Food Safety and Quality Technician

This role follows a 2nd shift schedule, working from 4:00 PM to 12:30 AM, with designated days off on Saturdays and Sundays.

Ensures the Food Safety and quality of all product labeled, portioned, cooked, MAP, packaged, and shipped from Home Chef Tempo by working alongside production to conduct on-the-line checks of product against recipe specifications and quality standards.

Detailed Responsibilities

Verification of CCPs & CQPs

• Conduct inspections at RTH production to ensure Food Safety & Quality requirements are met & recorded in the appropriate form
• Verification of the accuracy of ingredients being used for production based on culinary recipe
• Verification cook & chill temperature limits have been met & documented appropriately 
• Ensure post-lethality exposed product is properly stored to prevent cross contamination 
• Conduct finished product inspections to ensure product is released according to Food Safety & Quality requirements
• Verification of chemical titration prior to each use 
• Ensure accuracy of labeling for finished products 
• Conduct on-line verification checks including but not limited to: Metal Detection, Oxygen Analysis, pH, and seal integrity
• Escalate deviations immediately and assisting with product disposition as needed

Conducting Audits of Production Areas & Pre-requisite programs

• Conduct continuous GMP inspections & corrections with proper documentation 
• Inspection of equipment & processing area to ensure sanitation & conditions are compliant with Food Safety & Quality standards
• Conduct frequent environmental monitoring sampling 
• Enforce Food Defense protocol as needed 
• Other internal audits as needed 

Other Responsibilities

• Training 
• Assist in training of new employees on Food Safety & Quality practices 
• Issue Escalation
• Promptly notifies leadership when Food Safety & Quality issues or HACCP/HACQP deviations arise 
• Placing product on FSQA hold and assisting with dispositions as required 
• Assisting in Production/Sanitation/Safety duties
• Assist in non-competitive functions when needed: e.g. sweeping floors, moving product and safety investigations

General Responsibilities 

• Follow the facility GMP’s and help enforce them throughout the facility
• Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs

Attitude and Attendance

• Arrives to work at scheduled time and follows time off request procedure
• Communicates with co-workers in a professional manner
• Treats co-workers with respect at all times
• Uses teamwork with working with production throughout the day 
• Demonstrates ownership of tasks and job responsibilities on a consistent basis.
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Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Previous experience working in food quality is preferred

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