Lead, Food Safety & Quality

CTI Foods Overview

Welcome to CTI Foods, where quality, service, and people are at the heart of everything we do. We are a leading food manufacturing company, dedicated to providing our customers with the best possible products and our employees with a rewarding career.

At CTI, we passionately believe that people are our #1 ingredient. We provide a positive and supportive work environment, opportunities for growth and advancement, and a competitive compensation package. We value our employees' contributions and strive to create a culture of respect, teamwork, and excellence.

Whether you're interested in a career in production, quality control, or management, we have a variety of opportunities available. We believe that our success is a result of our focus on quality, service, and people, and we look forward to continuing to serve our customers and employees with excellence.

If you're looking for a rewarding career in the food manufacturing industry, look no further than CTI Foods! Join our team and become a part of a company that values quality, service, and people.

Job Summary:

This position will assist in leading the FSQ Team alongside the shift supervisor. This may include, but not limited to, assisting Techs in trouble shooting daily problems and training as needed. This role is expected to be familiar with all line processes and procedures. Several key functions alongside leading the team include providing detailed daily shift recap reports to management, assisting with internal audits, understanding customer specifications to ensure in-process and finished product testing meet all quality parameters.

• Responsible for ensuring all non-conforming products are placed on hold until disposition has been determined. Releasing of items on “pending pre-shipment” hold once the appropriate documentation, specification compliance, and micro results have been verified as accurate and in specification and pre-shipment review is completed. Revise and present data in weekly hold/rework meeting.
• Perform documentation review, HACCP verification activities (Pre-shipment review, cook system verifications, direct observations) and SSOP monitoring activities (pre-op and operational) as necessary.
• Competent in all FSQ functions, activities, and practices (including all duties performed by the FSQ Tech).
• Train and lead other FSQ techs.
• Cover FSQ line responsibilities during employee absences and vacations.
• Follow and enforce all food safety (GMP, HACCP) and general safety guidelines.
• Assist with the execution of internal audits, product traceability and mock recall exercises, and 3rd party and customer audits.
• Provide technical assistance to operations with process deviation reports and product specifications.
• Coordinate and adhere to crew scheduling and changes in production schedule.
• Provide accurate and detailed shift recaps including deficiencies and opportunities to Management (operations and FSQ).
• Must be able to perform all duties of the FSQ Tech.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, communicate.
• Continuous walking during shift on cement floor.
• The employee will frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds repetitively.
• Shifts are 10 hours long and must be able to stand on concrete floors and walk back and forth as needed to workstations.
• Any other duties as assigned.
• Ability to identify visual defects and make correction as needed and identify and distinguish between colors.
• Must be able to work in areas of varying temperatures.
• Relieve other associates as necessary.
• Maintain good housekeeping.
• Regular attendance.
• Promotes, adheres, and is responsible for Food Safety and Quality.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Perform all job duties and responsibilities in a compliant and ethical manner and in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws as well as company policies and procedures.
• Follow all company Safety Rules and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and adhere to JSA guidelines.
• Responsible for Food Safety and Quality Culture.
• Follow daily set up and/or shutdown…