Food Safety Specialist

Steritech Brand Standards • Hartford, CT

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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 conformity with regulatory, industry, and proprietary standards; observes food preparation and cooking practices; and helps clients address discrepancies through root-cause analysis and corrective action plans. Specialists teach and coach clients on creating safer, healthier workplaces.

The position involves conducting audits and inspections, monitoring food safety, training staff, investigating food safety incidents, and maintaining compliance documentation. It requires travel of 50%–70%, or approximately 8–10 days per month, including some evening and weekend work. Specialists work autonomously, provide constructive feedback, and organize work according to urgency and efficiency.

Requirements

• Meet the requirements to obtain a CP-FS certification.
• Be available to work Monday through Friday and Saturdays and evenings as needed.
• Hold a valid driver’s license from the state of residence.
• Obtain licenses or certificates required by federal, state, or local regulations; the company covers these requirements.
• Have excellent listening, organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
• Be able to work a flexible schedule and thrive in an autonomous working environment.

Nice To Haves

• Strong technical knowledge of food safety is preferred.
• ServSafe and/or CP-FS certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of compliance 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 creating safer and healthier workplaces.
• 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.
• Provide clear, constructive feedback and influence others tactfully.
• Organize and prioritize work based on urgency, efficiency, and other factors.

Benefits

• Professional growth opportunities and career development paths.
• 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 upon hire, with benefits beginning on day one.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching contributions.
• Vacation days and sick days.
• Company-paid holidays and floating holidays.
• Performance incentives may be offered in many roles.

What This Job Offers

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