Food Safety Auditing Specialist

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.

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Position Overview:

As a Food Safety Specialist, you are a key member of the Global Quality Team; reporting to the Manager, Regulatory & Food Safety for North & Central America (NCA). You will contribute to the success of Ball by supporting execution, implementation, and compliance auditing of the Corporate Quality & Food Safety Management program to ensure compliance to FSSC 22000.  

Your Key Areas of Responsibility Include:

• Participate in the development and implementation of the Corporate Quality and Food Safety Management Program in region/plants in alignment with peer regions and global with standardization through Ball Operational Excellence (BOE) programs.
• Develop and maintain QFSMS documentation compliant to applicable standards, customer requirements, and internal practices and in alignment with the regulatory team.
• Provide support to site, region, and global teams in association with external 3rd party audits of Quality Food Safety Management Systems (QFSMS) including tracking of findings, cross sharing corrective actions, and standardizing through the BOE routine.
• Support plants, quality, and commercial teams  with standardization associated with inquiries from customers relative to Quality and Food Safety approvals and documentation including providing compliance evidence.
• Establish standardized declarations/statements which demonstrate compliance for the region/global and maintain on “The Source” for customer access. When individual customer requests are made provide information with support of commercial/quality in alignment with the requisite standards.
• Participate in development of annual QFSMS Goals and Objectives in alignment with the global and region strategy providing data/input to the sites and corporate management review.
• Lead the Corporate QFSMS review for the region and participate in the global review.
• Develop, improve, maintain, and execute the Food Safety and Quality Culture plan to include annual employee survey and recognition programs to include site, region, and global awards. Perform analysis of survey results for action planning in support of the plants and region with global connectivity.
• Mentor site Food Safety Team members in GMP, HACCP, Food Fraud, and Food Defense practice.
• Provide QFSMS training to sites, region, corporate, and global personnel in alignment with peer regions. Develop, maintain, and improve QFSMS (CBT) training for training system assignment and tracking in partnership with training development and execution stakeholders.

Required Skills and Experience: 

• Bachelors or technical degree; preference for Food Science, Quality Engineering or other technical or science related discipline.  
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Quality Assurance related work in  food production or packaging manufacturing.  
• Minimum 1 year of experience conducing food safety related activities.
• Demonstrated Skills:
  • food safety management, program development, execution, and auditing
  • continuous improvement as related to food safety culture in a manufacturing setting
  • synthesizing complex information and producing clear, written summaries to leadership teams
• Working knowledge of :
  • Engineering principles, terminology , and practices related to  quality assurance principles, and manufacturing processes.
  • HACCP and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) principles and practices 

 Compensation & Benefits

• Hiring Salary Range: $85,100 -  $118,760 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• The preferred location for this role is our Westminster, CO campus; but we will consider a REMOTE candidate, dependent on experience, qualifications and willingness to engage in regular travel to Colorado campus.  Hybrid On-Site Work Environment: If based in Colorado, this position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site for three (3) or more days per work week (with core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). Travel ( up to 50%) and local commute between Ball locations and other possible non-Ball locations will be required.
• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, please visit our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.

When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role. Under Colorado, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania law, you have the right to exclude or redact age-related details—such as your date of birth, school attendance dates, or graduation dates—from your resume, cover letter, CV, or other supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, certificates). 

Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic. 

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

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