Food Safety & Quality Lead

Halperns' Steak & Seafood•Walton, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Halperns' Steak & Seafood is seeking a dedicated Food Safety & Quality Lead to assist the Food Safety & Quality Manager in overseeing daily plant operations. This role involves monitoring production processes to ensure compliance with regulatory, business, and customer quality and food safety requirements. The Lead will be involved in all stages of production, from receiving raw materials to final packaging, and will collaborate with other departments to resolve quality issues. The company emphasizes a strong commitment to superior meat and seafood products and fosters a family culture with opportunities for career advancement.

Requirements

Time management skills and strong attention to detail.
Works well under pressure.
Highly organized and able to work effectively and efficiently in a demanding environment with flexibility to changing priorities.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills including grammar and composition.
Ability to work well with others and independently.
Ability to listen, interpret, and determine appropriate direction based on established protocols.
Professional demeanor, honesty, integrity, drive, tenacity, determination, and a willingness to learn.
Strong analytical, critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
High School Diploma plus 5 or more years of full-time related work experience in food service, manufacturing and/or distribution product food safety and quality experience.
Internal candidates with extensive institutional knowledge and mastery of role's responsibilities and duties may be considered in lieu of 5 years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Food Safety, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, or related scientific fields.
HACCP and/or FDA Preventive Control Qualified Individual, SQF and/or BRC Practitioner.

Responsibilities

Ensure continuous improvement and adequacy of quality control systems to support regulatory, business and customer expectations.
Monitor employees for compliance with GMPs/GWPs and company standard operating procedures.
Train employees on company food handling policies to increase their awareness of GMPs and food safety.
Routinely monitor processing and finished product for acceptance to target or specifications.
Conduct daily, weekly and monthly internal inspections.
Report findings to relevant departments; following up on the corrective actions to ensure their timely completion.
Perform pre-operational checks (when required) and environmental swabbing.
Communicate any findings to the leadership.
Communicate effectively with different departments to report any non-Conformances e.g., product quality, GMP etc.
Perform daily quality inspections, evaluation of retained sample, random product inspection, returned product inspection, newly developed product shelf life.
Assist in the coordination of testing results involving finished products, raw materials, and packaging components.
Collect product samples as needed.
Collect product samples for micro testing.
Ensure all daily records are completed accurately and within time before submission; sign paperwork as required.
Assist in the investigation of food safety incidents and customer complaints, providing functional support to the team as required.
Help set QA/QC compliance objectives and ensure that targets are achieved.
Oversee the “On Hold” product program, including the status, release, and destruction of “Rejected” products.
Act as a backup for team members.
Performs other duties as assigned.