Job Description

LOCATION

103 Carnegie Center, Suite 106

Princeton, NJ 08540

This role is a full-time, on-site position. Candidates should be able to reliably commute, as relocation expenses will not be covered.

SALARY: $85,000-$100,000

(commensurate on experience) 

JOB SUMMARY

Develop and direct Food Safety & Quality Assurance (FSQA) support/evaluation programs and inspection/audit procedures to ensure compliance of products and processes to corporate and regulatory requirements at Blue Sea Products a seafood company with multiple international and domestic producer partners. Participate with Blue Sea Products company personnel in the ongoing development, improvement and support of new and existing product quality and FSQA processes including supplier and customer interaction on FSQA matters. The incumbent will manage FSQA execution of source supplier approval, product sourcing functions, manufactured seafood products, plant sanitation and FSQA related regulatory interaction and inspections for the company, third party audits, training and mentoring FSQA staff and operational colleagues.

RESPONSIBILITIES

· Develop, lead, direct, update, reassessment, verification and periodic validation of FSQA programs including HACCP Program, Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, Pest Control, Good Manufacturing Practices, Approved Supplier Program, Foreign Material Control, Plant Sanitation, Chemical Control, Product Quality Assurance, FSQA Customer Complaints, Food Defense and Security

· Direct Employee Training of FSQA Programs, Policies, and Procedures

· Direct Recall and Traceability Programs including Mock Recalls

· Develop, Manage and maintain company product specification documents.

· Manage third-party audit certifications to include MSC, ASC, BAP, SMETAA, BSCI, WRAP.

· Manage and maintain customer sustainability and traceability initiatives.

· Travel up to 20%, both Internationally and Domestically, for plant and product inspections.

· Manage International Agents and QA/QC subordinates.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

· High school diploma or equivalent;

· Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science, Food Science or Biological Science from four-year college or university

· Masters degree or higher preferred

Experience

· 3-5 years seafood and or food manufacturing experience (as appropriate) FSQA Management experience within a federal FDA and or CFIA style processing plant (as appropriate) acceptable with a valid degree.

· A minimum of three to five years FSQA management with additional R&D(research and development) or production-operations in a seafood processing environment being ideal (combined experience preferred).

Professional Skills

· Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

· Demonstrate the ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals, as well as to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

· Demonstrate the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, can compute rate, ratio, and percent and draw and interpret bar graphs.

· Demonstrate the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

· Demonstrate the ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

· Ability to use personal computer, lab equipment, food preparation equipment and office communication equipment.

Certifications, Licenses and/or Registrations

· Valid driver’s license.

• Seafood and or food manufacturing HACCP Certified (as appropriate)

Physical Demands

· Regularly required to talk or hear.

· Frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.

· Occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.

· Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

· Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

· Plant audits and inspections may require lifting of products up to 100 pounds and inspection requires working in a production environment on a moving line, lifting cartons, and visual inspection.

· Corrected vision required for sensory analysis to identify color, clarity.

· Warehouse and plant audit require close and distance vision to judge GMPs; peripheral vision and depth perception mandatory for safety.

Work Environment

· Occasionally works near mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions as well as extreme cold.

· The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

· Plant audits/inspections and working at remote in-transit processing facilities and partner facilities contain both moderate/loud noise and possible exposure to fumes and mechanical hazards.

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