Morton Salt is an iconic company with a strong heritage and a bright future. Since 1848, we have been improving lives and enhancing everyday moments – at home, at work and virtually everywhere in between. We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team who constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.
Job Summary
This position is a member of the Corporate FSQR team and serves to support the Regional FSQR Managers as well as audit team. This position is a representative for all applicable areas within Quality and Food Safety to ensure that we satisfy our customers, comply with corporate and local/state/federal legal and regulatory requirements, and continuously improve our systems, processes, and culture. Ensures product safety, legality, quality, and authenticity of all products produced.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Attend peer review meetings for internal audits.
- Designated back up to Regional FSQR Managers when out of the office due to travel or vacations.
- Drive plant failure investigations with sites, specifically those that are out of the norm or repeats.
- ERP coach for facilities and other functions including, point of contact for COAs to customers when requested, identifying the root cause for gap in initial distribution of the COA, day to day tasks, creation or modification of job aids, etc.
- Have strong understanding of ETQ and RedZone and how it is utilized across the business.
- Ownership of the purchase order process for Corporate FSQR.
- Oversight and scheduling of Corporate 3rd party service providers (ex: calibrations, magnet pull strength verifications, pest control, etc.).
- Work with facilities to obtain real time feedback regarding corporate FSQR policy changes prior to implementation. Provide training to facility FSQR team and General Managers on corporate policy updates and reason for change.
- Support the design or modification of plant documents, forms, etc. under the guidance of the Regional FSQR Managers.
- Tracking and trending of quality and food safety related metrics – including but not limited to purity, granulation, additives, scale capabilities, etc.
- Coordinate, execute and ensure completion of compliance audits within the Regional FSQR team. Communicate completion and results to the corporate FSQR audit team.
- Act as the FSQR tag for packaging locations identified.
- Oversight and coordination with Port Canaveral for the business round robin program.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, or other related science field.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a food manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of International Safety Protocol (ISP) and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), Standards and Regulatory Requirements of CFIA.
- PCQI-certification in Human and/or Animal Feed preferred.
- Highly self-motivated, high energy and ability to work independently and team contributor and collaborator, show initiative, and drive positive change in system, processes, and culture.
- Ability to understand and comply with all company policies and procedures as well as all applicable local/state/federal regulations.
- Well-developed interpersonal, communication skills and able to manage conflict in a stressful environment
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams and ability to work successfully under pressure in a fast paced and challenging site environment.
- Ability to effectively communicate and present information to all levels throughout the Morton Salt organization as well as internal and external staff, government authorities, auditors, customers, vendors, occasionally under conditions of urgency and in pressure situations.
- Strong interpersonal skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Located within two (2) hours driving distance of a main production facility.
- Ability to travel to sites domestically and internationally, approximately 25%.
At Morton Salt, we work best when we work as a team, when we treat one another with dignity and respect, and value the unique contributions of others. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, sex, religion, color, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.