Specialist - Quality & Compliance
About The Position
The Quality Assurance & Food Safety Specialist oversees the SQF system for an egg processing facility and ensures food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements are met. The role verifies production and sanitation records, leads audits, maintains HACCP and food safety programs, and serves as the site’s primary contact for SQF certification. This is an on-site position at the company’s West Union, Iowa location. The specialist reviews production, sanitation, HACCP, quality, temperature, packaging, equipment, receiving, and delivery records; maintains operational and compliance logs; leads root cause analysis and corrective actions; and prepares customer production reports. The role also supports supplier and customer documentation, facility inspections, employee training records, export documentation, complaint resolution, and coordination of waste and byproduct container pickups.
Requirements
- Experience in quality assurance or food safety within food manufacturing or processing.
- Working knowledge of HACCP, SQF, and USDA requirements.
- Strong attention to detail and record-keeping skills.
- Ability to lead audits and communicate effectively with production, maintenance, and management.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in egg or poultry manufacturing or processing.
- HACCP certification.
- SQF Practitioner certification.
- Internal auditor certification.
Responsibilities
- Review and sign off on daily production, sanitation, HACCP/process control, quality, temperature, packaging, and equipment records.
- Verify labels and label run sheets for accurate dates and product information.
- Confirm sanitation is completed and meets standards.
- Reconcile shipping records with production records and maintain shipping, mill production, and inventory logs.
- Track retained product and lead root cause analysis and corrective action when quality thresholds are exceeded.
- Review and approve receiving, incoming materials, and delivery documentation.
- Prepare daily and weekly production tracking reports for customers.
- Maintain monthly program records, including calibration, chemical inventory and usage, drain cleaning, storage inspections, and UV light logs.
- Conduct internal audits and monthly SQF system reviews with senior management.
- Validate prerequisite programs and maintain the master cleaning schedule.
- Reconcile inventory.
- Keep egg licenses and supplier certificates current.
- Conduct food safety, quality, and security meetings, and perform mock recalls twice a year.
- Lead the annual SQF certification audit, including registration, and support the annual USDA Food Defense audit.
- Validate, audit, and update the HACCP plan and the Food Safety and Quality Plan.
- Maintain document control, supplier approval, contractor, label, and customer registers, and coordinate annual supplier reviews.
- Coordinate facility inspections, pest control and maintenance record reviews, mock food defense and disaster exercises, and fire drills.
- Maintain employee food safety training records.
- Prepare export load documentation with USDA and the shipping team.
- Investigate and resolve customer complaints.
- Coordinate pickup of waste and byproduct containers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
