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PRINCIPAL
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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- Maintain product
integrity and food safety within the plant.
- Run Quality Control area
and delegate tasks within the area.
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- Organize and train all
people within the quality assurance area.
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- Implement government
mandates regarding quality control and food safety in all areas of
the plant.
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- Maintain effective
communication channels between government and plant officials.
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- Monitor all government
regulations, programs, and policies regarding food safety both
inside and out of the plant (FSIS, USDA, FDA, etc.).
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- Keep employees focused on
HACCP and GMP procedures.
- Track microbiological
trends, sanitation program performance, and product shelf life
within plant and communicate results to plant team members and
corporate quality assurance.
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- Create and write quality
control programs to be implemented plant and company
wide.
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- Adhere to specific
customer requests and specifications in reference to quality of
products.
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- Develop and organize
different means of evaluating product quality and then develop
better ways to produce products.
- Oversee all raw material
claims and product/ingredient receiving.
- Knowledge, background and
expertise in Case-ready beef and pork operations is critical. Areas of knowledge must include
HACCP, specification adherence to incoming raw materials, brine
mixing procedures, trimming, chilling, styling & packaging
specs, packaging modified atmosphere characteristics, final
box/package configuration and shelf-life.
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- Evaluate sanitation and
pest & rodent contractors performance
to insure they are completing their jobs in a safe, effective and
professional manner.
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- Prepare implement and
monitor standard operating procedures for each production area in
the plant.
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- Constantly review and
update product quality control programs.
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- Prepare assorted special
projects regarding quality and food safety for the plant.
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- Work tasks fluctuate
depending on the direction of government officials, plant
conditions, and business objectives.
- Responsible for insuring
that all areas of the plant are properly sanitized.
Conduct
department meetings on a regular basis
- Coordinate efforts
implementing new products/process with respective parties (i.e.
engineering, production, management, maintenance).
- Develop, maintain and
implement any programs relating to customer, or 3rd
party requirements, to include leading audits and maintenance of
BRC certification .
- Monitor, track and
evaluate all SPC programs mandated relative to customer
requirements or plant performance.
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