Remote Senior Food Safety & Quality Manager

Fishwife Tinned Seafood Co.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fishwife Tinned Seafood Co. is seeking a Food Safety & Quality Manager to own the program end to end, including the food safety plan, HACCP, COA review, supplier audits, recalls, and traceability.

You will ensure regulatory compliance, lead investigations, and drive continuous improvement on a small, fast-growing team. You will manage lot release, verification testing with accredited labs, and audits with customers and regulators, while turning a working foundation into a robust system that

Qualifications

• 5+ years in food quality assurance or food safety, owning a program rather than supporting one.
• Has written or rebuilt a HACCP plan and kept it current through verification and reassessment.
• Seafood HACCP certified and PCQI trained, or able to complete both within 90 days of starting.
• Deep recall experience: led or co-led recalls, market withdrawals, or mock recalls with regulator and customer communication.
• Experience with co-manufacturers or contract packers, ideally including international partners.
• Fluency with FDA FSMA, FSVP, and preventive controls for imported shelf-stable foods.
• Experience hosting third-party, customer, and regulatory audits.
• Exceptionally organized with heavy documentation requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own food safety plan and quality management system, including importer obligations under FDA seafood HACCP and FSVP.
• Own recall readiness, lead recall team through hazard assessment, communication, and mock recalls.
• Maintain one-up/one-down traceability from cannery to customer and implement regulatory changes.
• Keep specs, COA, certificates, audits current and retrievable in FoodLogiQ, TraceGains, and QA Hub.
• Own product specifications end-to-end and release criteria for each item before production.
• Review COAs and production records, making hold/release decisions; verify with third-party labs.
• Prepare for audits, present quality KPIs, and write SOPs to guide the team.

Skills

Food safety program management

HACCP/PCQI expertise

Regulatory compliance

Audit coordination

Quality documentation

Education

Degree in Food Science / Microbiology / Chemistry

HACCP certification

PCQI training

Tools

FoodLogiQ

TraceGains

Cin7

Gorgias

Notion

Google Workspace

Job description

Fishwife Tinned Seafood Co. is seeking a Food Safety & Quality Manager to own the program end to end, including the food safety plan, HACCP, COA review, supplier audits, recalls, and traceability.

You will ensure regulatory compliance, lead investigations, and drive continuous improvement on a small, fast-growing team. You will manage lot release, verification testing with accredited labs, and audits with customers and regulators, while turning a working foundation into a robust system that