Senior FSQA Specialist (Production)

Dr. Schär•Swedesboro, NJ

16h

About The Position

The Senior Food Safety QA (FSQA) Specialist is responsible for ensuring food safety and quality compliance across the facility. The role requires a detail-oriented, proactive professional with strong food safety systems knowledge who can independently manage projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The specialist works on the production floor daily and collaborates with Production and other cross-functional teams to support operational quality, sanitation, documentation, and continuous improvement. The position oversees facility FSQA programs and food safety culture activities, manages complaints and corrective actions, supports audits, recalls, and trace exercises, and maintains food safety and quality documentation. It also provides employee coaching and training, supports sanitation performance and 5S, and performs other duties as assigned. The role requires flexibility in working hours and days depending on business need, and frequent or sometimes constant standing, walking, bending, stooping, and kneeling to monitor production lines and inspect the facility.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science, Biological Sciences, or a related field.
Eight or more years of food industry, food safety, and QA experience.
Strong knowledge of FDA regulations and application of food safety principles, including FSMA, HACCP, GMPs, SQF, allergens, and microbiology.
Experience with SQF or other GFSI schemes.
HACCP and/or PCQI certification.
Experience reviewing and writing policies and procedures.
Strong interpersonal, organizational, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Strong Microsoft Office skills.
Ability to work daily on the production floor and in a GMP-regulated manufacturing environment.
Ability to perform frequent and sometimes constant standing, walking, bending, stooping, and kneeling.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a food manufacturing or production environment.

Responsibilities

Oversee facility FSQA programs, including Foreign Material Control, Pest Control, Allergen Management, and CAPAs, ensuring procedures comply with company and regulatory standards.
Conduct facility GMP inspections and oversee follow-up corrective actions and trend analysis to ensure compliance with FSQA programs.
Oversee the facility Food Safety Culture program and associated activities, such as employee surveys, the Food Safety Bulletin board, One Point Lessons, food safety champions, and Production Huddles.
Review, analyze, and track finished product complaints; communicate adverse trends to cross-functional teams; initiate root-cause investigations; and oversee corrective-action implementation and verification as needed.
Act as a backup to the SQF practitioner and participate in SQF Management Review meetings.
Oversee Recipe Part 2 management and communicate findings to cross-functional teams.
Partner with Production to troubleshoot day-to-day product quality, equipment, and sanitation issues.
Participate in management of facility sanitation operational performance and the 5S program.
Oversee execution of line trials (GTVs) for new material validations, equipment, Recipe Part 2 changes, and other purposes.
Audit food safety and quality processes as assigned to ensure compliance.
Assist with mock recalls and trace exercises as needed.
Assist with recall response and execution alongside the Crisis Management Team as needed.
Support external audits, such as SQF and FDA audits, by providing required documentation and participating as needed.
Communicate FSQA information to cross-functional teams through reports, meetings, and presentations as required.
Create, revise, and maintain food safety and quality documentation in collaboration with cross-functional teams as needed.
Provide employee coaching and training on food safety and quality best practices.
Drive continuous improvement in facility food safety and quality programs and recommend improvements to food safety, quality, and sanitation processes.
Independently manage projects and execute tasks with minimal supervision.
Follow all company safety protocols and procedures.
Perform additional duties as assigned to support department and company goals.
Work flexibly in hours and days depending on business need.