Haccp Coordinator

Trophy Foods is Canada's leading supplier of high-quality edible nuts, dried fruit and confectionery products. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality products, at the best value, through our direct channel of global grower relationships.

Trophy Foods Inc. is Canadian owned and operated with over 40 years of experience in serving our customers. We produce edible nuts, dried fruits, confectionery and bulk foods under our Trophy brand. We also work with grocery retailers, mass merchandisers, drug channel, and food service customers across the country to create and produce a wide variety of private label branded products.

**Overview**:The QA HACCP Coordinator is responsible for developing, maintaining, and implementing the HACCP plan, standardizing procedures, and conducting internal auditing across all Trophy Foods facilities. This role requires knowledge of CFIA regulations and technical writing skills which is important to develop various programs and training material to comply with all food safety regulations.

**Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Design, develop, maintain, and implement the HACCP Plan for all Trophy facilities.
- Conduct a re-assessment of all pre-requisite programs.
- Perform verification and annual validations of CCP, Allergen, and Gluten.
- Perform internal audits and program reassessments.
- Writing Standard Operating procedures (SOPs) and customer specifications.
- Conduct monthly traceability exercises including mass balance of all the products.
- Coordinate mock recalls and withdrawals.
- Implement Environmental Monitoring Program, plan, and trend swabbing for ATP, Listeria spp., and salmonella.
- Maintain the pest control program and facilitate with the operation’s team in addressing any pest-related issues.
- Conduct Monthly GMP audits including glass and hard plastic audits.
- Maintain and prepare documents for all third-party and customer audits.
- Manage Kosher and Organic certification for all facilities.
- Assist the QA Compliance Manager in performing an annual threat assessment and vulnerability assessments.
- Support the QA Compliance Manager in performing risk analysis on new ingredients and new plant trial products.
- Develop visual guides and training material with focused information about each applicable department.
- Perform training across all departments on Good Manufacturing practices, Allergen controls, Sanitation, good documentation practices, Food Defense, and Food Fraud.
- Work with other departments to create, monitor, and revise various initiatives including shelf-life extensions.
- Recommend organizational process improvement initiatives based on identified trends and key performance quality metrics.
- Participate in CAPA investigations. Report and respond to quality process deviations promptly to the QA Compliance Manager.
- Continuous improvement of existing processes as required.
- Act as a backup of QA Compliance Manager.
- Other duties as directed by the QA Compliance Manager.

**Experience, Qualifications, and Educational Requirements**:

- Bachelor of Science (Food Science) degree or Science-related degree (e.g. chemistry, microbiology) with ideally a minimum of 3 years of experience in Quality Assurance and 2 years and above experience as HACCP coordinator or equivalent.
- Must have Advanced HACCP certification.
- Must have internal auditing certification or training.
- Knowledge of the GFSI scheme (BRC or SQF preferred).
- Excellent user of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Working knowledge of ERP systems for food manufacturing is an asset.
- Experience in delivering training.

**Accountabilities for Success**:

- Collaborate and partner with others through actively building positive and productive relationships, working to understand different viewpoints, and treating people of varying backgrounds and perspectives fairly.
- Communicate ideas and information in an effective manner by listening, demonstrating understanding, readily sharing information, and keeping appropriate parties up to date.
- Take initiative to understand and produce results aligned with department priorities and accept responsibility for performance and results.
- Identify causes of problems and develop solutions to make effective, timely decisions.
- Demonstrate a commitment to Trophy’s vision and mission. Understand how individual decisions and actions impact the needs of the department as well as overall corporate goals.

**Physical Effort**:

- Regularly walks through the plant and office areas.
- Extended periods often exceeding 1 - 2 hours without sitting.

**Work Environment**:

- Regularly exposed to allergens such as peanuts, tree nuts, sulphites, soya, dairy, egg, gluten and sesame.
- Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions including slippery floors.
- May be exposed to equipment and processing mediums exceeding several hundred degrees Fahrenheit and noise levels exceeding 85 decibels. Ear protection must be