**Brand:** Bob Evans Farms **Categories:** Quality **Locations:** Hillsdale, Michigan **Position Type:** Regular Full-Time **Remote Eligible:** No **Req ID:** 24322 **Job Description** **Business Unit Overview** For 75 years, Bob Evans Farms has delivered delicious, quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. We’re proud to be the #1-selling refrigerated dinner sides, including many varieties of feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese. We’re also a leading producer and distributor of sausage and bacon products, potato products, and egg products including liquid eggs. Our brand portfolio includes Bob Evans, Simply Potatoes, Egg Beaters and Owens Sausage. Bob Evans Farms is based in Columbus, Ohio. In September of 2017, Bob Evans Farms was acquired by Post Holdings, Inc. and is part of the Refrigerated Retail division. Other divisions of Post include Post Consumer Brands (Cereal), Weetabix (Cereal – UK), Michael Foods (Foodservice), and 8th Avenue Food & Provisions (Private Label). Post has aggressive growth plans for BEF, highlighted by the recent deployment of capital to support innovation, marketing and manufacturing. Responsibilities Review and maintain paperwork including those related to quality, food standards and regulatory program compliance (USDA/FDA). Including but not limited to HACCP plan, SQF audit, food defense program, GMP programs, and customer specific documentation. Work with regulatory agencies in the event of non-conformance situation and escalates issues to plant leadership as needed. Support in the investigation of such situations and executes corrective and preventative actions. Review of USDA packets and release USDA product including completion of all associated internal documentation. Participate in internal facility and internal corporate audits, external audits including but not limited to third party, regulatory, or customer audits as requested by the QFSE Manager. Conduct or participate in consumer complaint investigations and work with cross-functional teams to find and implement solutions. Participate in the creation and implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs), SSOPs Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, One Point Lessons and work instructions and maintain storage of such procedures, forms, records, and other documents to be retrieved when needed. Support all QFSE initiatives including participation on such teams as the Food Defense Team, participation in daily sensory panels, and support for new employee orientation, QFSE job specific and QFSE programs training and onboarding when needed. Perform environmental sampling ranging from swabbing, air sampling, and water sampling etc as needed. Preparation, documentation, and shipment of samples and record results. Communicate results and through root cause analysis determine when corrective action is needed and suggest corrective action. Provide support for Quality Technicians including providing coverage for off shifts, holidays, or weekends as necessary. Serve as back up to the Quality Supervisor or Manager as needed. Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMPs, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. All other duties as assigned. Qualifications Education Level: Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science (or related field) preferred. Experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in a food manufacturing plant environment Supervisory or managerial experience Experience with and understanding of manufacturing processes, GMPs, food safety, statistics and laboratory techniques Or equivalent combination of education or experience Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)