Food Quality, Safety & Compliance Associate

Eden Foods • Clinton, MI

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Eden Foods in Clinton, Michigan (Lenawee County) is seeking a full-time Food Safety and Quality Compliance staff member for its Operations Department. This role reports to the Quality & Food Safety Manager. The position offers an excellent career opportunity with good people and a good work environment. The ideal candidate will have experience, be reliable, and possess a willingness to learn, along with strong teamwork and communication skills.

Requirements

• Education and experience sufficient to fulfill the responsibilities assigned.
• BS/BA in Food Science, Engineering, Microbiology, Biology, or other life sciences.
• Equivalent professional experience, such as 3 years of in-plant food industry responsibility in production QC.
• Experience with HACCP and/or FSMA.
• Knowledge of organic, GMOs, agriculture, and food manufacturing and handling is valuable.
• Good judgment in handling proprietary and confidential information.
• Professional-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Being a team player.
• Proficient computer skills and willingness to learn systems used by the Company.
• Sound moral and ethical professional practices.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Company’s Quality, Safety, & Compliance (QSC) team and other Departments to maintain documentation, SOPs, and TraceGains data that comply with food quality, safety, and food defense programs for Eden food items.
• Help maintain and improve relationships with suppliers, certifiers, auditors, customers, and government agencies.
• Assess supplier companies and personnel, ingredients, food contact surfaces, and packaging materials to minimize food contamination and ensure food safety, protection, certification, and documentation for the natural foods sold by the Company.
• Avoid genetically engineered items (GMOs) and their derivatives, as well as irradiated items, toxic chemicals, additives, and contamination of the foods we sell by them.
• Study the goods and packaging materials and their backgrounds to evaluate which quality, food safety, and regulatory requirements apply, with the goal of pure, delicious food.
• Receive and help facilitate answering questions from within the company and from the public about natural, organic, and non-GMO food, as well as QSC issues as they arise.
• Maintain documentation supporting the regulatory requirements for the Company's imported and exported items.
• Manage the organic transaction documents and export paperwork from the organic certifier for international customers.
• Provide the documentation required, including specification sheets, food safety questions, certificates of analysis, and other product quality documentation for the Sales Department, customers, and TraceGains.
• Assist the QSC team and the Company with customer quality and food safety issues.
• Remain current about industry and regulatory developments that may affect the Company, its food items, and QSC issues.
• Attend authorized training(s) concerning food safety and regulatory compliance issues.
• Travel to supplier facilities for the Company, third-party, and regulatory inspections.
• Assist in label reviews and submissions for FDA, Departments of Agriculture, organic, and non-GMO regulatory compliance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level