Food Safety and Quality Assurance Technician

Sysco; Vernon (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco is seeking a FSQA support professional to monitor and evaluate food safety and quality programs at a Sysco Specialty Meat/Seafood site. The role ensures compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements and supports audits and inspections.

You will assist in training, conduct program implementations, and collaborate with operations, sales, and logistics to maintain product quality. A valid driver’s license is preferred.

Qualifications

• Formal training in TQM, SPC, HACCP, and FDA/CFIA regulations is beneficial.
• 1–3 years meat/seafood industry experience at CFIA/FDA facility preferred.
• Ability to write reports and effectively present information to managers.

Responsibilities

• Monitor FSQA programs including HACCP, GMPs, sanitation, and food defense.
• Assist in FSQA training of staff and SQF audit programs.
• Assist with product evaluations, plant visits, and supplier communications.
• Support emergencies as directed by plant leadership.
• Interact with Operations, Sales, Transportation and other Sysco staff.

Skills

Report writing

Data interpretation

Communication

Basic math

Lab equipment

Education

TQM principles training

HACCP concepts training

CFIA/FDA regulations knowledge

Tools

Lab equipment

Office software

Food preparation equipment

Job description

Company: US0310 Pallisades Ranch, Inc.

Sales Territory: None

Zip Code: 90058

Travel Percentage: 0

Compensation Range: $19.95 - $29.95

The compensation range provided is in compliance with state specific laws. Factors that may be used to determine your actual rate of pay include your specific skills, years of experience and other factors.

You may be eligible to participate in the Company's Incentive Plan.

BENEFITS INFORMATION:

For information on Sysco’s Benefits, please visit https://SyscoBenefits.com

JOB SUMMARY:

Monitor Food Safety & Quality Assurance (FSQA) support/evaluation programs and inspection/audit procedures to ensure compliance of products and processes to corporate and regulatory requirements at a Sysco Specialty Meat and/or Seafood Company.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitoring of FSQA programs including HACCP Program, sanitation standard operating procedures, pest control, good manufacturing practices, approved supplier program, foreign material control, plant sanitation, chemical control, product quality assurance, FSQA Customer complaints, food defense and security.
• Assist in Employee Training of FSQA Programs, Policies, and Procedures.
• Assist in Implementation of Independent FSQA Audit Program – SQF Audits.
• Assist when necessary for product evaluations, plant visits, and supplier/customer communication to assist other staff members. Assist as needed in any manner capable of during emergencies the plant President or GM (general manager) determines are paramount to the business.
• Frequently interacts with the following: SSMC/SSSC Personnel, Operations, Sales, Transportation and Maintenance as well as Sysco Operating Companies, and supplier/customer personnel at the line level.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Formal job training in TQM principles, SPC, HACCP concepts, CFIA/FDA regulations would be beneficial.
• Formal quality and sensory analysis training would be helpful.

Experience:

• One to 3 years of meat and/or seafood industry (as appropriate) experience at a federal CFIA/FDA meat and/or seafood processing plant (as appropriate).
• Raw meat or seafood industry the only experience will be accepted instead of combined experience.

Professional Skills:

• Demonstrate the ability to write reports, basic business correspondence, as well as to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers.
• Demonstrate the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Demonstrate the ability to define problems, collect data and establish facts.
• Demonstrate the ability to interpret basic technical instructions.
• Ability to use personal computer, lab equipment, food preparation equipment and office communication equipment.

Certifications, Licenses and/or Registrations

• Valid driver’s license.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Plant audits and inspections may require lifting of products up to 100 pounds and inspection requires working in a production environment on a moving line, lifting cartons, and visual inspection.
• Corrected vision required for sensory analysis to identify color, clarity.
• Warehouse and plant audit also requires close and distance vision to judge GMPs; peripheral vision and depth perception mandatory for safety.

Work Environment

• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• Occasionally works near mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, and risk of radiation.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and operating in a refrigerated environment is common.
• Plant audits/inspections and working at remote in-transit processing facilities and Sysco Operating Companies contain both moderate/loud noise and exposure to fumes and mechanical hazards.

OVERVIEW:

Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations.

We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We’re looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affidaviate Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

This opportunityis available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.