Food Safety and Quality Manager

BrightFarms is The Place to Grow!

At BrightFarms, we’re on a mission to revolutionize the way leafy greens are grown. But we don’t just want to grow great tasting greens, we want them to do good as well: for the planet, for the health of people, and for the well-being of our employees. We give BrightFarmers the tools, training, support, and opportunities they need to do better for themselves and the world every day. Because when you do good for your people, they do good for the world.

BrightFarms is a national leader in the booming indoor farming industry, transforming how produce is grown and delivered with its expanding network of high-tech, sustainable hydroponic farms. We currently operate six high-tech greenhouse farms, with four new regional salad greenhouse hubs breaking ground to begin opening in 2024. BrightFarms' fresh lettuce options, from classic greens to crunchy mixes and salad kits, are available in more than 3,700 retail stores across the East Coast and Midwest.

The Food Safety & Quality team at BrightFarms is hiring a Food Safety & Quality Manager at our Elkwood, Virginia greenhouse to lead the implementation of our food safety programs at the farm.

Specifically, you will:

• Effectively and efficiently manage Production processes to ensure the quality of our product, consistency maintaining SQF requirements.
• Collect routine EMP samples (water samples, swabs, product samples and media samples)
• Train and manage the FSMS day-to-day operations of greenhouse.
• Oversee the sites pest control management system and conduct regular reviews of the system
• Lead site audits, both external and internal
• Suppor the farms in implementation of food safety regulations and policies.
• Ensure customer compliance and specifications are met
• Manage sites supplier approval program
• Perform GMP inspections and monitor corrective actions
• Standardize best practices and creates forms necessary to collect KPIs.
• Maintain daily production and food safety logs, monitor and verify logs
• Be proficient in effectively communicating with employees throughout the organization
• Have a willingness and desire to assist in unrelated and/or unassigned tasks to ensure the effective operation of the greenhouse
• Be a problem solver and be capable of identifying areas of efficiencies
• Report food safety and quality problems to the GM or directly to Senior Management.
• Lead corrective action efforts in identifying RCA and effectively implementing CAPA’s
• Complete other duties as assigned

The Ideal candidate:

• has a 4-year degree in a related discipline
• has 3-8 years of experience in a production environment or related work experience
• has excellent written and verbal communication and can create documents such as standard operating procedures, safety rules, label mixing instructions
• exhibit excellent critical thinking skills, leadership skills, lead by example – set the highest possible standards for food safety, quality, efficiency, productivity, and behavior
• be detail oriented and data driven
• be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook (Power Point, and Access Database knowledge beneficial)
• have the ability to meet the physical requirements of the job including lifting up to 50 pounds
• be a self-starter and a problem solver with strong relationship building and communication skills
• has the ability to navigate a dynamic and quickly evolving environment
• is bilingual English/Spanish required

Additional Notes:

• This position is located onsite in Elkwood, VA, (1hr drive from DMV area).

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