Food Safety Technician (1st shift)

• Chelten House Products, Inc. is a fourth-generation, family-owned, food industry manufacturer, with facilities in Swedesboro, New Jersey. We are an industry leader widely recognized for our commitment to creating the finest tasting pasta sauces, salad dressings, salsas, ketchups, and other sauces and blends.

• Competitive pay range based on level of technical experience $22-$24-hour
• Benefits such as medical, vision and dental
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Yearly performance evaluations and target bonus
• Company-wide perks and employee appreciation events
• Supplemental benefits including life insurance and 401k contributions
• Incentive-based Refer-a-Friend Program
• Team training sessions and advancement opportunities

• The Food Safety Technicians role is to monitor adherence to GMP's, take allergen swabs as needed, take environmental swabs when scheduled, assist with internal facility inspections, audits, and investigations, preform daily pre op on all processing areas and warehouse (ATP and APC swabbing and visuals), create daily pre op reports, and maintain the ATP swab units, perform glass breakage checks and continually monitor all lines for glass breakage throughout each shift and document findings, screen rejections from X rays. The Food Safety Technician will be crossed trained on responsibilities of the Quality Assurance Technicians to ensure a cross functional Quality and Food Safety Team.

• Allergen Testing
• Monitoring GMP's
• Pre-Op Inspection
• Pre-Op Reporting
• Facility Inspections
• Food Safety Investigations
• Glass Breakage Inspections/Audits
• X-ray Rejection Screenings
• Inventory Control of ATP Swabs and Environmental Swabs.
• Holds Tag Placement
• Performs other related responsibilities, as needed, to support the Department.

• Minimum 6 months experience in a Manufacturing Quality Environment, food preferred
• Ability to effectively communicate in English verbally and written
• Working knowledge of GMPs, sanitation/hygiene expectations, and manufacturing recordkeeping/document control.
• Ability to follow written procedures, interpret product/package specifications, and document results accurately using good documentation practices.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to recognize and escalate nonconformances and potential food safety risks.
• Basic math skills (weights/measures) and comfort performing repetitive checks consistently
• Ability to stand/walk for extended periods; frequent bending/reaching.
• Ability to lift 30-50 lbs (adjust to your site standard).
• Work in a manufacturing environment requiring PPE with noise exposure, moving equipment, wet floors, and temperature variation.
• High school diploma or GED required.

Salary : $22 - $24