Food Safety Specialist

Steritech Brand Standards • San Jose, CA

20h

About The Position

The Food Safety Specialist supports hotel, restaurant, and grocery clients in upholding brand standards, ensuring food quality, and delivering customer-focused service. The role assesses compliance with regulatory, industry, and proprietary standards; observes food preparation and cooking practices; and helps clients identify causes of discrepancies and develop corrective action plans. Specialists also teach and coach clients on creating safer, healthier workplaces for themselves and their customers.

The position involves conducting audits and inspections, implementing and monitoring food safety practices, training and educating staff, investigating food safety incidents, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining records. Travel is 50%–70%, or approximately 8–10 days per month, with some evening and weekend work. The role requires flexibility, independent work, and the ability to organize and prioritize tasks.

Requirements

• Meet the requirements to obtain a CP-FS certification.
• Be available Monday through Friday and Saturdays and evenings as needed.
• Possess a valid driver's license from the state of residence.
• Obtain licenses or certificates required by applicable federal, state, and local regulations; the company covers the cost.
• Have excellent listening, organization, communication, and time-management skills.
• Be able to influence others with tact and skill and provide clear, constructive feedback positively.
• Thrive in an autonomous working environment.
• Be able to work a flexible schedule and organize and prioritize work based on urgency, efficiency, and other factors.

Nice To Haves

• Strong technical knowledge of food safety.
• ServSafe and/or CP-FS certification(s).

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments to measure conformity with regulatory, industry, and proprietary brand standards.
• Observe food preparation and cooking practices to ensure food safety, health, and sanitation standards are followed.
• Work with clients to identify root causes of assessment discrepancies and develop corrective action plans.
• Teach and coach clients on making their workplaces safer and healthier.
• Conduct audits and inspections.
• Implement and monitor food safety practices.
• Train and educate staff.
• Investigate food safety incidents.
• Ensure compliance with regulations.
• Maintain documentation and records.
• Travel 50%–70%, or approximately 8–10 days per month, including some evenings and weekends.

Benefits

• Professional growth opportunities and promotion from within.
• Training and development programs.
• Tuition reimbursement for full-time colleagues.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, plus additional health benefits, with enrollment available immediately for full-time colleagues and benefits starting on day one.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
• Vacation days and sick days.
• Company-paid holidays and floating holidays.
• Performance incentives offered in many roles.

What This Job Offers

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