Food Safety Quality Assurance Technician - Winnipeg, Canada - Maple Leaf Foods

Maple Leaf Foods

Verified Company

Winnipeg, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

The Opportunity:

As a member of the facility's FSQA team, the FSQA Technician spends a majority of his/her time on the production floor monitoring Food Safety, GMP, HACCP and other Quality Assurance Program requirements to ensure they are consistently achieved.

Operating with a sense of urgency, the Technician is responsible for initiating immediate corrective actions wherever possible and escalating FSQA concerns as required.

The Technician must be comfortable respectfully challenging others in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

Perform and/or assist in daily quality and food safety related decision making based on established processes to ensure products meet the quality standards and food safety requirements of Maple Leaf Foods and its customers.
Perform daily monitoring and verification tasks as outlined in the HACCP program and recommend corrective actions for deviations.
Provide support and coaching to employees and production management to maintain and improve facility QA practices and procedures.
Perform data entry and data analysis tasks.
Perform microbiological and analytical sampling for product and environment as required.
Perform other duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring:

Completion of or working towards a University degree or college diploma preferably in Chemistry, Microbiology, Food Science or a related discipline.
Experience in a technical role at a food manufacturing facility.
Proven ability to analyze data and provide recommendations.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Superior systems skills (including MS Office).
Excellent organizational and planning skills with strong attention to detail.
Willingness to learn and teach others.
Proven alignment to the Maple Leaf Leadership Values.

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.

About Us:

We're a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet.

We care about our communities and commit to reducing food insecurity in Canada. Join us on the journey. Let's build a better future, together.

We're passionate about food.

For more than 100 years, we've made delicious, healthy protein that Canadians love under iconic national and regional brands, like Maple Leaf, Schneiders, and Greenfield Natural Meat Co.

We're on a journey to become the most sustainable protein company - not just in Canada - but on earth.

We are carbon neutral.
We are one of the only food companies in Canada to set sciencebased targets.
We aim to reduce our environmental footprint by 50% by 2025.

We're a global food company with more than 13,500 team members. We operate sites in 20+ locations across Canada. We also have locations in the U.S. and Mexico, and do business in Asia.

A diverse and inclusive work environment: Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision and living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values. We believe in building, investing in, recognizing, and rewarding remarkable people who value an inclusive workplace, embrace all forms of diversity, and commit to including every voice in our collaborative environment. We're so much stronger when we know we're accepted and valued for who we are and what we each bring to the workplace.

We embrace a strong, values-based culture: Our eight Leadership Values are our north star.

They guide the decisions we make for all our stakeholders:
our consumers, our customers, our people, our communities, our shareholders, and the environment.