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About High Liner Foods
High Liner Foods was founded in 1899 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada as a small salt fish company. Lunenburg is still the current home of our Canadian Operations. As a category leader in Seafood, High Liner Foods has a strong footprint across Canada and the U.S. with close to $1 billion in sales.
High Liner Foods is the seafood brand people trust. Every day we’re Reimagining Seafood to Nourish Life through a focus on our customers, innovation, and of course, responsible operations. Our talented team is committed to the High Liner Foods goal of becoming the leader in branded, value-added seafood in North America.
We offer professional, technical and operational career opportunities across Canada and the United States. We believe in building a high-performance organization by investing in our people. We are focused on developing future leaders from within and fostering career growth and advancement.
Help us change the way we see food!
High Liner Foods is a career destination. We look for high-performing talent who value:
- Safety; it’s our #1 priority
- Opportunities to contribute to your community through volunteerism
- A culture of inclusion, support and recognition
- Senior leaders that are highly accessible and available to employees
- A strong focus on education and career development through training
- Competitive salary and performance rewards
- A comprehensive benefit plan designed to keep up with the changing healthcare needs across North America
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in oversight of program(s) for packaging, ingredient, product and process inspection and validations and verifications according to state and federal regulations, corporate standards and good manufacturing practices.
- Communicates microbiological, chemical, and physical lab results and product disposition to necessary personnel.
- Leads investigations for food quality and safety related nonconformances for the facility, including but not limited to: customer and consumer complaints, foreign material investigations, process quality nonconformances, and food safety concerns.
- Lead and participate in sensory evaluation of raw materials, ingredients, works-in-progress, and finished products.
- Supervise QA staff and give direction and support on daily duties.
- Spend time regularly on the production floor, especially to help the team during staffing shortages.
- Drive continuous improvement of products, processes, procedures, and specifications.
- Create, evaluate and revise quality documents as needed.
- Identify and action deficiencies through Corrective Action Reports. Participate in Root Cause Analysis for effective solutions.
- Support and help drive a positive Food Safety and Quality Culture throughout the organization.
- Supporting 3rd party and governmental food safety & quality audits.
- Provides technical support on projects relating to, but not limited to, production, maintenance, Sales, and R&D. Participate in cross-functional teams.
- Supports ongoing GMP training and monitoring for all employees and contractors.
- Capable of proofreading product specifications, lab results interpretation, etc.
Qualifications:
- Post Secondary degree in food science or a related field.
- 4 years experience in QA / QC management role preferred
- Ability to communicate and participate in a team environment (problem solving, training, and corrective actions).
- Knowledge of food regulations, HACCP programs, GMP’s and SOP’s.
- Familiarity with regulatory, third party, and customer audits.
- Ability to work independently.
- Good analytical and problem solving skills.
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Health, Safety & Wellness
At High Liner Foods, we believe strongly in the safety and wellness of our employees. Our organization has a number of policies, programs and practices that focus on safety, wellness, health and sustainability of the overall organization.
Recruitment Process
Our process is meaningful but efficient! We want to get to know you and show you what our world is like.
Applicants who demonstrate potential will be contacted directly for a preliminary phone interview. Successful applications from this stage will participate in a behavioral-based interview with the hiring leader.
All hires are conditional upon the successful completion of references, background checks and applicable drug testing.
High Liner Foods (USA), Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer committed to diversity & inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or marital status, genetic information or other protected status, covered by federal, state or local law.
Accommodations for Applicants with Disabilities. High Liner Foods (USA), Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans’ Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact humanresources@highlinerfoods.com for assistance.
Current employees please note: this position is referral bonus eligible! See our policy for more details.
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