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TITLE: Southern District Food Safety Representative – Driscoll’s - Santa Maria, CA

CLASSIFICATION: Full-Time, Year -Round

PAY STATUS: Exempt

GROUP: Operations

REPORTS TO: National Food Safety Assistant Manager

LOCATION: Santa Maria, California

DATE: February 27, 2013

PURPOSE: To ensure the integrity and safety of Driscoll’s product

JOB SUMMARY: Work with Driscoll’s Food Safety Team, Growers, Regional Production teams, and Cooler personnel to execute the Driscoll’s Food Safety Program in the associated District.

QUALIFICATION:

· Bachelor of Science degree with emphasis on microbiology and/or food science required; equivalent experience will be considered.

● 1-3 years’ experience in Agriculture with emphasis on Food Safety, Microbiology, GAPs, and GMPs preferred.

● Good verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-starter,

● Computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite

● Bilingual Spanish/English skills required.

● California driver’s license and the ability to be covered under company-sponsored vehicle insurance program are also required.

● Requires moderate travel.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Assist growers and facilities with implementation of the Food Safety manuals. Provide trainings, follow up visits, and general guidance for implementation.
Execution of Driscoll’s Internal Food Safety Audit program. Schedule, execute, and track audits; ensure completion of corrective actions.
Work with certification bodies to execute third party audits. Schedule and ensure completion of audits and corrective action follow up. Work with certification bodies to resolve regional issues as needed.
Work with the Regional Production department to compile ranch lists and identify new growers and sites, and resolve regional issues as needed
On boarding of new growers
Obtain and process grower pesticide use reports.
Working with the National Food Safety Training Manager, implement a district training program for growers, facilities, and other Driscoll’s personnel.
Execution of sampling program (micro and residue). Pull sample, track, follow up, and take corrective action and conduct investigations where needed.
Track facilities and obtain third party audit certificates where necessary.
Conduct risk assessments. As needed, conduct new site and water source risk assessments. Perform, track, follow up, and ensure implementation of corrective actions where necessary.
Conduct mock recalls. Mock recalls will be conducted annually for all facilities for which we schedule an audit.
Attend grower meetings.
Ensures the security of Driscoll’s proprietary and confidential information and material.
Follows Company policies and practices while representing Driscoll’s in an ethical and business-like manner in all interactions with employees, government agencies, growers, customers, etc.
Performs other duties as assigned.
This job description is intended to describe the general nature of the work performed by employees in this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all the job's responsibilities. At Driscoll’s, all of our jobs include broad responsibilities for continually improving the processes we use to develop our products.

[1]This job description is intended to describe the general nature of the work performed by employees in this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all the job’s responsibilities. At Driscoll’s, all of our jobs include broad responsibilities for continually improving.

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