Food Safety and Quality Assurance Technician

Sysco • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Food Safety and Quality Assurance Technician monitors food safety and quality assurance programs, support and evaluation activities, and inspection and audit procedures to help ensure that products and processes comply with corporate and regulatory requirements at a Sysco Specialty Meat and/or Seafood Company. The role supports FSQA programs and employee training, assists with independent FSQA audits, and helps with product evaluations, plant visits, and supplier or customer communications. The position may also assist with other business-priority needs during emergencies, as determined by the plant President or General Manager.

The role regularly interacts with company personnel in operations, sales, transportation, and maintenance, as well as Sysco Operating Companies and supplier or customer personnel at the line level. Work can include audits and inspections in production environments and remote in-transit processing facilities. The environment commonly includes refrigerated conditions and may involve noise, fumes, airborne particles, mechanical hazards, wet or humid conditions, extreme cold, and occasional work at high or precarious locations.

Requirements

• One to three years of meat and/or seafood industry experience at a federal CFIA/FDA meat and/or seafood processing plant, as appropriate; raw meat or seafood industry experience alone may be accepted instead of combined experience.
• Ability to write reports and basic business correspondence, present information effectively, and respond to questions from managers.
• Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals across units of measure.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, and establish facts.
• Ability to interpret basic technical instructions.
• Ability to use a personal computer, laboratory equipment, food preparation equipment, and office communication equipment.
• Valid driver's license.
• Corrected vision required for sensory analysis to identify color and clarity.
• Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 100 pounds and performing visual inspection in a production environment.

Nice To Haves

• Formal job training in TQM principles, SPC, HACCP concepts, and CFIA/FDA regulations would be beneficial.
• Formal quality and sensory analysis training would be helpful.

Responsibilities

• Monitor FSQA programs, including HACCP, sanitation standard operating procedures, pest control, good manufacturing practices, the approved supplier program, foreign material control, plant sanitation, chemical control, product quality assurance, customer complaints, food defense, and security.
• Assist with employee training on FSQA programs, policies, and procedures.
• Assist with implementation of the independent FSQA audit program, including SQF audits.
• Assist with product evaluations, plant visits, and supplier or customer communications to support other staff members.
• Provide other assistance during emergencies as determined by the plant President or General Manager to be paramount to the business.
• Interact with company personnel in operations, sales, transportation, and maintenance; Sysco Operating Companies; and supplier and customer personnel at the line level.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed