Quality Assurance & Food Safety Coordinator
Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Employment Type: Full-time, on-site
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Trebley Logistics Ltd. is a third-party warehousing, distribution, and transportation provider located in Burnside, Dartmouth. We are looking for a Quality Assurance & Food Safety Coordinator to help develop and maintain our food safety and quality programs as we work toward SQF certification.
This is a hands-on role for someone who can turn food safety requirements into practical procedures, train employees, and help build a strong quality culture across our operations. You will work closely with management, warehouse supervisors, employees, customers, and external consultants.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and maintain food safety and quality policies, procedures, forms, and records.
- Identify gaps in existing programs and help coordinate an action plan to address them.
- Lead day-to-day preparation for SQF certification, including audit readiness and follow-up on findings.
- Maintain hazard assessments and preventive controls appropriate to warehousing, distribution, and transportation.
- Coordinate and verify programs for sanitation, pest control, temperature and humidity monitoring, calibration, product segregation, traceability, and recalls.
- Conduct warehouse inspections and internal audits to verify that procedures are being followed.
- Investigate customer complaints, temperature excursions, damaged products, and other quality issues.
- Document corrective actions, follow up on completion, and verify their effectiveness.
- Coordinate product hold and release documentation with authorized personnel.
- Conduct mock recalls and traceability exercises.
- Complete customer questionnaires and coordinate supporting documentation, inspections, and quality requirements.
- Review new customers’ storage and handling requirements and identify any additional controls needed.
- Support transportation quality, including trailer cleanliness, product protection, and handling standards.
- Deliver food safety training and maintain employee training records.
- Maintain document control, including approvals, revisions, and review schedules.
- Report progress, outstanding issues, and improvement opportunities to management.
Qualifications
- At least three years of experience in food safety or quality assurance in warehousing, distribution, food manufacturing, or a related environment.
- Experience developing and implementing food safety procedures and preparing for audits.
- Experience with SQF or another recognized GFSI certification program.
- Knowledge of HACCP, good manufacturing practices (GMPs), sanitation, traceability, document control, and corrective actions.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage priorities and follow through on tasks.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to train employees and work effectively with people across different departments.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Willingness to work regularly on the warehouse floor.
Considered an Asset
- Experience helping a facility obtain its initial SQF certification.
- HACCP, SQF practitioner, or internal auditor training.
- Post-secondary education in food science, quality assurance, or a related field.
- Experience in third-party logistics, food storage, or distribution.
- Familiarity with organic product handling and segregation.
If you are organized, practical, and interested in helping build a food safety and quality program, we would like to hear from you.
- Please apply with your résumé and a brief description of your experience with food safety programs, certification standards, and audit preparation.
