Food Safety Quality Specialist

Job Requirements The Food Safety & Quality (FSQ) Specialist is responsible for executing, verifying, and continuously improving food safety, quality, animal welfare, biosecurity, and regulatory compliance programs across shell egg grading/packing and liquid egg breaking operations. The FSQ Specialist serves as a key on-site resource to ensure compliance with company standards, customer requirements, animal welfare, biosecurity, USDA, FDA, and SQF. Key Responsibilities Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance Verify compliance with Company Standards, Customer Requirements, GMPs, HACCP Plans, Preventive Controls, SSOPs, USDA, FDA (including Egg Safety Rule), and state regulations. Support implementation and maintenance of HACCP, SQF and prerequisite programs. Interface with USDA inspection personnel as needed. Identify out-of-compliance situations, initiate corrective actions, and verify completion and effectiveness. Support traceability exercises, mock recalls, and crisis response activities. Shell Egg & Liquid Egg Processing Oversight Perform routine verification activities in shell egg grading and/or packing operations including cooler checks, sanitation verification, label verification, and defect monitoring. Conduct oversight and weekly verification within liquid egg breaking and pasteurization processes including CCP monitoring, process verification, and finished product release activities. Perform operational sanitation inspections and operational GMP audits. Review and audit records for accuracy and completeness. Laboratory, Testing & Environmental Monitoring Conduct physical, chemical, and microbiological testing. Perform environmental monitoring including equipment swabbing depending on the process. Support sampling programs for finished products, water, and environmental surfaces. Maintain laboratory documentation, calibration records, and testing logs. Analyze and trend microbiological and process data to identify risks and improvement opportunities. Animal Welfare, Biosecurity & Feed Safety Participate in audits of animal welfare, biosecurity, and feed safety/quality programs. Verify compliance with animal welfare standards, handling practices, and documentation requirements. Support biosecurity protocols including site access controls, sanitation barriers, and compliance monitoring. Assist with auditing birds, housing conditions, egg handling practices, and feed supply programs as applicable. Communicate animal welfare or biosecurity concerns to management promptly. SQF & Audit Support Support implementation and maintenance of SQF programs. Participate in internal audits of processing, farms, feed mills, and support programs. Prepare documentation and records for regulatory, third-party, and customer audits. Assist with root cause analysis and corrective action documentation following audit findings. Training & Cross-Functional Collaboration Train and ... #J-18808-Ljbffr Daybreak Foods, Inc.