Summary/Objective

The Food Safety associate coordinates activities of the Food Safety team. The Food Safety associate works alongside and with the team, stepping in as needed to ensure maximum productivity. This position is under the direction of the Food Safety Manager/Assoc. Food Safety Manager. The Associate is responsible for following and enforcing all safety, GMP and SQF policies/procedures, as well as adherence to PPE/hygiene policies, in cooperation with the Lead and Manager. The Associate is required to ensure that the facility is maintained at SQF level of operation.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Oversees and works with food safety lead and performs typical food safety tasks to support the production/warehouse team and the entire facility up to and including internal audits, GMP enforcement, HACCP, allergen control, food defense and food safety implementation as needed.
• Audits GMPs for different departments as needed and communicate when deviations are found
• Be trained on standard operating procedures (food safety, GMP, allergens, CCPs, food defense AND SQF policies /procedures, PPE / hygiene policies) and practice at all times
• Coach all employees to follow HelloFresh policies and procedures
• Support the sanitation team and cross train with the sanitation supervisor to learn chemical usage
• Perform ATP swabs if required by the department and should have working knowledge of environmental monitoring program
• Occasionally required to communicate with other departments such as Quality or Production to collaborate and solve problems
• Respectfully support and follow direction from lead or supervisor or management and completes tasks with minimum supervision.
• Responsible for following standard operating procedures (safety, GMP AND SQF policies /procedures, PPE / hygiene policies)
• Maintains the work area in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety regulations.
• Reports all food safety sanitation issues to an immediate supervisor
• Performs routine CCP verifications and instrument calibrations (scales/thermometer) to ensure instrument functions properly
• Aids in non-conformance identifications and CAPA analysis
• In the event of absence, it is associate’s responsibility to communicate the essential tasks that need to be completed in his/her absence

Competencies

• Professionalism and fostering team cooperation for a large group of employees
• Results Driven and detail oriented
• Time Management: maintaining momentum and perform tasks to meet goals and deadlines
• Chemical knowledge
• Basic computer skills primarily utilizing Microsoft Office and Google Sheets
• Communications: expresses ideas and thoughts clearly and with tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Dependability: Should make sure absence is communicated during shift days and work is completed.
• HACCP knowledge preferred

Associate Responsibility

This position works alongside other department employees by coordinating work and resolving problems. The Food Safety Associate’s performance is evaluated by their leadership of the quality employees, productivity and prioritization of their designated team, quality/quantity of information reported each shift, and ability to guide employee performance on the team.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is in a manufacturing and assembly environment and is regularly exposed to cool and/or cold temperatures (10º - 40ºF). The employee is possibly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, reach and lift for a minimum of 10 to 12 hours with or without reasonable accommodation. The employee is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects and/or tools. The employee is required to talk or hear with or without reasonable accommodation.

The employee must regularly lift and move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds with or without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and peripheral vision.

Travel

No travel is expected for this position.

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma/GED and minimum 1 year of related experience
• HACCP certification and SQF knowledge preferred

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must be willing and able to work the entire schedule as we cannot accommodate partial shifts or early/late arrivals.
• Must be able to count and have basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions).
• Must be able to count and have basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions).
• Must be able to have basic computer skills (data entry, Microsoft Office, Google Sheets)

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be supplemented at any time with or without notice.

Shift: Sunday-Wednesday, 6:30pm-5am