Requirements
- Minimum of 1- year HACCP experience in a Poultry environment preferred.
- Must be familiar with plant sanitation standards, guidelines and overall sanitation operations in the poultry industry (slaughter, further processing).
- Basic knowledge of FSIS regulations, including 9CFR 416 and 9CFR 417.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Effective technical reading and writing skills.
- Strong interpersonal communication and oral presentation skills.
- Good math and analytical skills.
- Strong integrity and work ethic.
- Flexible and able to adapt to a rapidly changing work environment.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, or a similar field; or five (5) years related experience and/or training, equivalent combination of education and training.
Nice to Have
- Knowledge and experience with auditing preferred.
- HACCP Certification preferred but not required as training can be provided.
- GFSI (specifically BRC) training preferred.
- SAP experience preferred.
- Statistics background preferred (useful when conducting validations).
Work Arrangement
On-site — 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K, the Republic of Ireland, continental Europe
Additional Information
- Travel 10% of time (approximately 4-5 trips annually), with overnight stays of 1-4 days.
- Must be able to work varying days (including occasional weekends) and shifts in order to meet deadlines.
- Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in manner so that their work is done efficiently and cooperatively with coworkers and leadership teams.
- Able to work independently and exhibit PPC’s values to uphold the Quality Pillar and FSQA Programs.
- Able to navigate processing areas and equipment.
- Recognizes and acts on incidents and safety risks. Consistently practices and enforces safe work habits and drives those habit throughout the facility.
- Recognizes and acts on incidents of food safety risks. Consistently practices and enforces a food safe work habits and drives those habits throughout the facility.
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential function of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member will be exposed to both an office environment and the production environment of wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the production environment is usually loud.
- The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.
