Food Safety Quality Assurance Technician

The FSQAT will drive Food Safety, Quality Control and Quality Assurance initiatives at South Mill Mushroom Processing, Packing and IQF facilities. Duties include but are not limited to pre-op inspections, ATP-environmental & product sampling, verification of production activities, CCP validation checks, internal audits, enforcing GMP’s and standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

Pre-operation Inspection:

Cleaning effectiveness: utilize ATP swabs to verify cleaning.

Tool calibration: responsible for calibrating thermometers daily.

Blade inspection

Temperature verification.

Conduct metal detector checks and verify production’s hourly checks.

Hourly and Daily production record documentation, Food Safety, and Quality inspections

Generate work orders as needed.

Document Review: Responsible for Food Safety and customer-specific document review on the floor (real-time) and at the end of the shift; generate corrective actions as needed.

Sample collection is as defined by the direct supervisor.

Shelf-life sampling: This department is responsible for collecting and tracking quality data throughout the shelf-life of fresh products and logging it into the KPI metrics.

Internal audits: participate in internal audits, generate work orders, and provide feedback to responsible areas.

Standard Operating Procedures: Identify tasks that require procedures that do not currently exist, communicate with leadership, and assist with procedure development to close the gap.

Coordinate employees' efforts in compliance with all GMPs as specified in Company and customer guidelines.

Assist with annual refresher training for all Production employees.

Participate in the Food Defense Re-Assessment.

Assist with 3rd party audits.

Train Employees to comply with customer requirements.

Assist with projects as directed by the Food Safety leadership team.

Shift handoff between technicians

Preferred Skills:

Good verbal and written ability in English and Spanish.

Ability to function well in a team environment.

Strong public speaking ability, especially in teaching adult learners.

About Us:

Today, South Mill Champs proudly supplies over 140 million pounds of fresh, frozen, and minimally processed mushrooms throughout North America. We continue to offer unparalleled service to regional retail, foodservice, wholesale, and processing customers providing high-quality mushrooms quickly and efficiently. Our innovative growing processes ensure our mushroom creations are responsibly grown with upcycled inputs.