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Food
Safety Quality Assurance Manager - Yuma, AZ
Dole Food Company, Inc.
Full-time
Job details
Job Type
Full-time
Full Job Description
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / PRIMARY PURPOSE
The position is responsible for managing the FSQA program for
assigned area of responsibility (field, cooler, supplier approvals, and
Diversified Food safety). The FSQA Manager works as a liaison between
growers, customers, co-packers, coolers, packing houses, and internal
business teams to ensure all Dole quality & food safety standards are met
or exceeded.
Required Skills
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS/DUTIES OF THE POSITION
- Ensure all Dole suppliers are approved.
- Ensure compliance to Federal (FSMA),
State and local regulations internally and externally.
- Responsible for handling customer food
safety and quality complaints. Ensure all Dole sites and associated
external &/or 3rd party entities follow Dole quality and food safety
requirements.
- Identify areas of microbial risk and
ensure corrective actions are implemented.
- Provide internal and external quality
& food safety training.
- Manage, implement, maintain quality &
food safety related policies.
- Supervise and train salaried and hourly
employees within the FSQA departments.
- Act as liaison with federal and state
agencies to ensure compliance with regulatory issues.
- Must be willing to travel to various
regions, as needed.
- Ensure customer requests related to
quality & food safety are completed appropriately and timely.
- Prepare and manage department budgets
- Follow all food safety requirements and
GMP’s as applicable for this position
- Evaluate and recommend new processes that
will increase efficiencies for the business
- Facilitate compliance with third party
auditing schemes
- Responsible for performing/assigning
processing floor centric audits, maintaining records of results and
analysis of results for report out to the business.
- Responsible for analysis and verification
of Food Safety and Quality Plans including assessment of results
- Increase awareness, evaluation, and
compliance of FSQA programs. This includes making recommendations for
follow-up completion, providing training content for FSQA training and
communication of FSQA expectations.
- Leverage internal and external data to
drive continuous improvement
- Serve as a resource for equipment
commissioning & decommissioning activities
- Ensure the integrity and continued
operations of the food safety system in the event of organizational or
personnel changes within the company or associated facilities
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Experience
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES (Knowledge, Skill And
Experience Requirements)
- Minimum of three to five years in a FSQA
related field.
- Three to five years of supervision
experience required.
- Produce or high-risk FSQA related
experience preferred.
- Field and Manufacturing FSQA related
experience, strongly preferred.
- Technical knowledge of regulatory
requirements, inclusive of FSMA, microbial hazards, third party audit
bodies, sanitation procedures and field and plant operations.
- Strong written and verbal communication
skills in English are required.
- Must have the ability to make decisions,
appear for work on time, follow directions,
interact well with co-workers, understand and follow posted work
rules/procedures.
- Must be self-motivated and able to keep
projects moving forward under stressful conditions. Changing priorities
will be a persistent factor.
- Ability to work and adapt to a fast-paced,
dynamic environment.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color,
religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected
veteran status, or on the basis of disability
INTERNAL & EXTERNAL RELATIONS
The FSQA Manager works closely with both internal and external
business teams, inclusive of Agricultural Operations, Logistics, Operations,
customers and external suppliers and co-packers.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
BA/BS degree in Microbiology, Food Sciences, Agriculture or
related field is required.
EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT
- Responsible for managing the FSQA
specialists/supervisors and respective administrative staff.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to lift up to 10-25 pounds, identify and distinguish
colors, and works in extreme cold some of the time. (Notification required
due to the Americans With Disabilities Act).
WORK HOUR REQUIREMENT
- Flexibility to work various hours/days as
needed as well as more than 40 hours per week.
- Ability to travel – up to 30% required.
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