Specialist, Quality - Grain
About The Position
The Specialist, Quality – Grain role supports the Plant Supervisor in ensuring all food safety and quality objectives are met while reinforcing a strong food safety culture across the site. This position serves as a subject‑matter expert for HACCP, PCQI, and SQF requirements, owning the daily execution and continuous improvement of the site’s Quality Management System. Responsibilities include managing sanitation, environmental monitoring, audits, and investigations, validating food safety testing, and ensuring regulatory and customer compliance. This role is ideal for a confident, solutions‑oriented quality professional who are comfortable working independently, influencing the facility, and standing firm on food safety standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required (or the equivalent in work experience)
- 1-3 years’ relevant experience required
Nice To Haves
- Subject‑matter expert for HACCP, PCQI, and SQF requirements
- Confident, solutions‑oriented quality professional
- Comfortable working independently
- Comfortable influencing the facility
- Comfortable standing firm on food safety standards
Responsibilities
- Assist Plant Supervisor to ensure food safety/quality objectives are met
- Ensure plant sanitation efforts are effective and documented
- Manage the daily needs of the assigned site’s Safe Quality Food (SQF) based Quality Management System
- Perform investigational process to prevent and eliminate microbiological concerns
- Manage the site’s integrated environmental management program
- Perform customer service complaint investigations
- Lead the plant in maintaining SQF certification status
- Create and update plant food safety and quality programs, as needed
- Complete needed internal audits of facility and grounds, as well as traceability audits and mock recalls
- Investigate food safety incidents, discuss related issues and prepare plans for improvement
- Monitor and manage the plant’s Integrated Pest Control Program
- Monitor incoming packaging, ingredients etc. for deficiencies and communicate any issues
- Verify and validate all daily food safety and quality tests are being performed
- Manage finished product and raw material status through the company’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
