Quality Assurance Specialist

Freshpack•Monticello, WI

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About The Position

Are you looking to start your career in food safety and make a meaningful impact right away? As our Quality Assurance Specialist, you’ll step into a brand-new, entry-level role where you’ll help shape our food safety culture, support compliance, and contribute directly to delivering safe, high-quality cheese products across the nation. We have openings for a Quality Assurance Specialist to join our team. The Food Safety Specialist oversees key aspects of the company’s compliance with food safety regulations and certification standards while helping to foster a positive food safety culture. This role provides guidance, support, and oversight to ensure the organization consistently meets external requirements and internal expectations for safe, high-quality products. Freshpack is a custom cheese packaging company that develops and innovates cheese products and packaging. Our products can be found in all 50 states and in most major retailers. Over the past 25 years, our team has grown from 15 to 280+ employees. It is an exciting time to join our team, as we are poised for substantial growth over the next 3-5 years.

Requirements

Written skills
Attention to detail, observation, and organizational skills
Planning and project management
Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Certified in HACCP and Preventive Controls for Human Food
Knowledgeable (1-3 years experience) in SQF and FDA regulations
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Responsibilities

Help drive positive food safety culture through organization
Keep organization informed on food safety related topics
Keep a pulse on the organization’s current food safety culture
Active role on food safety team
Organize meetings
Manage short-term and long-term projects
Partake in external food safety trainings
SQF Code for Food Manufacturing
Assist in ensuring compliance with suppliers, service providers, and co-manufacturers
Perform sanitary design reviews on new and existing equipment
Ensure company preparedness of crisis
Active role on food defense team
Lead food fraud mitigation efforts
Ensure compliance with other regulatory and customer requirements
Keep customer portals current and updated
Complete customer questionnaires
Stay current and communicate changes to the organization
SQF, Regulatory, and Customer audits (3rd party)
Help ensure the organization is in compliance with all rules, regulations, and expectations
Maintain all food safety certifications and regulatory licenses
Organize mock food safety exercises and challenges
Perform preventive control and prerequisite program validations