Food Quality Technician

JOBSUMMARY

Monitor Food Safety& Quality Assurance (FSQA) support / evaluation programs andinspection / audit procedures to ensure compliance of products andprocesses to corporate and regulatory requirements at a SyscoSpecialty Meat and / or Seafood Company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitoringof FSQA programs including HACCP Program, sanitation standardoperating procedures, pest control, good manufacturing practices,approved supplier program, foreign material control, plantsanitation, chemical control, product quality assurance, FSQACustomer complaints, food defense andsecurity
• Assist in Employee Training of FSQAPrograms, Policies, and Procedures
• Assist inImplementation of Independent FSQA Audit Program SQFAudits
• Assist when necessary for productevaluations, plant visits, and supplier / customer communication toassist other staff members.

Assist as needed in any manner capableof during emergencies the plant President or GM (general manager)determines are paramount to thebusiness.

Frequently interacts with thefollowing : SSMC / SSSC Personnel, Operations, Sales, Transportationand Maintenance as well as Sysco Operating Companies, andsupplier / customer personnel at the line level.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Formaljob training in TQM principles, SPC, HACCP concepts, CFIA / FDAregulations would be beneficial.
• Formal qualityand sensory analysis training would behelpful.

Experience

• Oneto 3 years of meat and / or seafood industry (as appropriate)experience at a federal CFIA / FDA meat and / or seafood processingplant (as appropriate).
• Raw meat or seafoodindustry the only experience will be accepted instead of combinedexperience

ProfessionalSkills

• Demonstrate theability to write reports, basic business correspondence, as well asto effectively present information and respond to questions frommanagers.
• Demonstrate the ability to add,subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, usingwhole numbers, common fractions, anddecimals.
• Demonstrate the ability to defineproblems, collect data and establishfacts.
• Demonstrate the ability to interpretbasic technical instructions.
• Ability to usepersonal computer, lab equipment, food preparation equipment andoffice communicationequipment.

Certifications, Licenses and / orRegistrations

Valid driver’slicense.

PhysicalDemands

• Regularly requiredto talk or hear.
• Frequently is required to usehands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, orcontrols.
• Occasionally required to stand; walk;sit; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; andtaste or smell.
• Occasionally lift and / or moveup to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilitiesrequired by this job include close vision, distance vision, colorvision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability toadjust focus.
• Plant audits and inspections mayrequire lifting of products up to 100 pounds and inspectionrequires working in a production environment on a moving line,lifting cartons, and visualinspection.
• Corrected vision required forsensory analysis to identify color,clarity.
• Warehouse and plant audit alsorequires close and distance vision to judge GMPs; peripheral visionand depth perception mandatory for safety.

WorkEnvironment

• Frequentlyexposed to fumes or airborneparticles.
• Occasionally works near mechanicalparts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed towet and / or humid conditions, extreme cold, and risk ofradiation.
• The noise level in the workenvironment is usually moderate and operating in a refrigeratedenvironment is common.
• Plant audits / inspectionsand working at remote in-transit processing facilities and SyscoOperating Companies contain both moderate / loud noise and exposureto fumes and mechanicalhazards.
22 hours ago