Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager

Company: DO & CO
Location: New York
Posted on: April 19, 2025

Job Description:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager to join our DO&CO Family in New York.About DO & COWe have a passion for hospitality culinary delights on every banquet floor and in the sky. With the three business segments of Airline Catering, International Event Catering, and Restaurants, Lounges & Hotels, we offer gourmet entertainment all over the world. We operate in 32 locations, 12 countries and 3 Continents, maintaining the highest standard of quality in both our products and services. We refine the classics, develop the unknown and grow constantly - sometimes beyond our own expectations.What We Offer:

• Estimated salary range: $100,000 to $110,000 annually.
• Full-time employees are eligible for 401K and healthcare benefits; Medical, Dental & Vision.
• Daily Complimentary Meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).
• An organization dedicated to fostering innovation; in pursuit of cultivating creativity, embracing new ideas and leveraging our impeccable standard for hospitality.
• Genuine career development opportunities, both nationally and internationally.
• The chance to collaborate and represent a leading force in the luxury global gourmet entertainment industry.Responsibilities:
  • Ensures that the unit meets the company's, industries and regulatory standards for food safety and product integrity always.
  • Ensures compliance with food safety, cleanliness, and plant condition standards.
  • Leads and directs audits, inspections, and consultations to ensure understanding and compliance with applicable standards.
  • Ensures all applicable paperwork is accurate and up to date.
  • Monitors all integrated programs to assure that quality and regulatory compliance standards are met for food, beverage, ingredients, merchandise, and supply items manufactured, distributed, and sold by the company.
  • Assesses suppliers to ensure the above-mentioned is never jeopardized and work closely with department managers to ensure effective implementation of new products or new practices.
  • Regularly completes supplier audits and ensures all SOPs are drafted accurately and being utilized.
  • Oversees complaint investigations and ensures corrective action is being reported and followed up on.
  • Guarantees that the unit meets the company's, industries, and regulatory standards for sanitation.
  • Ensures that the unit is up to standards for audits, pest control, external cleaning, and health department inspections.
  • Works closely with the vendor(s) to order and maintain food grade chemicals within the facility and keeps appropriate par levels of these items.
  • Ensures SDS are in place for all chemicals and all necessary PPE are in stock.
  • Monitors hygiene training and development and provides coaching, direction, and leadership support to staff in the form of new hire orientation, retraining, annual retraining, etc.
  • Partners with supervisors and HR to implement corrective action as needed when hygiene protocols are not followed.
  • Oversee ongoing training for food safety, hygiene, and quality awareness.
  • Investigate accidents, prepare, and maintain required reports.
  • Provide new hire orientation outlining the company's quality and hygiene standards.
  • Promote a proactive food safety culture.
  • Maintain, review and report quality performance.Qualifications:
    • Bachelor -s degree in Food Safety & Quality Management, Food Science, Microbiology, or related field.
    • Minimum 3 to 5 years of Hygiene, Quality Assurance experience preferably in a food manufacturing site.
    • Profound knowledge in HACCP, ISO, SQF and food safety systems.
    • Food Safety Certification, state specific if applicable.
    • HACCP Certified.
    • PCQI - (Preventative Control Qualified Individual)
    • Proactive and self-organized.
    • Ability to manage through a substantial workload.
    • Capable of working independently as well as in a team environment.
    • Ability to complete assigned tasks within the given time to meet strict deadlines.
    • Flexibility (different shifts - night, weekends, holidays)Diversity & Inclusion StatementDO & CO provides equal employment opportunities. Applicants will be considered for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other protected characteristic.
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