Food Safety & Quality Assurance Auditor - 593 - MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE (Chicago, IL) - Restaurant Depot

The Food Safety/Quality Assurance Auditor is responsible for the successful quality and compliance management operations at Jetro/Restaurant Depot locations. This is done through process performance audits to ensure all applicable corporate operating procedures, federal, state, county, and municipal laws, regulations, and/or ordinances meet or exceed expectations and to act when predefined standards are not met.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with management to lead quality initiatives that develop and maintain a high performing, scalable, and compliant quality system
• Perform or oversee routine audits of compliance processes to assure accuracy and thoroughness of completion
• Participate in and facilitate state regulatory compliance inspections, investigate, and resolve compliance concerns, issues, or violations while working with department.
• Label/packaging review adhering to requirements
• Works with FSQA - co-workers and operations to identify all regulatory requirements and 
• Ensuring all relevant product safety and quality records are reviewed and filed properly.
• Training new hires on GMP and Food safety related subjects.
• Participating in Internal audits and keep track of trends. 
• Conduct research on compliance topics.
• Ensures that compliance issues/concerns within Jetro/Restaurant Depot are being appropriately evaluated, investigated, and resolved
• Work with department leaders to troubleshoot any deficiencies that surface, to ensure issues get rectified quickly with high standard
• Analyze facility trends to assess potential areas of continued non-compliance
• Routinely reviews monthly corporate QA/QC documentation and assures that all areas of concern are addressed appropriately according to corporate policy and regulatory standards
• Perform assigned Quality Inspections
• Perform improvement projects as identified.
• Collect quality data and report metrics to management.
• Monitors compliance to established Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidance.
• Expected to adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP and HACCP guidelines, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained.
• Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect product safety, product quality or personnel safety.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere.
• May make decisions and perform the job responsibilities of the Quality & Compliance Manager in their absence.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Qualifications
• Associate degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field required, Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field preferred
• 3+ years of regulatory compliance management including interfacing with regulators and inspectors
• 5+ years work experience with a proven track record of building and developing QA/QC processes and systems
• Must have the knowledge and skills required to work in a fast paced and challenging environment
• Must be able to work variable day shifts dependent on business need
• Knowledge of the GMP, HACCP and Environmental sanitation programs
• Experience with GMP, HACCP, PCQI or similar certification experience preferred
• Possess a strong knowledge of sanitary design, specification, and implementation of food\pharmaceutical processing systems
• Exceptional computer skills in Microsoft® Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) a plus

Additional Requirements

• Must possess valid driver's license
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively within the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others. 
• Willingness to do 25-50% overnight travel
• An ability to think ahead, plan a full shift and prepare action plans to achieve results.
• An ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.
• The possession of quality orientation and attention to detail, problem analysis and resolution. 
• Must have knowledge of basic warehouse food safety, quality, and regulatory standards. 
• Must be PCQI certified.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Occasional lifting, carrying 50+ lbs;
• Occasional pulling, pushing pallets 100-500 lbs.
• Frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching.
• Frequent exposure to cold/freezing temperatures.
• Frequent Exposure to moving equipment within warehouses.
• Frequent walking on concrete floors.

Benefits:

Medical, Vision, Dental, company matched 401K, Vacation/Personal Days

Pay Range: $62,500 - $72,500