Food Safety Manager
Sirna & Sons Produce is a fourth-generation, family-run, wholesale food distributor. In our 81 years of service, we have continually provided premium produce, competitive pricing, and superior service. We are proud to bring you the finest quality products from growers across the nation, around the world, and locally. We’re more than produce, need dairy? We have it! Last-minute catering, no problem. Our in-house produce processing facility, Christine’s Cuts, we got you covered. We distribute our fresh arrivals 6 days a week to restaurants, hotels, country clubs, schools, and institutions throughout Ohio, Central Pennsylvania, and Northern West Virginia. You can count on us to provide nothing less than fresh! Our business, like yours, depends on delivering the very best, and since 1939, Sirna & Sons Produce has been doing just that.
Essential Functions:
- Maintain and administer the Food Safety and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) programs
- Oversee, maintain, revise, ensuring compliance, and initiate continuous improvement for all policies, procedures and programs relating to food safety. This includes, but not limited to:
- Regulatory compliance
- HACCP Plan and prerequisite programs
- Food Defense
- Pest Control
- Crisis Management
- Allergen Control
- Recall and Traceability
- Supplier Certification (includes raw/finished product and packaging)
- Training – general Food Safety and job specific Food Safety training
- Personal Hygiene and compliance to corporate Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
- Provide direction to Facility/Maintenance and processing Managers to ensure all Maintenance, Sanitation, and Chemical Control activities adhere to published food safety requirements
- Ensure all personnel adhere to published food safety requirements regarding all operational activities for distribution and processing.
- Perform documented random and/or scheduled internal audits and inspections of the facility to verify adherence to Food Safety policies and provide corrective action on non-compliances
- Maintain document control for all food safety related programs and procedures
- Respond, record, investigate, provide corrective action, and trend customer complaints related to food safety and provide data to the various Procurement Departments
- Own third-party audits and inspections (regulatory, organic, etc.) and provide insight on corrective action on non-compliances
- Respond to customer requests related to third-party audits, food safety, and compliance
- Provide expertise and assist in areas, such as product development, product layout and equipment purchasing
- Maintain organized, written employee training, and safety investigation records in coordination with Human Resources and Management
- Implement and maintain quality assurance/food safety program for Christine Cuts.
- Manage Quality Assurance Technicians in Christine Cuts and review all documentation to ensure compliance
- Perform pre-operational inspections of processing
Competencies, Experience, and Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field required
- At least 3+ years Food Science and/or Food Safety function, quality assurance, or regulatory compliance within a food manufacturing or processing environment
- Proficient PC skills in CRM and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems- Produce Pro, Microsoft Office (particularly Excel), and common E Mail systems.
- Completed training in HACCP, SQF Auditing Systems, and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
Schedule:
- Monday – Friday (Day Shift)
Compensation:
- $68,000 - $70,000/year
Physical Demands:
- Occasionally lift up to 50 lbs
- Travel as needed
- Stand or sit for long periods of time
- Work in cold or wet cooler conditions for extended periods of time
Benefits:
- Health & Welfare Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Voluntary Life)
- Paid Time Off
- Holidays
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Weekly Pay
- Career Advancement Opportunities
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.