Food Safety Specialist

SteriTech • Springfield, MO

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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 that enhances the guest experience. The role assesses food safety and sanitation practices, helps clients identify and address causes of assessment discrepancies, and coaches them on creating safer, healthier workplaces. Specialists conduct audits and inspections, monitor food safety, train staff, investigate incidents, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain documentation. The position involves travel of 50%–70%, or approximately 8–10 days per month, including some evenings and weekends.

Requirements

• Meet the requirements to obtain a CP-FS certification.
• Be available to work 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 federal, state, or 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 work environment and organize and prioritize work based on urgency, efficiency, and other factors.
• Be able to work a flexible schedule.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of clients’ compliance with regulatory, industry, and proprietary brand standards.
• Observe food preparation and cooking practices to assess food safety, health, and sanitation.
• Partner with clients to identify root causes of assessment discrepancies and develop corrective action plans.
• Teach and coach clients on creating safer and healthier workplaces for employees and customers.
• Conduct food safety 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.

Benefits

• Professional growth opportunities and multiple avenues to grow a career.
• Training and development programs.
• Tuition reimbursement for full-time colleagues.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, plus other health benefits; full-time colleagues may enroll immediately, with 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 in many roles.

What This Job Offers

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