Food Safety and Quality Assurance Lead

This role follows a 1st shift schedule, working from 6 AM to 2:30 PM, with designated days off on Friday & Saturday.

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

Core FSQA tech Functions

• Verification of CCPs & CQPs:
  • Conduct inspections at RTH production to ensure Food Safety & Quality requirements are met & recorded in the appropriate form
  • Assist in assigning daily and weekly responsibilities for RTH FSQA Techs and Sanitors, making sure there are appropriate resources to cover all activities
  • 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
  • Enforce Food Defense protocol as needed 
  • Other internal audits as needed 

Food Safety

• Perform daily, weekly, and/or monthly tasks as assigned by FSQA Superintendent and/or FSQA Supervisor including, but not limited to: GMP Audits, Metal Detection Verification, Environmental Monitoring Swabbing, Lab Equipment Calibrations, Chemical Titrations, Pre-Shipment Review, Hold Management, and Start of Line and Pre-Operational Inspections. 
• Hold team members and cross-functional partners accountable to Home Chef’s food safety expectations 
• Perform Food Safety record verifications including but not limited to: receiving, pre-operational, cook & chill, metal detection and Pre-Shipment Release. 

Other Responsibilities

• Training 
  • Assist in training of new employees on Food Safety & Quality practices 
  • Train, coach and empower Tempo Quality Techs and Sanitation associates
• 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.

This position requires X% travel [include if listed in the JD]

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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