Job Details

Position Overview

The Food Safety Assistant supports daily food safety operations through documentation management, GMP monitoring, pre-operational inspections, sanitation verification, audit support, and production floor activities.

This is not a large corporate QA environmentwith narrowly defined responsibilities. We are looking for someone who is flexible, organized, resourceful, and comfortable adapting to changing priorities in a small business setting.

This role combines office-based documentation work with active production floor inspection and support responsibilities. Some days are heavily compliance and paperwork focused, while others require significant floor presence and operational support.

This is a support role that works closely with the Food Safety Manager on daily operations, delegated projects, organization, follow-through, and department support needs.

Daily pre-operational inspections begin at 5:00 AM prior to production startup.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct daily pre-operational inspections and sanitation verification
• Monitor GMPs, employee practices, and operational risks
• Maintain organized and audit-ready food safety records
• Review logs, temperatures, and production documentation
• Support HACCP, SSOP, GMP, and FSIS compliance activities
• Communicate sanitation issues with 3rd party sanitation management
• Assist with audits, reports, scorecards, labels, and spec sheets
• Help track follow-up items, recurring issues, and department projects
• Maintain active food safety presence on the production floor

What We're Looking For

• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Dependable and consistent
• Comfortable balancing office and production floor responsibilities
• Resourceful and willing to research to problem solve
• Able to adapt and shift priorities as operational needs change
• Strong communication and follow-through skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced small business environment
• Willing to ask questions instead of guessing
• Able to work independently and as part of a team

Preferred Experience

• Food manufacturing, meat processing, QA, or food safety experience preferred
• HACCP, GMP, SSOP, USDA, or FSIS experience preferred
• Audit, sanitation, or compliance documentation experience is a plus
• Strong organizational and computer skills required

Schedule

• Full-time position
• Monday through Friday
• 8-hour shifts
• Daily start time of 5:00 AM