Food Safety Specialist

Steritech Brand Standards • Detroit, MI

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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. The role assesses compliance with regulatory, industry, and proprietary brand standards; observes food preparation and cooking practices; and helps clients identify the root causes of discrepancies and develop corrective action plans. Specialists also teach and coach clients on maintaining safer, healthier workplaces.

The position involves conducting audits and inspections, implementing and monitoring food safety practices, training and educating staff, investigating food safety incidents, and maintaining compliance documentation. Travel is 50%–70%, or approximately 8–10 days per month, with some evening and weekend work. The schedule must accommodate Monday through Friday and Saturdays and evenings as needed.

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 applicable 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.
• Be able to work autonomously and organize and prioritize work based on urgency, efficiency, and other factors.
• Strong knowledge of food safety is preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Strong 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.
• Partner 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 for themselves and their 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 promotion from within.
• Training and development programs.
• Tuition reimbursement for full-time colleagues.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, plus additional health benefits, for eligible full-time colleagues beginning enrollment immediately upon hire, 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.
• Competitive pay; many roles offer performance incentives.

What This Job Offers

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