Haccp Coordinator

**Sunrise Farms** is a group of companies with primary focus in the poultry industry.

From our hatcheries to our “ready to eat” state of the art cooking facilities we service customers in the retail, food service and industrial sectors. We are proud of our support of the Canadian farm as well as our investment in the latest equipment and technologies at our facilities across Canada. Our test kitchens have the most current cooking equipment replicating that used in commercial establishments, to facilitate precision testing. This way you know the product you receive will perform to your expectations. We are proud of our long-standing partnerships with family-owned Canadian chicken farmers to produce high quality products.

**Role**:
As a HACCP Coordinator responsible and accountable for implementing and maintaining the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Program and Pre-requisite Program, which includes but not limited to being responsible for Food Safety and Regulatory compliance.

The HACCP Coordinator will facilitate and document site-based hold management systems, requirements and procedures including product disposition and destruction in accordance with Quality and Food Safety Standards.

In addition, the HACCP Coordinator will facilitate/lead plant microbiology testing program including data analysis, trending, reporting and recommendations. The HACCP Coordinator will facilitate and document Risk Assessment process for all new products in accordance with all statutory regulatory requirements.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop and administer policies, SOP and programs to assure Safety and quality of products.
- Manage and Develop Sunrise Poultry Processors Ltd HACCP and Prerequisite program which includes of documentation, onsite observations, updates for new products or process and a yearly reassessment to ensure compliance strictly.
- Implement revisions to the HACCP plan and operational programs, including SOPs and monitoring documents when required due to regulatory requirements, customer specifications or changes to process environment.
- Preparation and participation in all Third-Party Audit relating CFIA, BRC etc. and customer specific requirement.
- Conduct and participate in internal and external quality audits, provide timely feedback to the QA Manager and the Plant Manager on quality issues, recommending corrective actions and preventative measures.
- Implementation of corrective actions and preventative measures from internal audits, external audits and daily monitoring findings and deviations to written programs.
- Audit the production facility and processes to ensure managers/Supervisors/ Employees adhere to HACCP, GMP policy and guidelines.
- Maintain and coordinate recall policies and processes, oversee all pest control activities, including activities of the pest control provider.
- Perform verification and validation requirements thru on-site and record review, ensuring all CCPs procedures are being maintained and pre-shipment verifications performed.
- Track and respond to all CFIA observations and CVS (Compliance Verification System) tasks: gather records for CFIA inspectors to perform CVS tasks, respond to deviations and write and implement Corrective Action Plans for CARs received from CFIA.
- Accountable to participate in QA projects such as microbiological sample collection
- (E.g. Salmonella, Listeria etc.) Collecting data, E coil validation studies, new product launch etc. with a goal of improved compliance and operational efficiency.
- Cultivate team spirit and provide for employee training and development of personnel in all food safety related procedures: company GMPs are related to all employees through our Personnel Training Program, train CCP monitors, train pre-requisite program monitors and train new QA staff.
- Assist in orienting employees on quality, regulatory and food safety principles and policies and in ensuring they remain current in their knowledge.
- Perform duties and carry special projects / tasks as assigned by Management/company from time to time.

**Required Knowledge**:

- **Production and Processing**: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, QC controls and standards.
- ** Administration and Management**:Knowledge of Food Safety, GMP, HACCP and audit standards.
- **Customer and Personal Services**: Knowledge of principles and process for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- University/Bachelor/Diploma of Food Science & chemical or Equivalent experience.
- Strong understanding of HACCP principles with certification in HACCP an assest
- Minimum 3-5 years of HACCP coordinator/Supervisor experience: Meat industry experience an asset.
- Thorough understanding of process controls, HACCP, SFCR, GFSI.

**Additional Knowledge**:

- Able to complete tasks and projects with minimum supervision
- Ability to adapt quickly to c