Food Safety & Compliance Manager
About The Position
This position blends hands-on verification with cross-functional collaboration, coaching, continuous improvement, and problem-solving. The role supports food safety, quality, customer requirements, and compliance activities across all Dieffenbach’s locations, with a primary day-to-day focus on the Chambersburg facility. The manager will play a key role in food safety programs, documentation integrity, customer support, regulatory and certification compliance, and audit readiness, all while helping ensure consistent customer expectations and strengthening the company's culture of accountability, ownership, and excellence.
Requirements
- Knowledge of food safety programs (HACCP, GMPs, PCQI, GFSI/BRC).
- Experience in food manufacturing.
- Ability to dig into data, trends, and the “why.”
- Ability to stay calm, organized, and detail-focused in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to communicate clearly and build strong partnerships across teams.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or similar — or equivalent experience.
- 3–5 years of QA or Food Safety experience in a food manufacturing environment.
- Desire to grow FSQA leadership career.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and support HACCP, Preventive Controls, GMPs, allergen control, and environmental monitoring programs.
- Keep compliant with FDA, BRC, GFSI, and customer standards.
- Conduct internal audits, traceability checks, and mock recalls.
- Ensure documentation is clean, accurate, and audit-ready.
- Provide oversight and support to QA Technicians, including verification and guidance.
- Train associates on GMPs, allergen control, and documentation best practices.
- Collaborate with Operations, PD, Maintenance, and Warehouse to solve problems.
- Communicate trends, risks, and improvement opportunities to leadership.
- Review daily/weekly/monthly food safety and quality records.
- Track and trend data to identify risks, close gaps, and support corrective actions.
- Support customer complaint investigations and help identify root causes.
- Keep calibration, logs, and evidence files accurate and up to date.
Benefits
- Supportive team and leadership focused on development.
- Opportunity to elevate the quality of products.
- Protection of every snack that leaves the doors.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
