Senior Project Manager

Exposant 3; Alberta; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to community impact and excellence! As a Quality Assurance Technician, you'll play a vital role in ensuring food safety and quality standards are met. Your expertise in microbiological testing and problem-solving will help improve processes and maintain compliance with Canadian regulations. This role offers an engaging environment where your contributions will directly influence the quality of products enjoyed by families across Canada. Embrace the opportunity to grow professionally while making a difference in the lives of others!

Benefits

Competitive Benefits Package

Health and Dental Coverage

Life Insurance

Access to Virtual Health Care

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Retirement and Savings Plan

10% In-store Discount

Learning and Development Resources

Paid Vacation

Qualifications

• 1-2 years experience in a food processing plant, ideally in RTE products.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Review and assess quality and food safety programs regularly.
• Perform microbiological testing of food samples accurately.

Skills

Microbiological Testing

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Process Improvement

Education

Four-year college degree in Food Science

Degree in Food Microbiology

Degree in Chemistry

Tools

Microsoft Suite

HACCP Plans

Job description

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Alberta Central Kitchens, located in Rocky View County, AB, is continuing to expand our growing QA team and has an opening for a Quality Assurance Technician.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

1. Review and assess quality and food safety programs on an ongoing basis. Develop new programs as required.
2. Perform regular microbiological testing of food samples with accurate and reproducible results.
3. Ensure that the quality, product safety, plant sanitation, and regulatory standards are consistently met.
4. Troubleshoot and solve quality problems at plant level using multiple tools including analytical testing and brainstorming. Present results to management team.
5. Actively participate in the plant’s process improvement platform and seek ways to improve all operating procedures.
6. Ensure adherence to Sobeys policies, procedures and practices through monitoring and acting on observations.
7. Successfully complete other duties as assigned.

What you have to offer:

1. Four-year college degree in Food Science, Food Microbiology, Chemistry, or related field.
2. 1-2 years experience in a food processing plant, ideally in Ready to Eat (RTE) products.
3. 1-2 years laboratory experience in microbiology testing.
4. Experience with SPC, GMPs, sanitation and process controls.
5. Strong knowledge of Canadian regulatory requirements.
6. Experience in maintaining HACCP plans, ideally in a GFSI certified facility.
7. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
8. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Suite.
9. Energetic, self-motivated, organized, and proactive with excellent team skills.

INDCKAB

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

Our Total Rewards programs goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, as well as life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Paid Vacation, eligible only after working a set number of hours/days worked.

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.