Regulatory/Food Safety Manager

S3 Sanitation Cleaning•Dallas, TX

About The Position

Supply Sanitation Systems and S3 Sanitation Cleaning are seeking a Regulatory/Food Safety Manager to support the company’s specialty chemical business and its contract cleaning business, which provides turnkey sanitation solutions to the food processing industry. This is a full-time opportunity with a growing organization. The manager develops and implements food safety programs across S3 plants, ensures compliance with changing industry and customer requirements, and provides food safety and microbiology support to current and potential customers. The role leads Food Safety Admins and manages the growing food safety team. It involves scheduled and emergency travel to plants for observations, audits, customer support, and food safety or microbiology issues. The position also requires working long overnight hours in cold and damp conditions.

Requirements

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.
Familiarity with basic food safety industry terms, including HACCP, BRC, SQF, and GFSI.
Exceptional writing, grammar, and language skills.
Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to be organized, intuitive, and self-managing.
Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
Ability to work collaboratively with S3 and plant personnel.
Ability to interpret data and identify performance gaps.
Comfort working long overnight hours in cold and damp conditions.
College degree in food science, food safety, microbiology, or biology.
Two years of related industry experience.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree with advanced hours in the subject content preferred but not required.
Experience in sanitation and/or quality assurance preferred.

Responsibilities

Continuously develop and implement the Food Safety Program at all S3 plants.
Research and implement changing sanitation requirements and standards, including USDA, FDA, ISO, BRC, SQF, YUM, AIB, and customer internal audits.
Travel to plants in response to food safety and microbiology issues.
Conduct scheduled on-floor food safety observations during sanitation and production.
Conduct internal compliance audits covering food safety, chemical safety, and employee safety.
Provide scheduled customer support for Supply Sanitation Systems.
Assist sales efforts for potential customers through travel, conference calls, and food safety presentations.
Design programs to maintain audit compliance at all plants.
Lead and organize Food Safety Admins and their required tasks.
Travel to support customer audits.
Oversee, edit, and design site-specific food safety program fundamentals and supporting materials, including master sanitation schedules, equipment-specific cleaning procedures, training programs, daily operation reports, pre-op sheets, food and chemical safety training, customer-specific program requests, intensified cleaning programs, and customer special projects.
Stay current on food safety and industry news, including recalls and outbreaks, and pursue continuing education programs.
Respond to current and potential customer inquiries concerning food safety and microbiology.
Assist with developing overall safety, chemical safety, and new-hire programs based on audit requirements.
Observe operations, safety, and chemical safety practices.
Maintain plant confidentiality.
Manage the growing food safety team, including travel, effective use of team members, encouragement, and education.