Overview

WHO WE ARE: CALIFIA FARMS

Rooted in California, Califia Farms is on a mission to create a future where plants replace dairy, without compromise. The company creates a variety of great-tasting plant-based beverages that make the transition to eating plant-based dairy easy and delicious. Califia Farms is one of the fastest-growing, independently owned, natural beverage companies in the U.S., the UK and Australia, and is well-known for its iconic curvy bottle. Califia Farms was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in the downtown Los Angeles Arts District, with a manufacturing facility in Bakersfield, Calif. The company’s culture is built around four core values: passion for purpose, insights into action, fierce interdependence, and challenger spirit.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the implementation of directed quality efforts in the plant 
• Manages, follows and monitors GMP, HACCP, IIPP, Food Safety and SOPs guidelines 
• Audits and maintains production logs and other paperwork as needed for proper documentation 
• Authorized to approve HACCP documentation and perform internal audits 
• Manages all lab personnel via direct reporting structure 
• Manages all shift personnel via a dotted-line reporting structure 
• Works with management to discuss, diagnose problems and improve quality and efficiency 
• Communicates plant issue’s and operations with management 
• Responsible for upholding food safety standards in the plant including being HACCP certified 
• Assists in providing safe working conditions for all employees 
• Develops and maintains positive and professional relationships with all employees and management 
• Works with production department to improve quality of product 
• Monitors and maintains inventory and reorders if items need to be reordered 
• Optimizes plant efficiency and coordinates plant needs accordingly 
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or appropriate equivalent from an accredited university
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in food manufacturing
• Ability to speak, write, and read English is a must, some Spanish a plus
• Ability to stand, kneel, bend over, climb stairs and ladders and lift/move up to 50 pounds
• Must possess good mechanical, communication and people skills
• Must be able to follow and communicate directions
• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure and compute rate, ratio and percentage
• Proficient in Microsoft programs

Salary Range: $75,000-$90,000 Annually 

Califia Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Califia Farms is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.