Assistant FSQ Manager

Job Description

Supporting the FSQ Manager, this role shares responsibilities for our site’s HACCP-based food safety system and compliance with regulatory, customer, and company quality requirements. The Assistant FSQ Manager has a project-focused role in assessing and implementing programs within the SQF System at our USDA-inspected meat snacks manufacturing facility.

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

• Manage and serve as project leader for complex, focused initiatives to drive food safety and quality compliance across the site
  • Partner with FSQ and Senior Site Leadership to identify, define, and develop project briefs
  • Drive, measure, and report project progress with all key stakeholders
  • Lead and collaborate with cross-functional Team Members and external partners (consultants, vendors) to accomplish project objectives
  • Research, conduct tests, measure data, make observations, and perform data analysis to define opportunities and measure project success
  • Project areas will focus on driving improvements to key FSQ programs which include (but are not limited to): foreign object detection and control, Good Laboratory Practices, product traceability, allergen, Good Manufacturing Practices, and data digitization
• Facilitate trainings and meetings with FSQ team and across departments to build the behaviors, actions, and awareness needed to ensure compliance with standards
• Report and analyze records and data to monitor trends in food safety and quality performance against benchmarks

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or more up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant/office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet/slippery floors. However, the vast amount of work is conducted in a climate-controlled office. Travel may be required.

• Required
  
  Education:
  
  High School Diploma or GED
• Required Experience:
  
  5 Years of Experience in Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Food Processing Industry
• Preferred:
  Associate or Bachelor’s Degree and More than 5 Years of Experience in Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Meat and Poultry Industry;
  Previous Experience as a Supervisor or Team Leader;
  Education Focused in Food Science, Microbiology, Meat Science, or Animal Science

• Must work effectively, respectfully, and collaboratively with all levels of management and Team Members
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; bilingual with the ability to read, write, and speak Spanish preferred
• Proficient in Internet navigation;
  Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Certified in HACCP and competent in implementing and maintaining food quality plans using risk-based methodology
• Understand Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Quality Code or similar and the requirements to implement and maintain a quality management system
• Demonstrate leadership, problem solving, presentation, and team motivational skills

The salary range for this role is $75,000 – $105,000 (Annually). Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. Base pay is just one component of Jack…