Food Safety Quality Assurance Coordinator

Food Safety Quality Assurance Coordinator

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Start Date:

9/4/26

Job Title: Food Safety Quality Assurance Coordinator
Job Location: Santa Ana-USA-92626
Work Location Type: On-Site
Salary Range: $18.32 - 27.83 per hour

Since 1942, Sky Chefs has taken culinary excellence to new heights. As a trusted partner to the nation's leading airlines and retailers, we proudly deliver millions of meals and exceptional service experiences every year across 43 sites throughout the United States. Built on a legacy of operational excellence, culinary expertise, and continuous innovation, we are committed to setting the industry standard in aviation culinary, airline services, last-mile logistics, and retail commerce.

From the kitchen to the runway, our teams work together to deliver quality, reliability, and service at every altitude. Our people are the heart of everything we do. At Sky Chefs, a career is more than a job - it's an opportunity to grow, lead, and make an impact in a fast-paced, team-driven environment. Join America's first, foremost, and finest and take your career to new heights.

Join a team where quality and food safety are at the heart of everything we do. The Food Quality Assurance Coordinator is responsible for supporting and maintaining our Global Quality System (GQS), helping ensure compliance with customer requirements, FDA and USDA regulations, HACCP programs, and company food safety standards.

Reporting to the Food Quality Assurance Manager, this role provides daily oversight of quality assurance activities, including inspections, audits, environmental monitoring, documentation review, employee training, and performance tracking. This is an excellent opportunity for a quality-focused professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys collaborating with cross‑functional teams to drive food safety excellence, continuous improvement, and regulatory compliance.

Location:

Near San Diego Airport

• Maintain and initiate all recordkeeping and key performance indicators pertinent to the Quality Department and GQS to include, but not limited to Food Safety, Sanitation, Regulatory Agencies (County Health, State Health Dept. and FDA), internal customers (LHI) and airline customers
• Daily monitor of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for compliance
• Verify of coolers and freezer room temperature for compliance
• Perform environmental swabs and microbiological sampling, submittal to local laboratory for analysis
• Obtain Chef Table samples to verify compliance to specification
• Assist the Quality Manager in specific training and daily initiatives addressing quality, food safety, and sanitation issues to drive process improvements
• Conduct work station inspections to verify compliance (gold standard verification, specs, sanitizer, food temperatures, HACCP documentation, phf set-up)
• Conduct portion control weight compliance to specifications
• Conduct inspection checks (dispatch, galley, non-bonded, bonded, equipment)
• Verify Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) logs and other documents are accurately completed on a daily basis
• Create charts, trending reports, training materials and visuals
• Maintain, monitor standards and train employees in compliance to the Regulated Garbage Standards to meet USDA requirements
• Supports the Jump-off (commissary) locations with oversight
• Train hourly employees as needed
• Perform other tasks as requested

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Proficient in using computer and basic software such as Microsoft, create and maintain trending charts, SOP's, use of calculator, weight scales, and thermometers, metal detector, ATP testing equipment, mechanical food portioning and processing equipment.
• Previous food industry and quality assurance experience a plus
• Ability to work in cold environment (