HACCP Program Manager / Project Manager

• Position Summary
  
  

The HACCP Program Manager is the contractor's designated key person for the VISN 6 Water Management / Legionella Testing contract. The solicitation requires this individual to hold a bachelor's degree or higher in science or engineering and to be a Certified HACCP Manager — the qualifications the Government uses to confirm a qualified person is supervising sampling and shipping and is competent to review each facility's Water Safety/Management Plan. The Manager directs the quarterly Legionella sampling program across seven VA Medical Centers, oversees culture-based laboratory analysis through a CDC ELITE–certified lab, manages potable-water remediation events on request, ensures all reporting and data-spreadsheet deliverables, and serves as the technical point of contact to the COR and each facility's Technical Manager.

• Required Licenses, Certifications, and Education (Evaluation Factor V — mandatory)
  
  

These are hard eligibility requirements and are evaluated. Documentary proof is submitted with the quote.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in science or engineering. The actual degree diploma must be provided with the quote
• Certified HACCP Manager. The actual HACCP Manager certificate must be provided with the quote. The Government did not mandate a specific commercial HACCP course — offerors "provide qualifications" and the Government evaluates them
• ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI 12080 (Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist) is accepted as an equivalent qualification.
• Valid state driver's license (multi-site field travel across NC/VA)
• Ability to pass a VA background investigation and obtain facility access/badging; comply with facility drug-screening and health/immunization requirements
  
  

Preferred / rating-strengthening (not mandatory): Certified Water Technologist (CWT, Association of Water Technologies — 5 yrs field experience exam); Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP); ASHRAE Standard 188 / Water Management Program training; OSHA 30-Hour (General Industry).

• Required Experience
• Five years' experience collecting and reporting Legionella tests in a hospital environment (PWS qualification)
• Demonstrated expertise developing Water Management Programs that address both cost and safety in potable and utility water (a sample water safety management plan is submitted for evaluation)
• Experience producing HACCP program validation and verification data — the technical volume requires such data from at least 20 current customers (sanitized) plus two sample testing reports
• Familiarity administering programs under VHA Directive 1061 and The Joint Commission water-management requirements
  
  

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