Overview As Quality Food Safety Team Leader, you drive plant-wide food safety programs and quality excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing setting. You will lead training, audits, and data-driven CAPA analyses to protect product integrity. Collaborating with plant engineering, you'll advance hygienic design and strengthen the safety culture. This role combines hands-on compliance with continuous improvement to support scalable, safe production. Join a mission-driven, science-led organization focused on nourishing people and pets.
Compensation / Benefits- salary range $86,000 - $121,000
- discretionary bonuses
- profit-sharing
- long-term incentives for executives
- medical, dental, vision
- 401(k) with company matching
Responsibilities- Direct daily execution and compliance of plant food safety programs (HACCP, Food Safety Plans, Pest Control, Environmental Monitoring, FDA standards).
- Lead non-conformance investigations for food safety and micro deviations, driving root-cause analysis via CAPA.
- Lead internal GMP audits and coordinate readiness for external FDA, USDA, and SQF inspections.
- Manage environmental swabbing and microbial sampling per Quality SOPs.
- Oversee internal GMP and quality system audits to identify risks and track Quality KPIs.
- Collaborate with Plant Engineering to integrate sanitary equipment design into capital projects.
- Design and deliver targeted food safety training to onboard and upskill staff.
Key requirements- Bachelor of Science in Food Science, Microbiology, Biology, Chemical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on food safety experience in manufacturing with HACCP and FDA/USDA regulatory systems.
- Experience in Cleaning and Sanitation programs.
- cross-functional leadership
- influencing across departments
- data-driven decision making
- HACCP
- FDA/USDA regulatory systems
- GMP audits
