Food Safety Assurance Specialist
Company: The Mennel Milling Company
Location: Fostoria
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Title: Food Safety Assurance Specialist Department: Innovation
Reports To: Refer to location organizational chart Flip your Career
At Mennel, we believe in doing right and bringing our best to our
people who are helping to feed the world. We promote teamwork and
recognize the individual contributions everyone plays in the
overall success of the company. JOB SUMMARY: In this role, you will
help sustain Mennel’s tradition of excellence established in 1886
as well as support our food safety programs and mission to reliably
deliver superior quality, uniformity, and service. The purpose of
this role is to help ensure full compliance with all applicable
regulations and standards as well as to achieve Mennel’s goal of
Operational Excellence. One of the ways this will be accomplished
is by conducting food safety related audits at all The Mennel
Milling Company production locations to ensure the production of
safe food for humans and animals. This position will sustain the
Mission and Motto and Food Safety and Quality Statement of the
Mennel Milling Company. PRIMARY WORK SHIFT: This position works
Monday through Friday 8AM – 5PM. Will vary, depending on workload.
This position can accommodate a remote (home) working location as
this role will require significant travel (greater than 75%) to the
food production facilities. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without
accommodation. Follow all food and personal safety rules and
regulations in respect to GMP’s, OSHA, HACCP, the Global Food
Safety Initiative, the US FDA Food Safety Modernization Act as
stated in the FS&Q Statement, and sanitation guidelines as set
forth by the company as listed in Corporate Environmental, Health &
Safety (EHS) and attend all required training sessions. Maintain
the department/facility in an everyday audit ready condition.
Schedules and conducts internal audits to assure consistent
application of Mennel’s Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory programs
across all human and animal food production sites. Schedules and
conducts internal reviews of Food Safety Plans, Food Defense Plans,
and Environmental Monitoring Programs to assure compliance with
food safety regulations across all human and animal food production
sites. Serve as the primary contact for any applicable 3rd party,
customer audits, or federal/state/local agency audits, including
unannounced visits. Assist the Area Managers in the response to
audit activities and ensure the required CAPAs are completed in a
successful and timely fashion. Serve as the key corporate resource
to the human and animal food production sites in maintaining
compliance with all Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and Food
Safety standards, including providing guidance on the
implementation of all necessary programs, policies, and SOP’s.
Active contributor within the Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory
team, acting as a resource to help improve the strategies,
policies, and procedures of the program. This position may require
additional responsibilities as defined by the Director of Food
Safety, Quality & Regulatory. Ability to travel up to >75% Other
duties may be assigned. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position
has no supervisory duties. QUALIFICATIONS: The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability
required to perform this job. A Bachelor’s degree in food science,
chemistry, quality assurance, manufacturing, operations, or related
discipline is preferred. 10 years of experience in a food/beverage
or consumer goods manufacturing environment is required. Experience
in Quality Assurance, EHS or Regulatory Compliance is preferred.
Detailed level of understanding of Food Safety & Quality Standards,
Food Safety Plans, Preventative Controls and Prerequisite Programs
is required. Must be able to complete PCQI training certification.
Demonstrated ability working with GFSI auditing requirements is
desired. Active Third-Party GFSI Auditor Certification is
preferred. Those with inactive certifications will be considered.
Ability to train others on Food Safety & Quality standards. Must
have excellent technical writing, speaking, and presentation
skills. Must possess excellent computer skills. Must have solid
communication skills and be able to interact and productively
communicate with all levels of the organization. Must possess
ability to learn and analyze new concepts quickly. Must be a
self-starter and have the capability to effectively work
independently. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend
simple instructions, short correspondence, memos, procedures, and
plans. Ability to write reports, complete checklists and other
basic documentation and correspondence. Ability to effectively
present information or data in one-on-one and small group
situations to co-workers, supervisors, and managers. MATHEMATICAL
SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units
of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
REASONING ABILITY: Must use solid judgment when making decisions.
Must have ability to quickly recognize and plan for changing work
duties and events. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described
here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job: While
performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly
required to stand; walk; use hands to perform maintenance tasks,
reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, twist,
crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally
lift and/or move up to 50 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision, distance vision,
peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described
here are representative of those an employee encounters while
performing the essential functions of this job: While performing
the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to
conditions that are typical to an office environment.
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