc.
• Physical activities include walking, standing, sitting, bending, kneeling, climbing, lifting up to 30 lbs.
• Experience in and/or knowledge of food production, GMPs, food safety, sanitation.
• Able to communicate professionally and respectfully with management, employees, and external visitors.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
• Knowledge of HACCP, Seafood products and food safety audits preferred, training available.

Benefits and other information:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401K plan with match, paid holidays and vacations, employee discount at our warehouse and retail markets & cafes, and much more.

Santa Monica Seafood, established in 1939, is the largest seafood-only distributor in the Southwestern United States. With a commitment to quality, sustainability, and food safety, we serve a diverse clientele across the nation. Our Rancho Dominguez facility is a state‑of‑the‑art 120,000 sq. ft. headquarters dedicated to processing and distributing premium seafood products.