Sanitarian III MFRPS
About The Position
The Sanitarian III serves as the Manufactured Foods Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) Coordinator for the Training and Standardization Operations Branch, managing the Branch’s cooperative agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The role ensures a comprehensive, organized approach to food outbreak response in accordance with MFRPS and maintains grants and contracts from federal and state entities, including administrative reporting and budget preparation. Under the supervision of the Training and Standardization Operations Branch Manager, the position assists the manager and works closely with staff. It prepares and delivers presentations to internal and external stakeholders and works under minimal direction, with extensive latitude to use initiative and independent judgment. The position may involve overnight travel, on-call availability, and emergency response. It may also require overtime, extended hours, work outside the usual 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-through-Friday schedule, alternate shifts, or a change of work location during disaster response or Continuity of Operations activation.
Requirements
- At least three years of combined experience conducting manufactured foods, retail foods, youth camp, or public sanitation inspections.
- Experience in training work, manufactured foods inspection, retail inspection, and environmental inspection.
- Valid Texas driver’s license or equivalent license from another state.
- Registration as a professional sanitarian by the State of Texas.
- Knowledge of manufactured and retail food safety principles and practices; applicable statutes and rules; technical inspection aspects of food manufacturing and retail establishments; and training and development procedures and techniques.
- Skill in professional verbal and written communication, instruction, computer use and applicable inspection software, field inspection equipment, technical report writing and word processing, problem solving, decision making, and time management.
- Ability to communicate technical information to audiences with varying levels of understanding and interact with professionals in government and industry.
- Ability to travel in and out of state as necessary for training, inspections, and training and evaluation of inspection field staff.
- Ability to assess training needs and formulate objectives, work outside normal business hours, and be available for emergency response.
Responsibilities
- Ensure MFRPS cooperative agreement reporting requirements are met; prepare the annual budget and administrative reports and complete required deliverables.
- Develop protocols, procedures, and corrective action plans to meet MFRPS requirements, and maintain documentation of the Standards.
- Maintain familiarity with and provide training on the National Voluntary Retail Foods Regulatory Program and the Manufactured Foods Regulatory Standards.
- Work with process improvement teams assigned to the standards; monitor program conformance with MFRPS and recommend changes based on new technologies and best practices.
- Coordinate with the Rapid Response Team to ensure cooperative agreement projects, deliverables, and reporting elements are completed.
- Participate in national MFRPS-related meetings and workgroups; develop protocols, procedures, exercises, and training elements required by the cooperative agreement.
- Research other state and federal agency rules, policies, and procedures and consult with agencies on establishing, and where possible creating, uniform national practices.
- Assist the manager in ensuring the Branch follows Food and Drug Section and Manufactured & Retail Food Unit standards, and participate in planning and implementing Branch goals.
- Work with staff on complex inspections and training needs; assist with report review and preparation of compliance cases for other Food and Drug Section programs as directed.
- Participate in or support agency disaster response, recovery, or Continuity of Operations activation; assist other staff with more complex work.
- Prepare and deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
Benefits
- Insurance coverage and other benefits through the State of Texas Group Benefits Plan administered by the Employee Retirement System of Texas (ERS).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
