Food Technology Manager - Meat Products

Overview - 

This position is check and to ensure the food safety system at the plant is properly documented and implemented - thus ensuring ISO regulatory compliance and the production of safe and wholesome meat products.

Responsibilities - 

Responsibilities and tasks are as follows:

- Develop, implement the compliance of HACCP that support the safe handling of food.

- Recording and analyzing critical control point that track product through the plant ensuring the safety of food products at all times.

- Properly review and scrutinize all aspects of the food safety system and meat production processes.

- Should be able to run Shelf life testing and create reports on basis of the tests.

- Conducts pre-operation sanitation checks to ensure all pre-operation sanitation has been done correctly. Communicates information to sanitation and plant personnel.

- Need to set up the lab for testing.

- Communicates findings regarding food safety deficiencies to the management and provides feedback and recommendations.

- Assists with the training to plant employees regarding food safety deficiencies and corrective actions as needed.

- Provides technical guidance regarding food safety and sanitation to plant personnel.

- Keep track of frozen products and perform regular Audits for temperature controlled products.

Qualifications - 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

- Bachelor's degree in Food Technology, Masters preferred.

- 4+ years related experience as Food Technologist.

- Experience in Temperature control / Frozen products is must.

- Ability to use required equipment, interpret and communicate results.

- Knowledge of Microsoft Suite software, e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

- Detail oriented so that can create documentation for ISO.