Food Safety & Quality Leader — Continuous Improvement

Johnsonville, LLC.; Watertown (WI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly bonus

401k with company match

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Johnsonville has an opportunity for a Food Safety/Quality Coordinator to join our Watertown FSQ Team. 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 an individual who has a track record of improving and expanding the scope of their responsibilities and wants to continue to grow and be challenged.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in food science, Meat Science, Microbiology or related field preferred.
• 5 years of experience in a food safety and quality leadership role required.
• Experience in meat/poultry processing and harvest preferred.

Responsibilities

• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement, striving for zero IFR year after year
• Lead the plant food safety and quality system by administering programs, procedures, and policies while promoting Johnsonville culture and driving strategic continuous improvement in response to food safety and quality risks or incidents within animal harvest and fresh sausage processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to monitor key food safety and quality performance metrics, identify trends and process variation, and drive effective corrective actions and sustained improvement.
• Lead and administer the facility’s Animal Welfare System and Programs.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, including USDA- FSIS, Federal and State requirements.
• Lead cross-functional teams to excel at all site internal, customer, regulatory, and SQF audits, ensuring effective preparation, execution, and follow-up.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply technical acumen in relation to meat food safety and quality systems.
• Use your technical expertise to train members on food safety principles, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Actively participate in network wide project work as applied to food safety, quality, animal welfare and process related improvements.
• Directly coach and develop Food Safety and Quality team members.
• Lead and manage the performance of third-party contractors, such as pest control
• Lead FSQ capital pipeline planning and budget development efforts to align facility investments with network food safety and quality strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory

Food safety

HACCP

Analytical

MS Office

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in food science

Meat Science

Tools

SAP

Redzone

Microsoft Office

Job description

Johnsonville has an opportunity for a Food Safety/Quality Coordinator to join our Watertown FSQ Team. 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 an individual who has a track record of improving and expanding the scope of their responsibilities and wants to continue to grow and be challenged.