FSQA Technician – Meat & Seafood Compliance

Buckhead & Newport Meat and Seafood; Lakewood Township (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckhead & Newport Meat and Seafood is seeking a FSQA support specialist to monitor and evaluate safety and quality programs, ensuring compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements at a Sysco Specialty Meat and/or Seafood facility.

You will assist in training, audits, and evaluations, and collaborate with operations, sales, and supplier teams to uphold product quality and safety standards in a fast-paced meat and seafood processing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in meat/seafood processing environment preferred.
• CFIA/FDA regulations knowledge beneficial.
• Strong reporting and data interpretation skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor FSQA programs including HACCP, sanitation SOPs, pest control, GMPs, supplier programs, foreign material control, plant sanitation, chemical controls, product QA, 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 with product evaluations, plant visits, and supplier/customer communications as needed.
• Interact with SSMC/SSSC personnel, Operations, Sales, Transportation and Maintenance, Sysco Operating Companies, and supplier/customer personnel at the line level.

Skills

Report writing

Basic math

Data interpretation

Problem solving

Interpreting technical instructions

Education

TQM principles

SPC

HACCP concepts

CFIA/FDA regulations

Quality and sensory analysis training

Tools

Lab equipment

Food preparation equipment

Office communication equipment

Job description

Buckhead & Newport Meat and Seafood is seeking a FSQA support specialist to monitor and evaluate safety and quality programs, ensuring compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements at a Sysco Specialty Meat and/or Seafood facility.

You will assist in training, audits, and evaluations, and collaborate with operations, sales, and supplier teams to uphold product quality and safety standards in a fast-paced meat and seafood processing environment.