Food Quality Assurance Manager

As a natural problem-solver, you thrive on challenges.

You’re also an expert at implementing solutions.

Nourish is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager at our commissary kitchen in Santa Clara, California.

As the QA Manager at Nourish you will play a key role in ensuring the highest standards of health, safety, and quality across our commissary kitchen, food delivery operations, and office facilities. This role requires a meticulous individual with a strong background in culinary quality assurance and regulatory compliance and a subject matter expert knowledgeable of FDA and OSHA regulations, food safety and facilities safety

Company Overview - Founded in 2010, Sodexo | Nourish, has organically boot-strapped every bit of its impressive growth through a proven track record of delicious food and satisfied clients. Our winning formula is Smart + Healthy = Happy. Each day, our expert in-house chefs design menus based on the highest possible percentages of seasonal, organic, and non-GMO ingredients. At Nourish., we believe that each employee contributes directly to the company’s growth and success, and we are looking for individuals who will take pride in being part of our team.

Key Responsibilities

Food Safety:

• Develop, implement, and monitor SOPs and food safety programs
• Lead regular audits, conduct mock recall trials, and report findings. Compile and present monthly reports as appropriate
• Accountable for ensuring regulatory compliance and conducting risk assessments
• Manage I-Certainty digital HACCP recordkeeping system and ensure systems and procedures are being used correctly. Give training and refresher training to frontline staff. Review and signoff on daily records

Facility Health & Safety:

• Accountable for ensuring regulatory compliance and conducting risk assessments and audits
• Develop, implement, and monitor SOPs and trainings for facility safety
• Support all OSHA and other regulatory inspections and citations. Ensures abatement of regulatory violations. Act as main liaison with regulatory agencies

Qualifications:

• Ability to work independently to achieve expected results and can prioritize work and think strategically
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
• HACCP Certification, PCQI and OSHA 10 Certification preferred

To learn more about us, click here: Nourish Inc.

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Basic Education Requirement - Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Basic Management Experience - 3 years   

Basic Functional Experience - 3 years of experience in QA or R&D in a food manufacturing environment with knowledge of food processing regulations (e.g., USDA, FDA)

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.