Food Safety & Quality Manager – Meats / Protein

Food Safety & Quality Manager – Meats

Medford, MA

New England meat manufacturer producing products for regional retail and food channels. The company operates a USDA and SQF-certified facility with production on a 1st shift, Monday–Friday schedule, along with one sanitation shift.

Must-Haves

• 5 years of food safety and quality experience in food manufacturing
• Prior supervisory experience
• Strong working knowledge of HACCP, GMPs, SQF, and USDA-FSIS regulations
• Bilingual English/Spanish fluency (spoken and written) required
• Experience leading regulatory and third-party audits
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• SQF Practitioner and/or HACCP certification
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
  
  

Responsibilities

• Lead the facility’s food safety and quality systems, ensuring full compliance with regulatory, customer, and third-party standards.
• Oversee HACCP, GMP, SQF, and USDA-FSIS compliance, including audit readiness, traceability, recall preparedness, sanitation programs, pest control, environmental monitoring, documentation control, and SOP management.
• Supervise Quality Control staff; communicate food safety and quality performance across departments; lead root cause analysis and corrective actions; manage customer complaint trends; and maintain authority over product hold, release, and disposition decisions.
• Provide technical support to operations and help foster a strong food safety culture throughout the plant. Manage a team of three.
  
  

Salary And Benefits

$35.00–$45.00 per hour (approximately $73,000–$94,000 annually)

Medical and dental benefits available after 3 months

401(k) eligibility after 6 months

2 weeks of vacation