Dairy Quality & Food Safety Manager

Meijer Inc.; St. Augustine South (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meijer Rewards

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Inc. is seeking a site Food Safety and Quality Leader to oversee our high‑risk dairy manufacturing operations. This role ensures regulatory, customer, and certification compliance while leading food safety plans and prerequisite programs across multiple functions.

You will drive continuous improvement through technical leadership, risk‑based decisions, and effective quality systems. Onsite, Monday‑Friday 8am–5pm with occasional travel and on‑call as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of quality leadership experience in a dairy manufacturing environment.
• Progressive experience in food safety and quality within a manufacturing environment; dairy experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of food safety plans, GMPs, sanitation systems, environmental monitoring, allergen controls, audit readiness, and quality management practices.
• Experience leading investigations, internal audits, CAPA, complaint management, traceability, recall readiness, and risk-based product disposition decisions.
• Experience in UHT, aseptic or ESL environments; fluid dairy experience acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve the site food safety and quality management system, including plans, programs, sanitation controls, monitoring, document control, and records management.
• Ensure regulatory, customer, and third-party compliance; act as primary site contact for inspections, audits, and corrective actions.
• Provide guidance to site leadership on regulatory compliance implementation.
• Oversee product and material compliance activities including specifications, labeling, packaging verification, controls, testing, and disposition of nonconforming product.
• Provide technical leadership for manufacturing operations including controls verification, hygienic design, traceability, recall readiness, investigations, and continuous improvement.
• Support product launches, process changes, shelf-life and validation activities, and risk-based quality decisions across product categories.
• Lead internal audits, root cause analysis, CAPA, KPI reporting, site training, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen food safety culture.
• Oversee laboratory or external testing support, microbiological risk management, and specialized process controls.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

GMPs

Auditing

Data analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field

Tools

LIMS

Job description

Meijer Inc. is seeking a site Food Safety and Quality Leader to oversee our high‑risk dairy manufacturing operations. This role ensures regulatory, customer, and certification compliance while leading food safety plans and prerequisite programs across multiple functions.

You will drive continuous improvement through technical leadership, risk‑based decisions, and effective quality systems. Onsite, Monday‑Friday 8am–5pm with occasional travel and on‑call as needed.