Job Description
The Quality/Food Safety Coordinator enforces and monitors the compliance of established food safety and quality procedures to comply with regulatory, customer, and internal requirements. This position is to ensure food is received, stored, handled, and shipped following established standards. The Quality/Food Safety Coordinator is also responsible for performing sanitation and maintenance internal audits to make sure food is prepared in a clean and well-maintained facility.
Your main responsibilities in this role include the following:
Duties and Responsibilities
Conduct daily kitchen walk-thru assessments and report any food safety and quality discrepancies
Enforce personal hygiene practices and all food safety programs
Perform sanitation and maintenance for food safety audits, document findings, open work orders, and follow up on corrective actions
Log daily HACCP records, review HACCP data for accuracy, and document deviations in HACCP deviation report
Assist to provide food safety training to front line employees
Perform environmental testing and other microbiological testing required
Prepare and send finished product samples for external laboratory analyses
Perform quality and food safety internal audits and generate documentation required to comply with regulatory, customer, and internal requirements
Assist Food Safety Manager during third-party audits and regulatory audits
Perform pre-operation inspections and validate cleaning doing ATP swabbing
Waste log product that does not meet quality or food safety standards and create waste log reports
Assist in implementing practices to prevent food borne illness, foreign object, and other customer complaints
Conduct specification checks of produced food items to confirm that they meet quality and weight requirements & match the gold standard
Liaise with the service provider technicians i.e. pest control technician, sanitation technician and uniform technician to ensure adherence to the contracts
Conduct calibration/verification checks on all equipment at the nominated frequencies. Address any issues that are identified through corrective action.
Create and review procedures as needed to ensure that they reflect current practice
Participate actively with Food Safety Action Team to improve engagement of frontline employees
Responsible for maintaining a safe, clean, and organized work area
Maintain a positive and cooperative work environment with other department’s employees
Perform any other activities and administrative duties assigned
Job Requirements
High school diploma/General Educational Development (GED) or education equivalent required
Strong reading and writing skills
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel skills and the ability to create spreadsheets
Must be able to read, speak and write English fluently
Able to create memos and e-mail information in a professional manner
Strong interpersonal skills
Ability to work with a diversified work force
Excellent math skills
Able to handle multiple assignments
Planning and organizational
Excellent customer service, problem solving, and attention to detail
Must be at least 18 years of age
Must be willing and able to work under stringent time deadlines
Must be willing and able to work any shift in a 24/7 week, including weekends, nights and holidays
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position
Must be willing and able to work in cold rooms and freezer room as needed for business. Temperature in cold rooms is always below 41F and
Freezer temperature is always below 10F
BS or Associates degree in Microbiology, Food Science, Biology or a related field preferred
2 years of experience as a Quality/Food Safety technician in catering operations or food manufacturing
ServSafe Manager Certification
Food Safety and HACCP knowledge
Microbiology knowledge
Experience performing internal audits
Knowledge of Inflight catering
Sanitation knowledge
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