Food Safety & Quality Specialist

Job Purpose:

The Food Safety and Quality Senior Specialist, under the direction of the Quality Director, supports the end-to-end processes to ensure quality and food safety is paramount throughout all areas/functions/sites, and all processes comply with all applicable regulatory, food safety certifications, and Malteurop's Quality and Food Safety standards.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.

QUALITY COMPLIANCE

• Direct support to the functions of the Quality Director, step in on tasks in their absence
• KPI performance monitoring and development
• Identifies and communicates trends in inbound grain to corresponding malt production and malt shipments
• Performs food safety and quality audits and manages corrective action plans internally and across third party warehouses, transloads, distribution centers
• Supports SAP functions of accuracy, and may include release of material for production purposes, analyzing blend data, traceability exercises, among other functions
• Follows
• Supports, and at times leads, Root Cause Analysis and corresponding Corrective and Preventative Actions, including the verification of effectiveness
• Supports and Collaborates issuing certificates of analysis for malt shipments
• Documentation Organization to keep all documents current and accessible

FOOD SAFETY / FOOD DEFENSE:

• Ensures the Food Safety Plan is accurate and current for all 4 locations
• Ensures all corporate, customer, regulatory compliance
• Ensures robust and comprehensive risk assessments of each site, as part of their HACCP plan
• Performs internal GMP, Site Security, and other applicable Inspections
• Assists, and at times conducts, internal Food Safety/Food Defense audits
• Drives internal policy management and creating a strong FS/Q culture
• Participates and supports with required internal training sessions
• Supports supplier approval questionnaires from our customers

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Bachelors Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Biology, Chemical Engineering, or other science related field
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Food Safety, or related field in Food Industry or Grain Processing
• Knowledge of Food Safety, FSMA, FDA, and labeling regulations
  • CFIA knowledge an advantage
• Knowledge of food safety quality systems (GFSI, ISO 2200) preferred
• Experience with ERP systems; preferably SAP
• Result-driven with excellent communication, analytical, and decision making skills
• Strong proficiency in MS Programs
• Ability to travel domestically up to 30%
• Prior Laboratory experience including hands-on laboratory analysis work, practical data evaluation is an advantage
• Practical knowledge of barley biochemistry, farming practices is an advantage
• Malting and/or brewing experience desirable