HEALTH & SAFETY COORDINATOR
About The Position
The Health and Food Safety Coordinator plays a crucial role in ensuring compliance with regulatory and corporate food safety policies and programs. This position involves conducting internal inspections, collecting samples to monitor program effectiveness, and assisting with regulatory and third-party audits. The coordinator is also responsible for new hire orientation and ongoing health and food safety training, analyzing safety trends, leading investigations for root cause analysis and corrective actions, and assisting with the development and maintenance of SOPs. Accurate record-keeping, equipment calibration coordination, and customer complaint investigations are also key responsibilities. The role requires staying current with health and food safety trends and making recommendations for program changes to ensure compliance. Additional duties may be assigned as needed.
Requirements
- Completion of Highschool or GED is required
- At least 2 years of relevant work experience related to Health and Safety or Food Safety
- Strong understanding of HACCP, OHSA and GMP requirements
- Able to work independently with limited supervision
- Proficient in the using Microsoft Office applications, (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner to all levels of the organization in written and verbal formats
- Able to work in a team environment with a professional and optimistic attitude
- Creative, adaptable and able to accurately handle out of the ordinary issues with a sense of urgency
- Strong attention to detail
- Valid driver’s license with own transportation
Nice To Haves
- HACCP certification is an asset
- First aid certification is an asset
- Forklift experience is an asset
- Ability to speak Spanish is an asset
Responsibilities
- Monitor compliance to regulatory and corporate food safety policies and programs
- Conduct internal inspections according to company standards
- Collect samples to measure, monitor and evaluate effectiveness of internal food safety programs (sanitation, environmental monitoring…etc.)
- Assist with regulatory inspections and 3rd party audits
- Conduct new hire orientation and lead efforts for ongoing health and food safety training
- Analyze safety trends and be proactive with recommendations for improvement
- Lead investigations to determine root cause and develop corrective actions
- Assist with development and maintenance of related SOPs
- Timely and accurate record keeping
- Coordinate equipment calibration
- Assist in the investigation of all related customer complaints
- Maintain current knowledge of trends and changes affecting health and food safety and make recommendations for appropriate program changes to ensure compliance
- Any other duties and responsibilities as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
