Assistant Food Safety & Quality Coordinator

Exploreholton; Kansas; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly bonus

401k with company match

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Paid parental time off

Referral rewards

Job summary

Johnsonville is seeking an Assistant Food Safety/Quality Coordinator to drive continuous improvement in food safety, quality, and animal welfare across the plant. This role emphasizes team interaction, education, and implementing best practices to achieve best-in-class standards.

You will support day-to-day activities, lead audits, and coordinate with operations to ensure compliance and proactive problem-solving. This position suits a self-motivated team player committed to Johnsonville’s values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent work experience considered with certifications.
• SQF Practitioner or BRC certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of food safety, HACCP systems required.
• 2–4 years in a quality leadership position preferred.
• Experience in meat processing/harvest and animal handling and welfare preferred.

Responsibilities

• Educate members on animal handling, food safety and quality applications.
• Represent food safety and quality on cross-functional project teams.
• Develop and maintain facility food safety plans and SOPs including Redzone Compliance.
• Lead or co-lead third party audits (SQF and customer).
• Coordinate with third party sanitation and monitor metrics.
• Engage with USDA and other regulatory agencies for GMP compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Food safety

Animal welfare

Statistical quality tools

Problem solving

Team player

Influence senior leaders

Adaptability

SAP

Redzone

Education

Bachelor’s degree or related field

SQF Practitioner

BRC certification

Tools

SAP

Redzone

Job description

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science, Meat Science, Food Science, Microbiology or a related field preferred, but equivalent work experience will be considered with appropriate certifications.
• SQF Practitioner or BRC certification, preferred

Experience:

• Strong knowledge of food safety, HACCP systems, required
• 2-4 years of experience in a quality leadership position is preferred.
• Experience in livestock animal handling and welfare, preferred.
• Experience in food manufacturing required, meat processing/harvest preferred.
• Experience working under regulatory systems, specifically USDA and Animal Handling and Welfare preferred.

Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to lead by example and engage others in the decision-making process
• Commitment to continuous personal growth and development
• Intermediate understanding of food safety and animal welfare practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic understanding of statistical quality tools and continuous improvement processes.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt priorities as needed
• Detail oriented, responsible, self-motivated individual.
• Strong team player with problem solving skills and results-driven mindset.
• Ability to influence decision making with senior leaders and production members.
• Quick to learn and adapt

Experience with SAP and Redzone preferred

Description

As the Assistant Food Safety/Quality Coordinator your passion for continuous improvement will support the company in its drive to create a best in world quality culture through leadership and member interaction. This job is perfect for a self-motivated individual who enjoys working as a team and driving for continuous growth. Day-to-day activities support driving food safety, quality and animal welfare activities to a best-in-class level.

Responsibilities:

• Use your technical expertise to educate members on animal handling, food safety and quality applications and systems.
• Be a resource for the plant’s operations and to represent food safety and quality and animal welfare on cross-functional project teams.
• Develop and maintain facility food safety plans, quality plans and standard operating procedures including Redzone Compliance.
• Lead or co-lead third party audits (SQF and customer) and maintain required programs.
• Function as a liaison for plant operations on food safety and quality policies as they relate to both internal and external customers and third-party vendors.
• Function as a plant liaison with third party sanitation company and assist with monitoring metrics
• Be a plant representative to the USDA and other regulatory agencies, while ensuring compliance to GMP standards, USDA, and other regulatory requirements
• Aid with coordinating and troubleshooting of day-to-day food safety and quality opportunities to help the teams define comprehensive and proactive solutions.
• Inspect, audit and work with facility continuous improvement teams to ensure best practice and enhanced standard work processes are implemented and acted upon.
• Evaluate data and Redzone documentation to troubleshoot any trends around food safety and quality processes and products.
• Back up the Food Safety and Quality Coordinator in their absence.
• Coaches the FSQ Leader position

Salary & Benefits

Benefits: Members have potential for a monthly bonus and 401k with a company match. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off and tuition reimbursement!

Referral Bonus: Refer a new part-time (operations only) or full-time member and you are eligible for a $1,000 referral reward! An additional premium of $1,000 ($2,000 total) will be offered for Team Leader and Sanitation members and $3,000 ($4,000 total) for Over-the Road Drivers or Maintenance. Referrals will be paid out after 6 months of service.

Company

About our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 4,000+ Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!