Director Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA)

Pursue excellence in quality and safety systems balanced with sound science and strong logic.

• Requirements
• Minimum Bachelor level in Biological Sciences, Animal Science or Food Science.
• Master’s and/or PhD preferred.
• 10 or more years’ experience with at least 4 years in managerial leadership role.
• Required experience in Ready to Eat processing.
• Experience with BRC requirements.
• HACCP (Regulatory and Theoretical)
• Statistical process control
• Regulatory Compliance (USDA/FSIS)
• Microbiology
• Meat Science and Muscle Biology
• Labeling regulations
• Drive Food Safety Initiatives
• Liaison with USDA personnel
• Coordinate and communicate company information with FSQA Department.
• Cross functional work with R&D and Operations
• Crisis management experience, calm under pressure.
• Creative Problem Solving Skills.
• Understanding core meat processing systems for raw and cooked applications.
• Specific Tasks:
• Maintain all food safety programs and their execution
• Creation of training documents
• HACCP – train Eddy employees for HACCP to perform CCP tasks.
• BRC
• Toolbox Talks
• Investigate Food Safety and GMP Issues.
• Supplier Approval Program Management (Raw Meat Suppliers)
• SOP generation and approval
• Customer Complaint response and log
• Trending of complaints
• Coordinate responses
• Non-compliance Regulatory Issues
• Track and trend
• Review and preparing responses.
• BRC
• Company Goals
• Set realistic/achievable goals for year
• Monitor and report progress on goals
• Internal Audits
• Over see and participate in annual internal audits
• BRC Audit
• Lead Audit Team up to, during and post audit.
• Prepare responses for non-conformities cited in audit report.
• Reports to VP Operations
• Compensation
• Salary – non-remote in Yoakum, TX
• 401K –company matching
• Paid Vacation – 2 weeks
• PTO
• Life Insurance
• Bonus Level

Requires active participation in production facility and ongoing presence in systems execution. This is not a remote position. Yoakum Texas. Must be willing to work in hot and or cold environments.

• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Are you proficient with HACCP (Regulatory and Theoretical)
• Do you have experience in "Ready to Eat" processing?
• Do you have experience with Regulatory Compliance with USDA / FSIS?
• Do you have experience with BRC requirements?
• Do you have an understanding of 'core meat processing systems for raw and cooked applications?'

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Experience:

• FSQA: 10 years (Preferred)
• Managerial Leadership: 4 years (Preferred)