Food Safety Manager

Senior Manager, Food Safety and Quality Assurance

Our client is a growing food manufacturer, producing prepared meals and snacks to a well established customer base across the GTA. The company is growing fast, with a highly engaged team and a strong corporate culture, which values integrity and outstanding customer service. In this organization, your work makes a difference in peoples’ lives.

For this role, we require a committed food safety professional who will take ownership of HACCP and other food safety programs, who can build partnerships across the organization and drive best practices in food safety, quality assurance, and employee training and development. This role will create a ‘food safety first’ strategy from raw‑ingredient inspection through finished‑product delivery.

• Design and implement HACCP plans, GMP‑compliant quality systems and change‑control processes.
• Cultivate a culture of accountability, safety, continuous improvement, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee receiving, preparation, cooking, packaging, and distribution to ensure consistent compliance with GFSI, CFIA, FDA, Health Canada, and other regulatory requirements.
• Build collaboration across the organization, including Nutritional Sciences, Procurement, Logistics, Operations, and Customer Success, to address quality issues proactively.
• Conduct in‑house and field audits, supplier assessments, and regulatory inspections; develop corrective action plans and monitor improvements.
• Support new product launches and rotational menu rollouts with robust Good Manufacturing Practices and supplier quality management.
• Develop and deliver FSQA training programs that incorporate best practices at all levels of the organization.
• Report on quality KPIs, risk mitigation plans, and continuous improvement initiatives to the Senior Leadership Team.

• 5+ years in food safety, quality assurance, within heavily regulated manufacturing environments (preferably meat, seafood, further processed foods, etc.)
• Proven experience in the protein industry, CPG, and/or pharmaceutical GMP‑regulated operations
• Post‑secondary degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or related field
• Deep knowledge of SQF/BRC, HACCP, GMP, GMP validation, ISO standards, and regulatory frameworks (CFIA, FDA, Health Canada)
• Demonstrated ability to implement traceability systems, change‑control procedures, and supplier quality management
• Expertise in creating and reviewing technical documentation: validation protocols, test procedures, project plans, and SOPs
• Strong analytical skills with a track record of reducing Cost of Quality, returns, and waste
• Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent continuous‑improvement credentials
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross‑functional collaboration skills
• Resilient, calm, and decisive in high‑stakes, perishable protein operations

$90,000 – $110,000; plus bonuses and benefits. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Please send your resume in PDF or MS Word format to:  I look forward to speaking personally with all qualified applicants!