Specialist - Quality & Compliance
About The Position
The Quality Assurance & Food Safety Specialist oversees the SQF (Safe Quality Food) system for an egg processing facility. The role ensures food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements are met every day. It includes verifying production and sanitation records, leading audits, keeping HACCP and food safety programs current, and serving as the site’s main contact for SQF certification. The position also supports daily production and sanitation oversight; weekly and monthly compliance activities; quarterly and annual food safety, quality, and certification programs; export documentation; customer complaint investigations; and waste and byproduct container pickup coordination. This is an on-site position based at the West Union, Iowa location.
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 is preferred.
- HACCP, SQF Practitioner, and internal auditor certifications are preferred.
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 keep the master cleaning schedule up to date.
- Reconcile inventory.
- Ensure egg licenses and supplier certificates stay 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.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
