Food Safety Supervisor

Hilmar Cheese Company Inc.•Dodge City, KS

11d•$68,879 - $103,319•Hybrid

About The Position

The Food Safety Supervisor provides day-to-day leadership and technical support for food safety programs at the Dodge City cheese and whey ingredients facility. The role ensures effective execution, verification, documentation, escalation, and closure of HACCP, sanitation, environmental monitoring, pre-operational inspection, equipment food safety, and related regulatory and customer requirements. The supervisor partners with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality Systems, and FSQA to protect product, strengthen preventive controls, and sustain audit readiness.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of related experience or equivalent experience
Ability to work weekends, holidays, and rotating shifts
Intermediate understanding of Food Safety related State and Federal Regulations
Able to demonstrate leadership, critical thinking, interpersonal, and organizational skills
Ability to lift 50 lbs.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree plus 5 year related experience OR Master’s degree in related field
Supervisory experience
Experience with SAP, SharePoint, MES Logs, and Evotex or comparable workflow/document-control systems.
Knowledge of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO), preventive controls, environmental monitoring, hygienic design, and dairy sanitation.
HACCP, PCQI, SQF Practitioner, internal auditor, or related food safety credentials.

Responsibilities

Review PINs, batch records, HACCP documentation, HTST charts, Charm antibiotic test records, Master Sanitation Schedule records, metal detector checks, allergen controls, and packaging records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance.
Lead and perform Plant 7 pre-operational inspections, including vat, belt, tower-line, and other assigned equipment and areas; evaluate findings and determine or escalate acceptability before start-up. Perform and document pre-operational titrations and other sanitation verification activities.
Review completion and effectiveness of sanitation and Master Sanitation Schedule activities; initiate follow-up when requirements are not met. Manage Equipment Food Safety Inspections and the Food Safety Permit process from observation and review through documentation, upload, follow-up, and closure.
Ensure effective execution of the site Environmental Monitoring Program, including routine and investigative swabbing, sample submission, result review, trending, escalation, and corrective-action follow-up.
Oversee Environmental Disruption Reports (EDRs), including pre-clean and post-clean sampling, SAP updates, verification of effectiveness, follow-up, and closure.
Plate environmental samples and interpret environmental Petri film, air-plate, and water microbiological results when trained and authorized; communicate adverse or atypical results promptly.
Support hygiene zoning and pest-control program execution, inspections, trending, and follow-up.
Conduct, document, and report GMP, HACCP, environmental, sanitation, and pest-control inspections or audits; hold self and others accountable for timely correction of findings.
Support customer, SQF, regulatory, and internal audits and inspections, including evidence preparation, facility support, response development, and corrective-action follow-up.
Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality Systems, and Corporate FSQA to resolve food safety risks and achieve common site goals.
Provide daily direction, scheduling, training, coaching, performance feedback, and accountability for assigned Food Safety and laboratory employees.
Perform other duties as assigned by the site FSQA Manager.