Food Safety, Quality, & Regulatory Manager

Morton Salt is an iconic company with a strong heritage and a bright future. Since 1848, we have been improving lives and enhancing everyday moments – at home, at work and virtually everywhere in between.  We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team who constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for managing all FSQR activities and programs at the site level.  It serves as the management representative for all applicable areas within Quality and Animal Food Safety to ensure that we satisfy our customers, comply with corporate and local/state/federal legal and regulatory requirements, and continuously improve our systems, processes, and culture.  Ensures product safety, integrity, legality, quality, and authenticity of all products produced.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage a team consisting of FSQR Technicians across multiple shifts, including annual reviews and career progression.
• Lead the site in all Animal Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory-related activities for animal food, water conditioning, and industrial-grade products.
• Act as Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) for Animal Food and ensure all requirements are met for PCs/CCPs/oPRPs.
• Ensure compliance with specifications, customer, and regulatory requirements at the site.
• Lead the consumer and/or customer complaint investigations process, including conducting root cause analysis and driving corrective action plans, up to and including into manufacturing processes and/or product specification(s).
• Lead the process at the site for all animal food safety and quality opportunities, including verification of the effectiveness of corrective action plans.
• Lead the site for all quality and animal food safety audits, including internal, third-party, and regulatory agencies. Responsible for leading the closure of any Non-Conformances. 
• Lead the site in determining the annual FSQR Program and Animal Food Safety training needs for all employees.
• Drives Quality and Animal Food Safety culture at the site.
• Lead and manage the disposition of all products placed on hold due to an incident, out-of-specification test results, obsolete, or slow-moving inventory.
• Lead recruiting efforts with the Talent Acquisition Manager to hire and retain FSQR employees at the site.
• Serves as the Animal Food Safety Program Team Leader to ensure the Animal Food Safety Plan is established, implemented, and maintained. Ensures the plan is reviewed and updated annually or as needed.
• Lead the Animal Food Safety and Quality function regarding any applicable product safety and environmental monitoring programs.
• Maintain and update the site mock recall program and conduct traceability exercises, as required.
• Manage the FS&Q Management System for the site, to include development, maintenance, and implementation of all site-level policies, procedures, and work instructions that affect quality and/or food safety of the products.
• Oversees FSQR laboratory testing and reviews/approves results.
• Participate in the Management of Change (MOC) process at the site.
• Conduct regular reviews of the facility’s Pre-requisite Programs (PRPs), GMP Compliance, and Sanitation/Housekeeping Compliance.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, or other related science fields is required.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a food, feed, or USP manufacturing FSQR laboratory
• Strong knowledge of International Safety Protocol (ISP) and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), Standards, and Regulatory Requirements of FDA FSMA, HACCP Programs.
• As applicable, knowledge of USP regulations.
• Highly self-motivated, high energy, and ability to work independently, and team contributor and collaborator, show initiative, and drive positive change in system, processes, and culture.
• Ability to understand and comply with all company policies and procedures, as well as all applicable local/state/federal regulations.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, and able to manage conflict in a stressful environment.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and ability to work successfully under pressure in a fast-paced and challenging site environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate and present information to all levels throughout the Morton Salt organization, as well as internal and external staff, government authorities, auditors, customers, and vendors, occasionally under conditions of urgency and in pressure situations.
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, and move about the facility.

The above statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and skills required for this position. Flexibility and improvement of job skills are essential to all positions at Morton Salt, Inc.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

At Morton Salt, we work best when we work as a team, when we treat one another with dignity and respect, and value the unique contributions of others. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, sex, religion, color, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.