Job Description:

Job Category:

Quality

Job Family:

Enterprise Quality and Food Safety

Job Description:

As the Food Safety Manager, you will coordinate efforts around parts of the Big 5 (primarily GMPs, traffic patterns, infrastructure; some equipment sanitary design and sanitation) and the Pathogen Environmental Monitoring (PEM) program.  This US based position will require strong communication with plant partners/leadership, engineering, Operations and EQFS leadership, and other Centers of Excellence that oversee specific programs (sanitation, microbiological testing methods, etc.). 

There are currently thirty production facilities globally, and this candidate would work with each of the facilities on PEM; special events (water intrusion events) escalations , food safety construction plan approvals, facility design, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), training (PEM, swabbing, GMP) validation program requirements, pulling PEM data for audits, prioritizing the food safety capital dollar spend plan, setting up EQMS systems with PEM plan adjustments, leading the monthly all-plant Environmental Monitoring call, and communicating with all levels of the organization about risks and providing guidance.  This role is an indirect leadership position that responds to the needs primarily of the US facilities and program. 

What you’ll Do:

Interface with plants & Engineering:

• Special events escalations & reports


• GMP questions and/or outages & policy updates


• Reviewing and approving Food Safety Construction Plants


• Guiding PEM investigations, maintaining catalogue of actions for consistency, leading calls


• Prioritizing the Top 25 food safety capital dollar spend items


• Training – GMPs, PEM, swabbing, new EQFS partners, food safety construction plan expectations, contractor GMPs, new QATL and QATA on select items


• Collaborating with teams on new plant builds or renovations that are food safe, meet internal requirements, and are cost effective.


• EQMS PEM module setup & updates and preparing PEM data for audits


• Perform PEM audits for adequacy of plan; assist with updates to swab plans afterward

Interface with Home Office:

• Collaborate on policies and escalations in response to events, audit findings, industry best practices


• Help ensure adequacy of testing supplies, test method questions, 3rd party labs and investigations.


• Answer regulatory and/or customer requirements relative to PEM, data sharing.

​Interface with Industry:

• Over time, interface with other industry and/or regulatory meetings to keep current on best practices

Food Safety Functions:

Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements. Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups. Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met. Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met, and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor's in food safety, microbiology, sanitation, engineering, or another related field.


• 7-15 years’ experience in Food Safety & quality or Food Manufacturing.​


• Indirect leadership & ability to influence others.


• Remaining calm under pressure.


• Strong moral compass.


• Ability to interpret microbiology data to tell a story.


• Good organization skills.


• Flexibility to take urgent calls; ability to quickly assess a situation and be able to provide guidance.


• Good oral & written skills (English); other languages are beneficial.


• Capable of being a trainer with customer-facing professionalism.


• Ability to travel up to 30%, with more travel during initial training period.

Eligible partners will receive:

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  Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. That means in addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 10% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That’s a company contribution of around 18% in retirement savings annually!


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  Earn bonus pay. You’ll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.


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  Earn $ for focusing on your health. Get up to $1,200 for your health savings account each year, plus get reimbursed for fitness membership, equipment or classes.


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  Pursue development that’s relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.


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  Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.


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  Experience caring like you’ve never experienced it before. We have a program that’s completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It’s called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.

Sound like a company you’d like to be a part of? Click Apply.

Need extra assistance with the application process? Contact recruiting@schreiberfoods.com or call 920-437-7601.

​For positions that require any amount of travel: Valid driver's license, auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required), acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion, and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required.

Schreiber requires that an employee have authorization to work in the country in which the role is based. In the event, an applicant does not have current work authorization, Schreiber will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to sponsor an individual for work authorization. However, based on immigration requirements, not all roles are suitable for sponsorship.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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