Food Safety Specialist
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 clients’ conformity to regulatory, industry, and proprietary brand standards; observes food preparation and cooking practices; and helps clients identify causes of assessment discrepancies and develop corrective actions. Specialists teach and coach clients on creating safer, healthier workplaces. The position involves travel of 50%–70%, described as 8–10 days per month, and may include evening and weekend work.
Requirements
- Meet the requirements to obtain a CP-FS certification.
- 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, and/or local regulations; these are covered by the company.
- 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 flexibly, 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 and audits that measure conformity to regulatory, industry, and proprietary brand standards.
- Observe food preparation and cooking standards to ensure food safety, health, and sanitation practices.
- 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.
- Implement and monitor food safety practices.
- Train and educate staff.
- Investigate food safety incidents.
- Ensure compliance with regulations.
- Maintain documentation and records.
Benefits
- Benefits begin on day one for full-time colleagues, with no waiting period.
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching contributions.
- Tuition reimbursement for full-time colleagues.
- Vacation days and sick days.
- Company-paid holidays and floating holidays.
- Training and development programs.
- Career growth opportunities and promotion from within.
- Competitive pay; some roles offer performance incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
