Director of Food Safety & Quality Assurance – Meat
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quality Assurance/Food Safety
Meat
88963
Kinsa is recruiting for a: Director of Food Safety & Quality Assurance – Meat
Location: Onsite in Philadelphia, PA
Our client is a manufacturer of meat products with customers in regional chains, restaurants and international distributors with a new opportunity for a Director of Food Safety & Quality Assurance to join their team in Philadelphia. You will be the main point of contact for the Quality team, overseeing the food safety and quality programs to ensure compliance with food safety, quality, SQF, GMP and USDA regulations. The Director of Food Safety will have 4-5 direct reports between 2 facilities.
*** 5+ years Quality/Food Safety experience with a meat products manufacturer preferred***
Compensation/Benefits:
- Base salary target of $150K + bonus
- Company pays 100% of Insurance Premium for employee
- 401K with match
- PTO/Holiday/Vacation
- Relocation package within the U.S.
- No sponsorship offered
Key Responsibilities:
- You will be responsible for managing all quality systems and food safety programs
- Manage the day-to-day activities of the Quality department, ensuring that quality standards and food safety controls are maintained at mandated levels to achieve compliance
- Assist in ensuring plant production meets or exceeds USDA, HACPP, SQF, GMP, Food Defense, Allergen requirements
- Handle USDA/FSIS communications, internal and customer required audits, root cause analysis, HACCP conformance, and all other regulatory areas
- Lead all audits
Education & Experience Needed:
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Animal Science or similar field
- 7+ years’ experience in Quality Assurance/Food Safety in a meat products manufacturing plant
- Solid knowledge of USDA regulations, HACCP, SQF, and GMP requirements
I would welcome the opportunity to share more information about this role, to understand what you are looking for, and how that may align with our open opportunities!
Referrals are our best source for the top talent our clients needs, if you know of anyone with these skills in the food and beverage industry, please pass me their name and email/phone number, or share this job posting with them. Kinsa pays referral bonuses if someone you refer gets hired by our client!
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Recruiter Information:
Mary Chambers
maryc@kinsa.com
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