Senior HACCP & Quality Auditor — Food Safety

FGF Brands; Canada; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

RRSP matching program

Tuition reimbursement

Discount program

Job summary

FGF Brands, a naan traditional company in Canada, seeks a Food Safety & Quality Auditor to lead HACCP/BRCGS programs and uphold regulatory compliance. You’ll support QA during audits, drive continuous improvement, and manage training on CCPs and SOPs. Occasional travel to multiple facilities is required.

You will coordinate internal audits, update SOPs, and maintain records, ensuring a compliant, proactive QA environment across sites.

Qualifications

• Completion of food science degree or related post-secondary education.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in quality assurance of food production manufacturing.
• BRCGS/SQF training with an up to date certificate.
• HACCP training certificate required.
• Internal Auditor certification required.
• Strong experience in developing and maintaining Quality Assurance programs, BRCGS, HACCP, FSMA and SOPs.
• Travel across Canada and the US, supporting multiple facilities

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and support the HACCP and food safety teams of the assigned site, to ensure maintenance of the HACCP/BRCGS programs.
• Ensure the assigned facility is following all applicable regulatory requirements (CFIA, Health Canada, USDA, FDA, BRCGS etc.)
• Update SOPs and records as necessary from HACCP system reassessments, program changes, new/modified products, and equipment, etc.
• Responsible for scheduling and leading Food Safety and HACCP meetings and issuing meeting minutes.
• Maintain the HACCP/BRCGS and pre-requisite programs by auditing, monitoring, scheduling, verifying, and validating results.
• Assist QA Lead with annual and new team member training on CCP monitoring and other HACCP SOPs as required.
• Planning, scheduling and executing quarterly internal audits which includes onsite inspection and documents review, report writing and review of CAPA for all the audits of the assigned bakeries and support QA Program lead with external audits (BRCGS, audits requested by customers, CFIA, etc.)
• Ensure timely closure to necessary corrective action items associated with any BRCGS, 3rd party, internal or CFIA audits.
• Keep informed of BRCGS, food safety laws and regulation changes (CFIA, FDA etc).
• Schedule, lead and complete monthly self-inspection. Assist cross functional team with timely closure of the deviations identified.
• Create and maintain an efficient, hygienic, and positive working environment.
• Identifying and evaluating, hazards at all stages of the incoming raw material and food production processes and addressing the hazards in HACCP Plan (Form 5-9).
• This position requires occasional travel to other facilities.
• Review and upload documents in the Black Box for QA, Sanitation and Maintenance and ensure complete and accurate documents are maintained.
• Verifying QA, production, shipping and receiving, sanitation, and maintenance binders on a weekly basis and sending status update to the Director of Compliance and Food Safety Auditing of NA, QA Program lead and QA lead.
• Lead and complete projects related to the continuous improvement of the food safety and quality program of the company, within given timeline.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Director of Compliance and Food Safety Auditing of NA.
• This position requires occasional travel to other facilities.

Skills

HACCP knowledge

Quality assurance

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Project coordination

Education

Food science degree

QA certifications (HACCP/SQF/BRCGS)

Tools

Excel

SOP development

QA documentation systems

Job description

FGF Brands, a naan traditional company in Canada, seeks a Food Safety & Quality Auditor to lead HACCP/BRCGS programs and uphold regulatory compliance. You’ll support QA during audits, drive continuous improvement, and manage training on CCPs and SOPs. Occasional travel to multiple facilities is required.

You will coordinate internal audits, update SOPs, and maintain records, ensuring a compliant, proactive QA environment across sites.