Food Safety & Quality Manager

Our client is currently seeking a Food Safety & Quality Manager for thier Ready-to-Eat Food Production facility near Elmira NY. The Manager will report into the Corporate FSQA Director and will be responsible for providing strategic leadership for all food safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and quality systems within the manufacturing facility. This position is responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining & continuously improving the site's Food Safety & Quality Management System (FSQMS) & ensuring compliance with FDA regulations & SQF requirements, The Manager will serve as the site's SQF Practitioner, lead regulatory and all other audits & partner with Operations to foster a culture where food safety & quality are integrated into every aspect of the business. Thier is a relocation assistance prepared for regional candidates who are interested.


Interested Candidates should contact Lee Douglas @ View phone number on click.appcast.io or email a current resume to View email address on click.appcast.io


This job will have the following responsibilities:

• o Ensure compliance with FDA regulations (including FSMA requirements) and SQF standards.
• Maintain and improve the SQF system, ensuring audit readiness at all times.
• Serve as the primary contact for regulatory agencies, certification bodies, and auditors.
• Serve as the facility's main FDA contact and lead regulatory inspections & 3rd party audits with joint ownership responsibility with the Plant Manager.
• Review and approve food safety and quality impacts associated with new products, ingredient changes, packaging changes, equipment modifications and process changes.
• Provide final Food Safety & Quality approval for product release in accordance with company procedures.
• Oversee GMP compliance, sanitation programs, and pest control management
• Oversee monitoring, verification, and validation activities to ensure that all products leaving the facility meet the facility Food Safety and Quality Plans.
• Foster a food safety culture by conducting training and awareness programs for employees
• Lead the development and implementation of statistical tools and systems to support continuous process and product improvement.
• Develop and enforce sanitation procedures, including cleaning schedules and validation activities.

• Bachelor's degree in Food Safety, Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Science or related field.
• 5+ years of food processing experience in a manufacturing. environment under USDA and/or FDA.
• 2+ years of Supervisor / Leadership Experiecne
• Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) Certification.
• SQF practitioner experience preferred.
• HACCP Certification highly preferred