Food Safety & Quality Technician

MaryAnns Baking Company; California (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MaryAnns Baking Company in Sacramento, CA is seeking a detail-oriented Quality Assurance professional to monitor daily food safety and quality metrics, investigate non-conformances, and coordinate corrective actions.

You will participate in HACCP programs, audits, batch record accuracy, labeling, and traceability, collaborating with production and QA to drive process improvements and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in daily food safety and quality metric monitoring.
• Root cause investigation and corrective action coordination for non-conformances.
• Hands-on HACCP, prerequisite programs, and sanitation program participation.
• Routine line inspections and sanitation practice verification.
• Accurate batch records, labeling, and traceability documentation.
• Escalation of high-risk quality issues with timely remediation.
• Support internal audits and readiness for external regulatory inspections.
• Supplier quality verification and incoming materials testing.
• Collaboration with production and QA to implement process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily food safety and quality metrics to ensure compliance with standards.
• Identify non-conformances, investigate root causes, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Participate in sanitation programs, HACCP, and prerequisite program maintenance.
• Conduct routine inspections of production lines and sanitation practices.
• Record and report quality data, trends, and KPI progress to leadership.
• Collaborate with production and QA teams to implement process improvements.
• Maintain accurate documentation for batch records, labeling, and traceability.
• Escalate high-risk quality issues promptly to ensure swift remediation.
• Assist in internal audits and support external regulatory inspections.
• Support supplier quality initiatives and verify incoming materials for safety.
• Visibly demonstrate commitment to targets, pipelines, and measurable results.
• Assist in training line personnel on basic quality and safety procedures.

Skills

Food safety monitoring

Root cause analysis

HACCP & sanitation programs

Documentation & reporting

Audits & compliance

Collaboration

Tools

Batch records management

Traceability systems

Job description

The Opportunity

You’re the kind of person who is always looking to learn. You want to grow into something greater and you’re looking for an employer encourages and supports your professional development. MaryAnns Baking Company promotes advancement and rewards our employees based on individual performance and merit. Sure you’ll have exposure to the team, but all of our people are accountable for their success. Competitive and focused, our team is on a mission to deliver excellence. We also know that this can only be accomplished by supporting our employee growth and development. By providing frequent feedback and consistently measuring progress, we’ve discovered the recipe for success that’s delivered year over year growth since our first year of business. This a culture of winning. At MaryAnns Baking Company we breed winners.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily food safety and quality metrics to ensure compliance with standards.


• Identify non-conformances, investigate root causes, and coordinate corrective actions.


• Participate in sanitation programs, HACCP, and prerequisite program maintenance.


• Conduct routine inspections of production lines and sanitation practices.


• Record and report quality data, trends, and KPI progress to leadership.


• Collaborate with production and QA teams to implement process improvements.


• Maintain accurate documentation for batch records, labeling, and traceability.


• Escalate high-risk quality issues promptly to ensure swift remediation.


• Assist in internal audits and support external regulatory inspections.


• Support supplier quality initiatives and verify incoming materials for safety.


• Visibly demonstrate commitment to targets, pipelines, and measurable results.


• Assist in training line personnel on basic quality and safety procedures.

Experience/Qualifications

• Proven track record in daily food safety and quality metric monitoring.


• Root cause investigation and corrective action coordination for non-conformances.


• Hands-on HACCP, prerequisite programs, and sanitation program participation.


• Routine line inspections and sanitation practice verification.


• Accurate batch records, labeling, and traceability documentation.


• Escalation of high-risk quality issues with timely remediation.


• Support internal audits and readiness for external regulatory inspections.


• Supplier quality verification and incoming materials testing.


• Collaboration with production and QA to implement process improvements.


• Strong documentation skills with data-driven reporting to leadership.

What's in it for you?

On-site position located in Sacramento, CA — work from our local office and collaborate in person