Food Quality, Safety & Compliance Associate

Eden Foods; Clinton Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Foods in Clinton, Michigan seeks a full-time Food Quality, Safety, & Compliance Associate to join the Operations Department. You will work with the QSC team to maintain documentation, SOPs, and TraceGains data supporting quality and safety programs.

The role requires a BS/BA in a life sciences field or equivalent experience, strong written and verbal communication, and teamwork. Travel for supplier inspections and regulatory filings for organic/non-GMO items are part of the job.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Life Sciences or equivalent professional experience.
• Good judgment in handling proprietary and confidential information.
• Professional-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Team player with collaborative spirit.
• Proficient computer skills and willingness to learn systems used by the Company.
• Sound moral and ethical professional practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain documentation, SOPs, and TraceGains data to comply with quality, safety, and defense programs.
• Help maintain relationships with suppliers, certifiers, auditors, customers, and government agencies.
• Assess ingredients, surfaces, and packaging to minimize contamination and ensure compliance.
• Avoid GMOs, irradiated items, toxic chemicals, additives, and contamination in foods.
• Explain natural, organic, and non-GMO topics to internal teams and the public.
• Provide regulatory documentation for imported/exported items and organic transactions.
• Assist with label reviews and FDA/DOA/non-GMO submissions.
• Travel to supplier facilities for inspections.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Reliability

Willingness to learn

Education

BS/BA in Life Sciences

3 years in-plant food industry

Tools

TraceGains

Job description

Eden Foods – Clinton, Michigan (Lenawee County) seeks full-time Food Safety and Quality Compliance staff member. Experience, reliability, and willingness to learn needed. Teamwork and communication skills necessary. Excellent career opportunity. Good work and good people.

Job Description

Operations Department

Position: Food Quality, Safety, & Compliance Associate

Reports to: Quality & Food Safety Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the Company’s Quality, Safety, & Compliance (QSC) team and other Departments to maintain documentation, SOPs, and TraceGains data that comply with food quality, safety, and food defense programs for Eden food items.
• Help maintain and improve relationships with suppliers, certifiers, auditors, customers, and government agencies.
• Assess supplier companies and personnel, ingredients, food contact surfaces, and packaging materials to minimize food contamination and ensure food safety, protection, certification, and documentation for the natural foods sold by the Company.
• Genetically engineered items (GMOs) and their derivatives, as well as irradiated items, must be avoided. The same applies to toxic chemicals, additives, and contamination of the foods we sell by them.
• Study the goods and packaging materials and their backgrounds to evaluate which quality, food safety, and regulatory requirements apply. Pure, delicious food is the goal.
• Receive and help facilitate answering questions from within the company and from the public about natural, organic, and non-GMO food, as well as QSC issues as they arise.
• Maintain documentation supporting the regulatory requirements for the Company’s imported and exported items. Manage the organic transaction documents and export paperwork from the organic certifier for international customers.
• Provide the documentation required, including specification sheets, food safety questions, certificates of analysis, and other product quality documentation for the Sales Department, customers, and TraceGains.
• Assist the QSC team and the Company with customer quality and food safety issues.
• Remain current about industry and regulatory developments that may affect the Company, its food items, and QSC issues. Attend authorized training(s) concerning food safety and regulatory compliance issues.
• Travel to supplier facilities for the Company, third-party, and regulatory inspections.
• Assist in label reviews and submissions for FDA, Departments of Agriculture, organic, and non-GMO regulatory compliance.

Job Requirements

• Education and experience sufficient to fulfill the responsibilities assigned. BS/BA in Food Science, Engineering, Microbiology, Biology, or other life sciences. Equivalent professional experience, such as 3 years of in-plant food industry responsibility in production QC. Experience with HACCP and/or FSMA. Knowledge of organic, GMOs, agriculture, and food manufacturing and handling is valuable.
• Good judgment in handling proprietary and confidential information.
• Professional-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Being a team player.
• Proficient computer skills and willingness to learn systems used by the Company.
• Sound moral and ethical professional practices.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive or a complete explanation of duties. Employees are required to perform duties as assigned by their supervisor or Eden management. Eden reserves the right to modify job duties and responsibilities as needed. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.