HACCP Coordinator

Job No: QP20
Location: Delta, BC

About the opportunity

The HACCP Coordinator reports to the Quality Assurance Manager and is responsible for planning, leading, and organizing day to day activities and ensuring an effective and competent team members contributing to meet departmental productivity goals and quality standards. The supervisor will oversee QA technicians and provide employee feedback, disciplinary communication, performance reviews and training.

Assist in ensuring compliance with local and federal laws of Good Manufacturing Practices in order to produce optimum quality and product reliability at the most economical costs by the following:

  • Lead department in absence of manager
  • Implementing, verifying, and validating regulatory compliance of food safety programs and processes in all areas including, but not limited to, transportation, storage, purchasing, equipment, training, sanitation, pest control, recall, and allergens
  • Ensure all products are organoleptically and micro biologically sampled in accordance with company specifications.
  • Co-lead monthly food safety meetings with QA Manager.
  • Work with Sanitation Group to ensure food safety and quality.
  • Monitor facility integrity, report and communicate deviations to appropriate departments.
  • Communicate relevant personnel all information essential to ensure the effective implementation and maintenance of the Food Safety and Quality system.
  • Ensure all reviews and major changes to the SQF or FSMA system are documented.
  • Planning and Providing GMP/FSMA/Food Defense/Organic/NON-GMO related training to all employees
  • Investigate deviations to procedures, systems or standards and implement corrective actions.
  • Responding to and resolving consumer and customer concerns and complaints and other problem solving.
  • Co-lead customer audits and 3rd party audits along with the QA Manager.
  • Participate in GAP analysis before the SQF audit.
  • Assist QA Manager with Internal audits and implementation of corrective actions.
  • Maintain planned environmental testing program, implement and follow up on corrective actions.
  • Ensure the correct documents are filed electronically and physically for all raw materials and Process Preventive Controls.
  • Ensure supplies needed for QA department are ordered in a timely manner.
  • Act as liaison between management and the team, train existing and new staff including coaching and developing dedicated, focused and capable employees to meet Nature’s Path current and future operating needs, communicating instructions, and organizing the team

Ensure compliance and implement corrective actions, in order to produce the highest level of quality product that Nature’s Path can produce by:

  • Investigate Quality Assurance complaints and implement corrective actions.
  • Audit and assist suppliers to resolve quality issues.
  • Shared responsibility on the development and incorporation of new and existing technologies including calibrations, testing, validations, data analysis, monitoring, procedure development, and training.
  • Update and/or develop documentation such as SOPs and SSOPs

Work in close liaison between management and the team, train existing and new staff including coaching and developing dedicated, focused and capable employees to meet Nature’s Path current and future operating needs, communicating instructions, and organizing the team:

  • Assist the QA Manager with the development and maintenance of QA initiatives.
  • Assume the role of QA Technician when needed
  • Other duties as assigned

Education

  • BS in Food Science, Food Technology or related degree, or relative work experience preferred

Experience

  • Experience in Quality Control in a food processing environment preferred.
  • Strong technical aptitude for assisting in implementing new test methodology and high tech testing equipment
  • Working Knowledge of food safety and QA programs such as FSMA and GMP
  • Strong Continuous Improvement experience, i.e. Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.
  • High attention to detail a must

Upon joining Nature's Path, you will become part of a vibrant team that contributes to bringing healthy, organic food to the world in a sustainable way. At Nature's Path, we follow 5 core competencies and, as a result, strive to build a culture that is: performance driven, always improving, team focused, honourable and respectful, and sustainably and socially conscious.

We thank all applicants for their interest in Nature's Path Foods; candidates selected for an interview will be contacted by Nature's Path.

To apply for this position, please email your cover letter and resume to mjmuhle@naturespath.com. This position will remain open until filled.

 

 

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