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Supervisor, Food Safety Quality Assurance - Meat Processing Manufacturer

Sysco

Portland, Oregon

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Agriculture, Analysis Skills, Animal Husbandry, Cook Dishes, Data Collection, Depth Perception, Driver's License, Educational Technology, FDA (Food and Drug Administration), FDA Requirements, Food Quality, Food Safety, Food Science, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), Hazard Analysis, Interpersonal Skills, Laboratory Equipment, Leadership, Lift/Move 100 Pounds, Maintain Compliance, Mathematics, Meat Production, Microbiology, Office Equipment, Organizational Skills, People Management, Pest Control, Physical Demands, Product Testing, Production Systems, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Regulations, Regulatory Requirements, Reporting Skills, Sales, Sanitation, Seafood Department, Staff Training, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Total Quality Management (TQM), Traceability, Vendor/Supplier Sourcing, Warehousing, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Portland, Oregon
POSTED
13 days ago
JOB SUMMARY:
This role supervises the implementation of food safety and quality assurance (FSQA) support/evaluation programs and inspection/audit procedures (including technicians) to ensure compliance of products and processes to corporate and regulatory requirements at a Sysco specialty meat and/or seafood company. In addition, the incumbent will assist with FSQA execution of source supplier approval, product sourcing functions, produced products, plant sanitation and FSQA related regulatory interaction for the company.

FULL TIME ONSITE in PORTLAND OR (not remote or hybrid)
RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Administer the implementation of food safety and quality assurance (FSQA) programs including hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) program, sanitation standard operating procedures, pest control, good manufacturing practices, approved supplier program, foreign material control, plant sanitation, chemical control, product quality assurance, FSQA customer complaints, and food defense and security.
  • Supervise or assist employee training of FSQA programs, policies, and procedures.
  • Oversee or aid recall and traceability programs including mock recalls.
  • Direct the implementation of independent FSQA audit program – safe quality food (SQF) audits.
  • Assist when necessary for product evaluations, plant visits, and supplier/customer communication to assist other staff members.
  • Assist as needed in any manner capable of during emergencies the plant president or general manager (GM) determines are paramount to the business.
  • Frequently interacts with the following: Sysco specialty meat company(SSMC)/Sysco specialty seafood company (SSSC) personnel, operations, sales, transportation and maintenance as well as Sysco operating companies, and supplier/customer personnel at the line level.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Animal Science, Microbiology, Agriculture or relatable field preferred.

Experience:
  • 1-5 years meat and/or seafood industry (as appropriate).
  • FSQA experience at a federal CFIA/FDA meat and/or seafood processing plant (as appropriate).
  • Formal job training in total quality management (TQM) principles, standard procedure call (SPC), HACCP concepts, CFIA/FDA regulations would be beneficial.
  • Formal quality and sensory analysis training would be helpful.
  • Raw meat or seafood industry experience will be accepted in place of combined experience.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Safe quality food (SQF) practitioner or equivalent global food safety initiative (GFSI) scheme experience.
  • Meat and/or Seafood HACCP Certified (as appropriate).
  • PCQI (Preventive Controls Qualified Individual).
  • BRC auditor training.

Professional Skills:
  • Strong organizational and leadership skills.
  • Ability to use personal computers, lab equipment, food preparation equipment, and office communication equipment.
Language Skills:
  • Ability to write reports, basic business correspondence, as well as to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers.

Mathematical Skills:
  • Must demonstrate the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, as well as can compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Skills:
  • Demonstrate the ability to define problems, collect data and establish facts.
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.

Physical Demand:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Regularly required to talk or hear.
  • Frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
  • Occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
  • Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Plant audits and inspections may require lifting of products up to 100 pounds and inspection requires working in a production environment on a moving line, lifting cartons, and visual inspection.
  • Corrected vision required for sensory analysis to identify color, clarity.
  • Warehouse and plant audit also requires close and distance vision to judge GMPs; peripheral vision and depth perception mandatory for safety.

About the Company

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Sysco

Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 72,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 725,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, the company generated sales of more than $76 billion. Information about our Sustainability program, including Sysco’s 2023 Sustainability Report and 2023 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report, can be found at www.sysco.com.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Other
FOUNDED
1970
WEBSITE
https://careers.sysco.com/