Food Safety Auditor – Canada Full Time

Food Safety Auditor

Intertek, a leading provider of ATIC (Assurance, Testing, Inspection, and Certification) Services, is looking for a Food Safety Auditor to join our Business Assurance team. The Business Assurance group of Intertek provides a full range of business process audit and support services, including management systems certification, sustainability and responsible sourcing audits, risk management, and training. Our range of bespoke auditing, performance benchmarking and supply chain solutions provide insight into every aspect of operations, allowing clients to make informed decisions about their business while ensuring their workforce competencies are current and relevant.

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Food Safety Auditor to join our Business Assurance SAI Global / Intertek team Remotely. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in Food Safety.

In a world where a company’s success depends on its reputation for quality, safety, and socially responsible products and processes, Intertek employees make a difference. Whether it’s testing in the lab or field, engaging with customers, or helping our operations run smoothly, every role is essential to delivering Total Quality Assurance to our customers.

The Business Assurance group of SAI Global / Intertek provides a full range of business process audit and support services, including management systems certification, custom supplier audits and training. Our range of services helps to ensure customer management systems are optimized to facilitate successful growth

What are we looking for?

SAI Global / Intertek is looking for a Food Safety Auditor who will be responsible for performing assessments in manufacturing and services industries against 1st-Party, 2nd-Party and 3rd-Party food safety management systems while adhering to SAI Global / Intertek policies, procedures, and guidelines.

FROM THE TEAM

The Food Safety auditor will be a part of the best team ever.  The auditor will travel conducting audits to help companies all over North America become the best they can be. Our team works closely together despite being geographically distant. We have a team culture to work toward goals. We look forward to growth in our business!

This will be a travel-based position, with extensive travel to client sites required. Candidate must be comfortable travelling 3 to 5 nights per week. This is a remote position; however, applicants must reside in and be able to legally work in the United States. 

What you’ll do:

The Food Safety Auditor role will be required to conduct food safety audits of client’s facility, provide technical training to management and employees at client’s facility regarding the adequacy of food safety program, integrated pest management, operational methods, personnel practices, maintenance for food safety, and cleaning practices.  The role will prepare a written report for management to recap all issues of observations and, if needed, corrective actions that should be taken. The Food Safety Auditor must be able to be away from home and travel extensively up to 85% and provide practical and technical support to the food and beverage industry in the areas of food safety operations. Support will be provided through effective in-person and virtual training, consulting, and inspections.

• Conduct document reviews and pre-assessments to ensure that the requirements of the standard have been met and provide the appropriate feedback to the customer to address any shortcomings.
• Prepare and send to the auditee an Audit Plan using appropriate documents and forms well-before the audit.
• Arrange all travel plans, provide directions and other relevant information to audit team members. 
• Conduct Opening and Closing Meetings, explaining the broad objectives, the scope, audit process and establishing audit plan.
• Conduct audits, seeking conformity to applicable standard; by interviewing relevant personnel, making observations and inspections and sampling records.
• As necessary, liaise with other team members to determine validity of their findings in relation to lead auditor findings.
• Effectively define and present findings to the customer. Advise customers of SAI Global requirements, such as the number of days to address non-conformances.
• Assess corrections, corrective action/plans and corresponding evidences
• Prepare the Audit Report. 
• Lead Auditor, reviews all team members’ documentation for accuracy and completeness.  Ensure all documents required by the respective standard are in place for presentation to the Registration Review Team.
• Effectively respond if any Review Findings issued.
• Other duties as assigned.
• This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties. 

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Science Degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Must be willing to travel up to 85% of the time, including weekend travel globally and the ability to work under difficult conditions in diverse cultural and physical environments.
• Certification as a GFSI Scheme Approved Lead Auditor, with regular certification renewal 
• Minimum 5 years previous related experience in the food quality, food safety, food packaging, food ingredients and/or auditing field.
• A minimum of 10 food safety audits conducted as an external auditor 
• Knowledge of USDA/FDA/CFIA regulations
• Knowledge of GFSI standards and certification process is an asset
• Knowledge, or general understanding, of various management system standards and guidelines.
• Basic technical ability with Microsoft Office 365 products, and various word-processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Valid Driver’s License to visit client sites – Valid driver’s license and reliable driving record (required)
• Must be physically able to safely ascend to heights, be able to bend, crawl and move safely and freely around machinery and building without assistance.
• This is a remote position; however, applicants must reside in and be able to legally work in the United States. 

Interpersonal Skills: 

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated and reliable with a strong independent work ethic.
• Team Player.
• Ability to ask questions and present findings.
• Strong organization, creativity, and project management skills.
• Full commitment to conduct business with the utmost integrity and in full compliance with the law.
• Strong Influencer: Relates well to all kinds of people. Builds constructive and effective relationships.   
• Organized Individual: You will have a great sense of responsibility as you plan and organize your workload with great attention to detail.
• Communication: Creates effective working relationships through active listening skills; value added guidance and ability to reflect the truth of the situation even in difficult situations. Must possess excellent verbal communication skills, excellent writing abilities including correct use of grammar, sentence structure and spelling.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Food processing plant experience in a role related to food safety.
• Currently Qualified in a GFSI Food Safety Scheme.
• 3rd Party Auditor Experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• This role requires the ability to:
• Ascend or descend ladders, stairs, ramps, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Stand, for sustained periods of time.
• Walk, moving on foot to accomplish tasks and to move from one work location to another. 
• Communicate well, thru spoken word, conveying detailed accurate information & instructions to others. 
• Hear well, perceiving sounds with or without correction, including the ability to receive information thru oral communications.
• Exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amounts of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing & analyzing data, viewing a computer monitor, reading, report writing, visual inspection, and use of measurement devises.

Salary & Benefits Information

When working with Intertek, you can expect salary and benefit package competitively placed within the local market, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with company match, generous vacation/sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more. Intertek employees are eligible for a variety of benefits including paid holidays.

Intertek’s Commitment

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers’ expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.

Our Culture of Total Quality Assurance 

Intertek promotes a culture where motivated, customer-oriented employees can flourish, experience professional fulfillment, and reach their highest potential. At Intertek, we exercise our spirit of innovation, the passion of our people and our unmatched customer commitment to realize our purpose of making the world an ever better, safer, and more sustainable place for all. 

A career with Intertek offers rewarding opportunities to help companies around the world develop products that are used safely by millions of people every day. Intertek is the trusted advisor to many of the world’s leading brands, companies, and governments, and has earned a reputation for accuracy, reliability, integrity, and technical competence.  Working at Intertek means joining a global network of state-of-the-art facilities and passionate people who deliver superior customer service with a purpose of bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

We Value Diversity

Intertek’s network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

For individuals with Disabilities, who would like to request accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email [email protected]

Please apply online at Intertek Canada Careers (oraclecloud.com) 

*Intertek does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies and will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. 

This position is eligible for Canadians of all ages