Food Safety Quality Assurance Technician

Position Summary:

Drive QA Activities at Kaolin Mushroom Farms including, but not limited to document review, microbiological sampling, validation of quality checks, internal audits, standard operating procedures, and training.

Experience:

• Experience in teaching/training adults
• QA activities
• Microbiological sampling

Essential Skills and Abilities

• Ability to function well in team environment
• Familiarity with computers, in the use of Microsoft Office and Excel
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong public speaking ability, especially in teaching adult learners
• Good verbal and written ability in English and Spanish

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review and revise all Food Safety plans with the cooperation or area managers.
• Prepare for and assist with 3rd party audits.
• Maintain the Food Safety documents.
• Cleaning effectiveness: utilize ATP swabs to validate cleaning, develop trend database.
• Re-Assessment of Food Safety program.
• Customer guidelines.
• Coordinate Team 1 Food Safety Audits of all Production Areas.
• Coordinate the efforts of employees in compliance with all GMP's as specified in Company and
• Document Review: responsible for Food Safety document review and generation of corrective actions.
• Develop and coordinate annual refresher trainings for all Production employees.
• Quality Checks: monitor effectiveness of quality checks completed by South Mill employees.
• Internal audits: participate in internal audits, generate work orders, provide feedback to responsible areas.
• Standard Operating Procedures: identify gaps that require procedures, develop procedures as needed, maintain accuracy of current procedures.
• Participate in the Food Defense Re-Assessment.
• Microbiological sampling: responsible for environmental monitoring program, customer COA requirements.
• Train Employees to comply with customer requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Ability to function well in team environment.
• Familiarity with computers, in the use of Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong public speaking ability, especially in teaching adult learners.
• Good verbal and written ability in English and Spanish.

Education and Training: 2 years college with science/microbiological classes (prefer, but not require)