Food Safety and Quality Specialist

Position Title: Food Safety and Quality Specialty 1st Shift (8am-4pm)

Type of Position: Full-time hourly, 40 hours/week

Rate: $18.00 - $20.00 (based on experience)

Position Summary:

This position reports directly to the Food Safety Manager and assist the Food Safety Manager in total management and upkeep of our Food Safe Policy and corresponding certification, SQF. This person will spend most of their time on the prep and packaging halls.

Benefits:

• Medical Plan administered by CareFirst with employer contribution of $250 monthly. Dental and vision insurance plans also administered by CareFirst. Short-term and long-term disability administered by Mutual of Omaha
• 401(k) administered by John Hancock with employer match of up to 4% of annual earnings, immediately upon hire
• Paid holidays, 6 annually
• One week of accrued PTO time, available for use following 90 days of employment
• Employee discount on all granola products

Duties and Responsibilities

• Daily Post-operation inspections supervision.
• Monitoring Critical control points.
• Managing company HACCP plan through collection of fully completed required documentation.
• Raw & Finished product evaluation (code dates, weight, quality, etc.).
• Pre-production label verification.
• Performing shelf-life evaluations.
• Monitoring GMP & Safety compliance of employees in production.
• Adhere to GSFI policies and procedures.
• Review SQF records and forms needed on the 1st shift.
• Must work safely at all times and comply with all safety policies and procedures.
• Comply with Michele's Granola's policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent.
• Must be at least 18 years of age to work in the warehouse.
• A minimum of 6 months to 1-year experience desired.
• Must be detailed oriented and have excellent follow up skills.
• Must be able to communicate in English (highly preferred).
• Must demonstrate basic math skills.
• Must be proficient in reading and writing.
• Ability to occasionally lift and carry up to 25 pounds.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule to include holidays and weekends.

Physical Demands

The physical demands listed below are characteristic of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Employee needs to walk, stand, and use hands to finger dexterity, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. Reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear.
• Must be able to work around cleaning Chemicals, for example, PerOx, Bleach and sanitizer.
• Must be able to lift/move up to 25 pounds regularly and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25-50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.