Senior Food Safety & Quality Assurance Lead

Sobeys; Delta; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

British Columbia Central Kitchens in Delta, BC is seeking an onsite Quality Assurance Manager to oversee food safety and quality management systems at a federally licensed site. You will manage the Food Safety/Quality team, develop PCPs and HACCP plans, conduct risk assessments and verify compliance with metrics and customer requirements.

You will lead GMPs, Health Canada policies, and CFIA and recall processes, while driving continuous improvement and KPI reporting across the plant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, or related field.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated effective team development and leadership to create and support a high performing team.
• Experience in ready-to-eat product processing/manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience leading food safety programs at federally regulated establishments under SFCR is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site food safety programs, regulatory compliance and GFSI certification.
• Advance the organization’s food safety and quality policy and procedures at the site to establish a compliant food safety culture.
• Proactively maintain and improve plant quality and food safety systems such as PCPs, Health Canada Listeria Policy, GMPs and related programs.
• Maintain FSEP requirements for prerequisite programs and HACCP plans (verification, validation, logging of changes, and review of programs annually or as changes occur).
• Drive the implementation of a GFSI scheme at the facility and maintain certification.
• Understand CFIA and Health Canada’s food safety investigation, risk assessment and recall processes and execute if required.
• Review and participate in the development of SOPs and SSOPs for all aspects of the business at the site.
• Train plant personnel in TQM philosophies, SPC, HACCP, GMP, and monitor compliance.
• Develop KPIs and reporting systems with Corporate Food Safety.
• Directly manage and perform proficiency testing/evaluation of a multi-level Quality Assurance team of employees.
• Identify and report concerns regarding food safety and quality to senior management.
• Develop, conduct and assist in training of manufacturing staff as required.
• Ensure quality, product safety, plant sanitation, pest control, and regulatory standards are met.
• All other duties as required.

Skills

Excellent communication

Team leadership

Analytical mindset

Education

Bachelor level Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, or related degree

Job description

British Columbia Central Kitchens in Delta, BC is seeking an onsite Quality Assurance Manager to oversee food safety and quality management systems at a federally licensed site. You will manage the Food Safety/Quality team, develop PCPs and HACCP plans, conduct risk assessments and verify compliance with metrics and customer requirements.

You will lead GMPs, Health Canada policies, and CFIA and recall processes, while driving continuous improvement and KPI reporting across the plant.