Specialist, Food Safety and Quality

We are a customer focused custom manufacturer of quality food products to exacting standards that delight our customer and their consumers.

The people of CTI Foods are our #1 ingredient that drive us to be the best custom food and culinary solutions team that has seven state-of-the-art food processing facilities and over 1,800 employees from Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

We are a company that “Thinks Big and Acts Small.” Employees are treated like family. In order to succeed, it takes every person working together, being nimble, and executing at the highest levels. It is our responsibility to provide you every opportunity and resource to achieve that success.

Make an impact from day ONE at CTI Foods!

Manage and update as required the food safety and quality plans and systems, as well as the data that is both received and generated from them (i.e. HACCP/PC/SSOP/GFSI/RedZone/Intelex) for the facility, as well as training team members as needed in these systems.  These systems are critical to regulatory compliance, customer complaints, quality trends and food safety. Ensure factory compliance to BRC standards, customer requirements, and internal programs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or commensurate years of experience in Food Science or related degree
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing
• Deep understanding USDA-FSIS and FDA regulations.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Strong communication/training skills.
• HACCP and/or PCQI certified
• Deep understanding of the GFSI standard

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Deep understanding of FSQ data flow and the food safety program data management requirements as they pertain to GFSI
• Knowledge of necessary administrative duties to maintain and organize records, reports, or other information
• Computer literate in Office programs
• Self-Starter, able to work independently
• Ability to exercise appropriate judgement in decision making and problem solving, seeks help promptly as necessary
• Time management skills
• Skilled in presenting information or ideas concisely, accurately, and clearly verbally and in writing.
• Skilled in communication with a focus on listening and influencing skills.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged standing, sitting, walking, reading, writing, talking, use of computer.
• Hearing ability for verbal communication via telephone systems, and person – to –person.
• Clear concise speaking ability to provide information and instruction.
• Visual acuity to read information from computer screens, forms and other printed materials and information.
• Manual and tactile dexterity for use of computer keyboard/typing, writing, handling/ sorting objects and forms.
• Flexibility and body movement for bending, crouching, walking, kneeling, standing, reaching, sitting.
• Able to meet the physical demands of the job with assistive or adaptive devices or reasonable accommodations.

Work Environment:

• Office work is indoors and sedentary and is subject to schedule changes and/or variable work hours.
• Facility work is in a processing environment (hot/cold/noisy) and requires the ability to move freely throughout the production floor.
• There are no harmful environmental conditions present for this job.
• Duties subject to stressful pressures and deadlines.