Specialist Food Safety and QA

Requisition ID :    193134

Career Group :   Distribution Centre Careers

Job Category :   Central Production

Travel Requirements :   0 - 10%

Job Type :   Full-Time

Country :   Canada (CA)

Province :  British Columbia

City :   Delta

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

British Columbia Central Kitchens, located in Delta, BC, is opening in early Spring 2026, we are looking for an onsite Food Safety & QA Specialist. This is an exciting opportunity that will be responsible for ensuring compliance to Safe Food for Canadian Regulations (SFCR), Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standard requirements, and maintain the facilities Preventive Control Plan (PCP). The role involves working closely with Operations and the Quality Assurance teams to ensure that regulatory and company food safety requirements are adhered to and maintained and ensuring that company and customer quality expectations are met.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing :

• Develop and implement HACCP plans based on Codex Alimentarius Principles to support the facility’s PCP and meet regulatory requirements
• Conduct risk assessments and hazard analyses to identify potential food safety hazards and implement corrective / preventive actions to address hazards
• Ensure that CCPs are being monitored and documented per the facility’s HACCP plans and that corrective actions are being appropriately implement / documented when deviations in established CCP critical limits are identified
• Maintain accurate records of HACCP activities, including and monitoring and corrective actions, to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements
• Provide training to production and quality assurance teams on HACCP principles and procedures, SFCR requirements, and the facility’s selected GFSI standard
• Conduct and document regular HACCP audits to identify areas for improvement and ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements
• Work with cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve food safety issues and implement corrective actions to prevent future occurrences
• Work with Corporate Product Development in maintenance of Ingredient and Packaging Supplier Approval and Labelling documentation
• Work closely with and support Quality Assurance Technicians
• Keep up-to-date with changes to HACCP regulations and guidelines and adapt HACCP plans accordingly
• Ensure that all HACCP documentation, including plans, policies, and procedures, are up-to-date and accurate
• Maintain fluency with SFCR and GFSI requirements
• Lead GFSI internal audit program to ensure compliance to the selected standard
• Lead monthly internal inspections to ensure facility GMP requirements are fully met
• Other duties as assigned

What you have to offer :

Leadership skills

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

The salary range for this position in   British Columbia is  $73,000.00  -  $101,000.00  . We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure that you are paid fairly and competitively.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque :

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.