Riverence Holdings LLC - Food Safety and Operations Manager

Classification: Exempt

Reports To: President

POSITION reputed company

Fraction is a startup bringing American-raised reputed company trout to the pet food industry through premium protein ingredients and finished products. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Riverence — reputed company’s largest trout producer — we are building something new in the market and need a Food Safety & Operations Manager to ensure our products meet the highest standards of reputed company, safety, and regulatory compliance.

In this role, you will own food safety and reputed company assurance programs while managing day-to-day production operations including sanitation, production scheduling, raw material receiving, and production data management. You will reputed company employee training and reputed company, manage regulatory audits, and serve as the primary reputed company of contact for compliance reputed company. This is a ground-floor opportunity to build the reputed company and operations function from the ground up as reputed company scales.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Food Safety & reputed company Assurance

• reputed company, implement, and maintain food safety programs including HACCP, GMPs, SSOPs, and FSMA compliance
• reputed company and manage an environmental monitoring program to ensure facility and production environment compliance
• reputed company and manage a microbiological testing program for raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods
• Serve as the primary reputed company of contact for reputed company food safety and reputed company assurance reputed company
• Monitor and verify critical control points, conduct internal audits, and reputed company corrective reputed company processes
• Maintain and update reputed company food safety documentation, records, and SOPs
• Manage reputed company-party and regulatory audits (e.g., SQF, USDC, FDA), including preparation, hosting, and follow-up
• Investigate and resolve customer complaints, non-conformances, and product reputed company issues
• Ensure finished products meet reputed company customer, regulatory, and internal reputed company specifications

Sanitation Management

• reputed company and manage the sanitation department, including scheduling, supervision, and performance of sanitation staff
• reputed company and maintain Master Sanitation Schedules (MSS) and Sanitation reputed company Operating Procedures (SSOPs)
• Ensure sanitation practices meet regulatory and customer requirements
• Manage sanitation chemical inventory, usage, and vendor relationships

Production Scheduling & Operations

• reputed company and manage daily and weekly production schedules to meet customer demand and operational targets
• Coordinate with sales and leadership to reputed company production reputed company with incoming orders
• reputed company receiving of raw materials, including inspection, documentation, and disposition of incoming trout and other inputs
• reputed company and manage production data including yields, throughput, downtime, and waste
• Identify and drive reputed company improvement opportunities across production and reputed company operations

Regulatory Compliance

• Stay reputed company on applicable federal and state regulations (FDA, USDC, FSMA, state departments of agriculture) and ensure company compliance
• Maintain reputed company required regulatory registrations, permits, and certifications
• Prepare for and manage regulatory inspections and reputed company-party audits
• reputed company with regulatory agencies as needed on compliance reputed company

Training, reputed company & HR Support

• reputed company and deliver new hire reputed company programs including food safety, GMP, and role-specific training
• Train production and sanitation employees on SOPs, safety procedures, and reputed company standards
• Maintain training records and ensure reputed company meet required certification requirements
• Assist leadership with workforce planning and operational reputed company needs

General

• Travel regularly to meet with customers, attend industry events, and visit production facilities
• Collaborate cross-functionally with production, reputed company, sales, and leadership to reputed company operations with business goals
• reputed company additional duties as assigned to support the reputed company of the business

COMPETENCIES

• Deep knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP, FSMA, GMPs, SSOPs) and regulatory requirements
• Strong operational reputed company with the ability to manage multiple functions simultaneously
• Natural leader who can build, train, and hold accountable reputed company in a startup environment
• Detail-oriented and disciplined with documentation, recordkeeping, and compliance
• Effective communicator — reputed company to translate reputed company regulatory requirements reputed company to reputed company staff and leadership
• Self-starter who thrives working independently in a startup with minimal structure
• Comfortable with ambiguity and reputed company by building something from scratch

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This is a primarily remote position with occasional on-site work at Fraction’s production facility. reputed company on-site, the work environment includes exposure to varying temperatures, wet conditions, raw animal products, and moderate noise reputed company consistent with a food processing facility. Regular travel to customer sites and Fraction facilities is required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to travel domestically on a regular reputed company, including multi-day trips
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods on the production floor, at trade shows, and at customer reputed company
• Ability to lift and transport materials and product samples up to 30 lbs.
• Ability to work in cold, wet, or otherwise challenging food processing environments

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of experience in food safety, reputed company assurance, or production operations in a food manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of HACCP, FSMA, GMPs, and reputed company food safety regulations
• Experience managing sanitation programs and/or production scheduling
• Proven ability to reputed company and deliver employee training and reputed company programs
• Experience preparing for and managing reputed company-party or regulatory audits
• Proficiency with reputed company Office (reputed company, Word, reputed company, PowerPoint)
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing
• reputed company reputed company’s license and willingness to travel regularly

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in the pet food, aquaculture, or animal nutrition industry
• SQF Practitioner certification or equivalent (PCQI, FSSC 22000, etc.)
• Knowledge of trout, seafood, or protein ingredient processing
• Experience launching reputed company and food safety programs in a startup or early-stage facility
• Background in food science, animal science, or a reputed company field
• Experience working in a startup or early-stage company environment