Food Safety - Danville - AeroFarms

Description

AeroFarms Food Safety Technician

Pay for this position is $20.00/hour. AeroFarms offers benefits that include enrollment in 401k, medical, dental, and vision insurance, PTO, and more.

AeroFarms is the commercial leader in vertical farming. We are non-GMO and use zero herbicides, fungicides, pesticides of any kind, along with using 95% less water compared to conventional agriculture and can grow the best leafy greens 365/24/7 without worrying about seasons We are on a bold mission to grow the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity. Since 2004, we have been transforming agriculture with people and planet in mind. As a Certified B Corporation, we use the latest breakthroughs in indoor vertical farming, artificial intelligence and plant biology to fix our broken food system and improve the way fresh produce is grown and distributed locally and globally. We have built a proprietary agriculture platform to grow a wide array of products, delivering superior flavor, better quality and improved nutrition with the most sophisticated levels of traceability and food safety in our industry.

The world needs our help. By 2050, there will be 9 billion people on the planet with less arable land than ever before. We need a solution to cultivate more using less and define the future of farming for generations to come. In 2004, AeroFarms began transforming agriculture with humans and our planet at the forefront. In 2022 AeroFarms embarked on rapid growth in North America. AeroFarms agriculture technology continues to grow unprecedented sustainable products, delivering elevated flavor, taste, experience, quality, access, and unmatched nutrition to you. Here's how we're growing the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity:

• Researching and understanding plants to be better, more intuitive farmers
• Elevating local communities by increasing access to nutritious, high-quality, consistent, and safe products in a way that's better for you and the planet
• Protecting and sustaining our environment for future generations
• Pioneering consistent, and scalable indoor vertical farming food safety & traceability practices, and manufacturing standards
• Building and deploying state-of-the-art automated indoor vertical farms across the country using the latest technological advancements available today.
• Investing in our AeroFarms humans and fostering our diverse company culture of inclusion, equity, excellence, teachability and curiosity

As AeroFarms approaches our next phase of explosive growth, we seek out creative, motivated humans who will join us in disrupting industry standards and lead the way in vertical farming, artificial intelligence, and plant biology breakthroughs to solve, and tackle global issues. If a team of 200+ intellectually curious and caring humans, expansive global operations, and our change-the-world mission resonates with you, apply today.

The Food Safety Technician Responsible For:

• Monitoring and documenting all food safety programs.
• Responsible for monitoring product safety throughout the manufacturing process and to ensure the product meets AeroFarms' standards and specifications.
• Support compliance, monitoring, and trending of key programs including but not limited to GAP/GMP, Pest Prevention, Internal Auditing, Microbiological, and Environmental Monitoring.
• Report food safety and quality non-conformances and deviations to Food Safety Supervisor. Placing the product on hold and further evaluation.
• Enforce GMP and Food Safety policies to ensure that Aerofarms quality standards are always maintained.
• Monitors food safety alerts on an ongoing basis; and effectively communicates to all functional departments on food safety information and updates.
• Generate value for AeroFarms by anticipating, analyzing, solving, and preventing problems.
• Perform Pre-Operational Inspections before start-up and report any inadequacies to the Food Safety Supervisor.
• Complies with the enforcement of all GMP policies, documentation, and record-keeping per company standards.
• Special assignments upon request from the Sr. Manager, Food Safety and Quality Assurance

You Have:

• High School Diploma
• 1-2 years of experience in a food manufacturing environment or lab and knowledge of food safety (required).
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) desired
• Proficient computer skills required. Experience operating in a Windows environment, managing files, and handling data.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution.
• Ability to work in a challenging and fast-paced environment with changing practices.
• Must be able to communicate effectively.
• Must be able to read, write, understand, and speak basic English (required).
• Ability to respect and maintain confidential information.
• Ability to work within a team environment.
• Ability to lift, push, or pull up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to work independently and within a team.
• Must have time management skills to meet certain deadlines.
• Must be detailed oriented and organized.
• Must have good communication skills.
• Must have good basic math skills.
• Must be able to work in a cold environment (about 34 degrees F) for long periods of time.
• Availability to work weekends is a must.

* Please note that AeroFarms does not work with any external staffing/recruitment vendors. Any unsolicited resumes shared with the AeroFarms team will be considered property of AeroFarms and no recruitment fees of any kind will be paid or owed unless an existing recruitment agreement exists alongside with specific engagement for the role in question. In accordance with organizational protocol, employees will at times be required to fill absences in the operation process that are equal to or lower than their positional hierarchy. Additionally, if an employee is absent, the role of the absent employee is to be completed by their immediate superior.