Food Safety and Quality Assurance Technologist- College Point, New York
US
Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Technologist - College Point, NY
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Job Description
At Restaurant Depot good
business begins with food safety. We are one of the largest wholesale
distributors of food, equipment and supplies to restaurant owners and have
almost 100 stores across the nation. We are growing very fast and with our
growing customer demand, reputation, food products, food imports and private
label products, comes a growing responsibility to
ensure top quality and safe products for our customers. The Food Safety and
Quality Assurance Technologist will provide technical expertise and
leadership for Restaurant Depot's Food Safety and Quality Assurance Program.
Located at our New York corporate office in College Point, Queens, you will
focus on quality and food safety of imports, quality assurance of our private
label brands, foreign supplier verification and product testing. Come join us
in our industry recognized food safety and quality assurance ventures.
Role objectives:
� Work with third party laboratories
to test imported food products and ensure food safety and quality
� Analyzing and reporting of test
results from product testing
� Monitoring of the Food Safety
Modernization Act regulations and identifying effective implementation of
regulations pertaining to Restaurant Depot
� Quality Assurance of private label
brands. This involves comparing product specifications for private label
products and ensuring products have good quality standards.
� Meeting with suppliers and buyers
to discuss food quality and safety requirements.
� Creation of Restaurant Depot
specifications for all private label products as a standard for all existing
and new suppliers to follow thereby ensuring safe and high quality products
� Creation of company policies
pertaining to imports, implementation of FSMA regulations, store HACCP and
food safety
� Promotion and development of our
Keep it Kool Program
� Work with regulatory officials
(FDA, USDA) to make sure the company food safety and quality policies are in
line with regulatory requirements
� Review and update of the annual
Quality Assurance Program binder for the stores with the corporate food
safety/HACCP team
� Assisting our stores with any food
safety and quality concerns or issues
� Assisting with managing product
recalls in the stores
� Attending relevant conferences and
seminars to keep in line with current developments in food safety and quality
both in industry and regulatory
� Membership and participation in
industry recognized food safety organizations
Qualifications and
Skills:
� Bachelor's degree in Food Science
or related field
� Knowledge and understanding of food
safety, HACCP, food microbiology and food regulations
� Strong communication and written
skills
� Ability to work independently as
well as in teams
� Focused and detail-oriented
� HACCP certified/ability to obtain
HACCP certification on the job
� Preferred: Master's degree in Food
Science or related field
� Preferred: Relevant work experience
in a role of food safety/quality assurance
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