CareerPlan

Quality and Food Safety Director

Santa Maria, United StatesFull-time$112k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the Compliance Team to ensure regulatory adherence and operational risk mitigation for the fresh produce industry.

Role type

Senior IC Quality and Food Safety Director

Builds

Compliance programs and risk mitigation strategies for food safety clients

Domain

Food safety and agriculture

Required skills

Team supervision and mentoring, KPI establishment and performance monitoring, GFSI benchmark compliance, regulatory risk anticipation and mitigation, executive representation, supply chain program support, emerging regulation monitoring

Preferred skills

Innovation adoption, new technology integration

Technologies

GFSI benchmarking tools, compliance management systems

Responsibilities

Supervise and develop the Compliance Team, establish KPIs and monitor performance, act as escalation point for complex compliance issues, represent the team in executive discussions, support supply chain stakeholders, monitor government and industry regulations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC