Jack Daniel's Food Safety & Quality
Systems Engineer - Lynchburg, TN 37352
Brown-Forman
Meaningful Work From Day One
Responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance, training, and
compliance of the Food Safety and Quality Systems for Jack Daniel Distillery,
Lem Motlow Prop., a production facility producing
over 19 million cases of finished goods annually. Serve as the subject matter
expert and provide guidance and support for managers/supervisors to ensure
that the plant complies with Food Safety and Quality system requirements.
What You Can Expect
- Quality and
Food Safety Practitioner (SQF)
- Quality Systems : Responsible for the development,
implementation, and maintenance of the SQF Global Food Safety and
Quality Systems including HACCP plan, writing procedures and auditing
documentation for compliance.
- Jack Daniel’s
Bottling Food Safety and Quality Team (FSQ) : Lead the FSQ team meetings, risk
assessments, and troubleshooting efforts. This multidisciplinary team is responsible
for developing, implementing, and enforcing the documented and approved
Food Safety and Quality Plan and related documents. Must work with other
members of the team to perform a full review of the documented and
implemented plan at least annually, or when changes to the process,
equipment, inputs, or other changes affecting product safety or quality
occur.
- Management
Review Meetings : Gather data and lead monthly
meetings, deliver status of SQF programs and continuous improvement
efforts.
- Subject Matter
Expert : Provide guidance to managers,
supervisors, and hourly employees to maintain compliance with SQF,
HACCP, FSMA, Corporate Food Safety and Quality Systems program,
policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Verifications/
Validations: Completes
all verifications/validations as defined in SQF program. Reviews
and verifies production documents as outlined in HACCP, FSMA, and SQF
programs.
- Trend
analysis: Performs
trend analysis on food safety parameters to identify and mitigate
potential threats.
- Internal Audits : Trains internal auditors, conducts
and documents routine internal audits to the SQF Codes.
- Food Defense : Serve as the Jack Daniels Food
Defense Qualified Individual and member of the Jack Daniel’s Bottling
Food Defense Team. This
multidisciplinary team is responsible for developing as well as
implementing and enforcing the documented and approved Food Defense
Plan. Must work with other members of the team to perform a full review
of the documented and implemented plan at least annually.
- FSMA : Serve as the Preventive Controls
Qualified Individual for Jack Daniel’s Bottling.
- Document Control : Develop and maintain documentation in
the Quality Management Software (EtQ Reliance)
to support the Brown-Forman Food Safety and Quality, and SQF Food Safety
and Quality compliance. Ensure documents are controlled and that
document changes are completed in a timely manner to support production
needs.
- Consumer Complaints : Monitors trends in consumer
complaints database and reports data to management on a timely basis.
Investigates complaints related to food safety and quality.
- Training: Ensures all employee annual
and ongoing food safety training is conducted to help create a culture
of food safety.
- Culture: Engage in food safety and
Quality culture through support and participation of SQF activities
- Continuous Improvement : Provides resources and leadership for
continuous improvement of Food Safety and Quality systems. Provides
direction on appropriate corrective actions and ensures corrective
actions are appropriately documented and verified
- Housekeeping
- Responsible
for the JD South Facility Housekeeping Program. Leads Housekeeping
Meetings and maintains records for South Facility audits. Distributes
audits to Department Managers, tracks corrective action responses,
analyzes data for trends, and provides guidance on corrective actions to
managers to maintain compliance.
- Responsible
for Pest control program and primary contact for Pest Control provider.
- Kosher
Compliance
- Serve as
primary contact for Kosher Compliance audits. Ensure that the plant has
updated Kosher certificates for ingredients used in Kosher production.
- General
Compliance
- Serves as
liaison during compliance audits by corporate and external agencies.
Maintain the following certifications current:
- GFSI Food
Safety Certification
- PCQI
Certification
- HACCP
Certification
- Food Defense
Coordinator
We Are Looking For People Who
- Have a
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM Field and 5+ years
experience in production and/or quality systems design and
implementation.
- Must be HACCP
certified and able to implement and maintain the HACCP based Food Safety
plan.
- Understand
GFSI Food Safety Requirements for Manufacturing and the requirements to
implement and maintain a GFSI Compliant System in an Alcoholic Beverage
Manufacturing Plant.
- Demonstrated
project leadership and interpersonal skills with ability to coordinate
efforts of managers of other departments.
- Demonstrated
written communication skills with ability to develop written procedures
as well as clear, concise reports of technical data.
- Demonstrated
computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Google
Suite.
- Demonstrated
ability to perform and interpret statistical analyses.
What You Can Add To The Team
- M.S. Degree in
Food Science, or related field accompanied by food manufacturing
experience.
- SQF Certified
Practitioner and have experience designing and implementing SQF Food
Safety and Quality programs for Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers.
- Certified in
Food Safety, HACCP, PCQI, FDQI, Lead Auditor.
- Experience
with EtQ Reliance Software, Lucid Charts, SAP,
and iAuditor.
- Prior Beverage
Alcohol QC Lab Experience.
Brown-Forman Corporation is committed to equality of
opportunity in all aspects of employment. It is the policy of Brown-Forman
Corporation to provide full and equal employment opportunities to all
employees and potential employees without regard to race, color, religion,
national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental
disability or any other legally protected status.
Business Area: Global Production
City: Lynchburg
State: Tennessee
Country: USA
Req ID: JR-00004070
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