Food Safety & Quality Leader – Citrus Processing

Wonderful Citrus LLC; Mission (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continued training

Education Reimbursement Program

Job summary

Wonderful Citrus LLC is seeking a Food Safety & Quality Manager in Texas to lead our FSMS, HACCP, and regulatory compliance programs. You will partner with Operations, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure product safety, quality, and efficiency across the facility.

Your role includes audits, corrective actions, data-driven decision making, and building a culture of continuous improvement in a high-volume citrus processing environment. This position may require long hours during peak season.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in food manufacturing quality assurance or food safety.
• Knowledge of Juice HACCP, FDA FSMA regulations, GMPs, sanitation, and food safety management systems.
• Experience leading audits, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain the Food Safety Management System (FSMS), HACCP plans, and prerequisite programs.
• Ensure compliance with FDA regulations, customer requirements, and applicable food safety certification standards.
• Lead food safety audits, inspections, risk assessments, investigations, and corrective actions.
• Maintain sanitation, environmental monitoring, pest control, and product traceability programs.
• This role is the audit representative for the company.
• Establish and maintain product specifications, quality standards, testing procedures, and release requirements.
• Oversee quality control through extraction, processing, pasteurization, concentration, storage, and shipment.
• Monitor product characteristics including Brix, acidity, color, flavor, microbiological quality, and pulp content.
• Manage nonconforming products, customer complaints, product holds, and corrective actions.
• Partner with Operations to improve product consistency and reduce quality losses.
• Direct laboratory operations, testing, sampling procedures, and equipment calibration.
• Ensure accurate, reliable, and timely reporting of quality and food safety data.
• Maintain testing documentation and Certificates of Analysis.
• Lead, develop, and hold accountable QA and laboratory personnel.
• Establish performance expectations and training programs for a strong food safety culture.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job description

Wonderful Citrus LLC is seeking a Food Safety & Quality Manager in Texas to lead our FSMS, HACCP, and regulatory compliance programs. You will partner with Operations, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure product safety, quality, and efficiency across the facility.

Your role includes audits, corrective actions, data-driven decision making, and building a culture of continuous improvement in a high-volume citrus processing environment. This position may require long hours during peak season.