For over 80 years Pacific Seafood has provided the finest seafood to consumers, restaurants and retailers. We believe in the philosophy “On Board Doing Good Together” and recognize that the success of our company is directly tied to the many talented and dedicated team members we consider part of our Pacific Seafood family.

It’s through the skills of our team members and Pacific Seafood’s commitment to both sustainability and traceability that we lead the industry in socially responsible best practices for wild harvest and aquaculture, while working to minimize environmental impact. Being a vertically integrated company, we track our products at each stage from “dock to plate”. This ensures we can be confident and proud of our mission to provide the safest, freshest, and healthiest protein on the planet.

At Pacific Seafood, we believe people make great companies. We emphasize that people who are committed to excellence are the key to our success. Pacific Seafood’s culture is based on the four components of our Diamond Philosophy: teamwork, productivity, quality, and excellence. We define teamwork as a group of people charged with creating solutions and implementing results. Quality is reflected in dedication to each other, our products, our attitudes, and respect for the environment. Productivity is maximizing efficiency of an effortless flow of product to our customers. We live the Diamond Philosophy daily and that’s reflected as we achieve operational excellence. As a leader in the seafood industry, our expectation of ourselves is to practice our business fairly and ethically, to lead by example.

As we continue to grow our business, we hope to inspire the best and brightest talent to join our team and become part of our continued success, as together we conniue to accomplish our mission of Feeding The World The Healthiest Protein On The Planet!

We appreciate your interest in Pacific Seafood Group and invite you to check out our current job openings by clicking on the job posting links on the left.

VCQ Manager

South Bend, WA

Full Time

Shellfish

Mid Level

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary:

Will plan, coordinate and direct the food safety and value creation quality program designed to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established standards. Responsible for developing and implementing food safety and quality training programs. Will lead the VCQ programs in meeting regulatory requirements and customer’s expectation.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for achievement of quality department goals and objectives; strive for continuous improvement on food safety and quality program
Implement hazard analysis and Critical Control Points Program (HACCP)
Interpret and implement FDA, ODA regulations ensuring HACCP, SSOP, COOL Act standards are met.
Establish and maintain GFSI/BRC/SQF standards in order to meet audit requirements.
Interact with Regulatory Agencies and third party auditors; monitor scheduled audits.
Develop and implement applicable training.
Remain current on all regulatory requirements and law changes.
Maintain knowledge on microbiological testing and be familiar with laboratory environment.
Oversee the mock recall and recall process; conduct and coordinate procedures and training.
Provide support and direction with customer complaint investigations.
Perform internal/external audits and inspections to ensure that all standards and requirements are met.
Identify, investigate and report on critical quality defects on production processes and products.
Determine source of quality variance and specific steps to be taken in correcting the process and product.
Ensure systems are in place to make certain that vendors are capable of meeting food safety, quality, and regulatory expectations.
Assist facilities and VCQ Managers and offer on-site support to address critical issues; provide necessary training
Prepare and submit reports as required.
Participate in management and strategic planning meetings in the pursuit of operational excellence.
Perform other duties as assigned.

What You Bring to Pacific Seafood:

Required

Minimum associates degree from an accredited college or university in food science, marine/fishery science, biology, microbiology, or other related discipline; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred

Minimum three years of quality assurance experience with food or seafood industry.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
Regularly lift and or move up to 20 pounds.
Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Salary Range: $70,000 - $80,000 annually

Total Compensation:

At Pacific Seafood, your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:

Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability
Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
401(k) retirement plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
Paid time-off for all regular FT team members to include sick days, paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
Employee assistance program providing confidential professional counseling, financial and legal assistance at no charge to team members and immediate family members
Product purchase program

Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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