Description & Requirements
The FSQA Senior Specialist – Meat reports to the FSQA Manager – Meat and plays a significant role in ensuring food safety, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and sanitation across various production facilities. This role is accountable for adhering to USDA FSIS program regulations and is tasked with assessing vendor performance and evaluating process controls to discover opportunities for continuous improvement. The FSQA Senior Specialist – Meat guarantees excellence and uniformity across all INO facilities in terms of workflow and regulatory adherence, utilizing extensive relevant experience to facilitate internal and vendor program enhancements, as well as to instruct, train, develop, and mentor fellow Associates.This role demands strong deductive reasoning, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, team-oriented leadership skills, and exceptional verbal and written communication. The position requires at least 5 years of experience in meat operations or a beef-centric facility, HACCP certification, and familiarity with USDA-FSIS and regulatory matters.
General Responsibilities:
- Monitor meat food safety, HACCP, and regulatory compliance of all production items
- Quality Assurance via process controls, as well as oversight of programs and vendor feedback on incoming raw materials.
- Visit suppliers’ facilities/sites regularly to inspect and review processes, procedures, and quality standards and report and review findings.
- Maintain and keep current on food safety regulations, processes, and best practices and ensure compliance with the company’s processes and procedures.
- Meeting with regulatory agencies, this includes training and gathering industry knowledge to share with the team.
- Attend various industry-related meetings, this includes trainings and gathering industry knowledge to share with the team.
- Perform other work-related job duties as required.
Work Schedule + Benefits
- Full-time position (Exempt)
- Starting Pay: $96,239- $112,000 DOE
- Monday-Friday, 7:00AM-4:00PM
- Weekends and nights as needed
- Travel between production sites on a monthly basis (20%-50% Travel)
- Excellent Benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, FSA’s, 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan, Adoption Assistance, Education Reimbursement, Supplemental Health Plans and Pet Insurance
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in meat operations or beef-focused facility
- HACCP certification (Required)
- Knowledge of USDA-FSIS, and regulatory affairs (Required)
- A working knowledge of beef regulatory affairs and beef specific food safety principles and best practices (Required)
- Knowledge of Public Health Information System (PHIS)
- Excellent verbal and written communications
- Proven relationship building and leadership experience in a team setting
- Strong time management and prioritization
- MS Office – Intermediate level
Physical Demands/Requirement:
- Ability to lift a minimum of 70 pounds
- Occasionally exposed to working in high, precarious places; tight, constricted areas; outdoor weather conditions; fumes or airborne particles.
- Position requires frequent lifting, walking, reaching, standing, climbing, stooping, bending, kneeling, working near moving mechanical parts
- Cold working conditions: Ability to withstand prolonged work assignments in temperatures as low as 36 degrees Fahrenheit
- Frequently exposed to wet humid conditions (non-weather)
ABOUT In-N-Out Burger
In-N-Out Burger was founded in 1948 by Harry and Esther Snyder in Baldwin Park, California, and remains privately owned and operated. Under the direction of the Snyder family, the company has opened restaurants throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, and Idaho. In-N-Out Burger’s menu has remained the same since 1948, and we have maintained a simple philosophy – serve only the highest quality product, prepare it in a clean and sparkling environment, and serve it in a warm and friendly manner. We have built a reputation for fresh, made-to-order foods prepared and served by friendly, well-trained Associates.In-N-Out Burger offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer by choice. Should there be a need, In-N-Out Burger will provide a reasonable accommodation to complete the interview process upon request.
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