Sqf Practitioner, Bakery Manufacturer

4 weeks ago


Etobicoke, Canada Niche Bakers Corp Full time

**Our Company**

At Niche Bakers we are passionate about baking and giving our customers desserts, snacks and confectionary sweet goods. With over 27 years in the baking industry, Niche Bakers is a respected leader in the creative design and development of sweet goods. We are committed to continuous innovative ideas that to meet the ever-changing demands of our customers. Our talented, dynamic, innovative people have supported us on this success journey, every step of the way. Join our dedicated, hard-working team, come grow with us

We are looking for an experienced, dedicated, career focused **SQF Practitioner**, with a passion for the bakery food industry, to support our growing business. Reporting directly to our Quality Assurance Manager, the SQF will take responsibility ownership for leading the development and implementation of the Food Safety Fundamentals outlined in the Company’s food safety plan; oversee the development, implementation, review and maintenance of the SQF system.

This important position will work closely with the Company’s internal stakeholders and the facilities’ cross-functional operation teams, not limited to - Production, Quality Assurance, R & D, Warehouse & Logistics personnel.

**Job Essentials**
- Critically monitor the product and ingredients produced from start-to-finish process.
- Responsible for regulatory compliance affairs duties based on knowledge of Canadian and U.S. labelling and regulatory specifications.
- Responsible for monitoring and following up on all food safety quality issues.
- Maintaining control and monitoring of hold product until final disposition clearance.
- Assists in implementing and maintaining plant manufacturing food safety quality standards in accordance to HACCP.
- Manages the Company’s self-inspection programs to maintain facility compliance.
- Ensures all work performed is in accordance to GMP, HACCP, SQF,CFIA preventative controls to established regulation protocols.
- Conducts internal QA audits, compliant with Company’s policies, practices, procedures.
- Provides critical support of food safety audit-ready state at all times.
- Oversees the development, implementation, review and maintenance of the HACCP System and SQF program.
- Leads the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Food Safety Plan, Food Quality Plan, and SQF System, Food Sanitation Plan, inclusive of scheduling meetings with key stakeholders for periodic review.
- Verifies, validates the effectiveness of the HACCP program, Food Safety Plan, Food Quality Plan and SQF System.
- Monitor and test the Company’s Sanitation Program throughout the facility.
- Reviews and maintains HACCP documentation and plans to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Maintains quality specifications, product formulas and relevant documentation.
- Manages updating supplier and ingredient registers to Allergen management system protocols.
- Writes and maintains standard operating procedures, (SOPs).
- Communicates with managers, supervisors, and key stakeholders quality updates/concerns.
- Assists QA Manager with internal SQF auditing program.
- Responsible for training personnel and developing training materials to support Quality related training, (i.e. GMPs, Food Safety, Lot tracking, HACCP, Allergen controls, etc.).

**Success Factors 'You' bring to the position.**
- Post-secondary - Food Science degree and/or Food Safety certification program.
- Experienced in basic food chemistry, microbiology, allergen controls, auditing, SQF, and HACCP principles
- Minimum experienced three (3) years of direct Quality Assurance bakery work experience.
- You are an analytical, detail driven, results-oriented, critical thinker.
- Strong communication skills - verbal and written.
- You hold a proven track record of your strong work ethic, demonstrating exceptional capabilities to prioritize, manage competing deadlines, a time resource effectively.
- You thrive in a fast-pace, high-volume (food) production environment, while consistently delivering innovative, creative problem-solving or continuous improvement solutions.
- You have successfully mastered being flexible, adapting, adjusting to stressful changing work assignment demands,
- You are a self-directed professional that works well independently or in a team environment.
- You hold a strong customer focus orientation in your service delivery approach.
- You hold yourself accountable, take pride in your work, and manage working relationships with a high degree of professionalism and integrity.

**What you can expect from us.**
- The opportunity to join our talented, dynamic, diverse and inclusive teams.
- You will have the opportunity to use your current professional experience, knowledge and skill and grow with us.
- Our supportive team will encourage your success during your professional growth and development in this exciting role.
- You will have opportunities that are meaningful and impactful within the scope of your work assignme



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