Job Description:
Eagle Certification Group is an accredited certification body providing first, second, and third party auditing services that are objective and value-added since 1994. Our competent, industry-experience auditors are well versed in helping clients ensure their quality, environmental, health and safety or food safety management systems are robust and effective. We hold thousands of active certificates, employ over 100 competent auditors and serve 15 countries…and those numbers grow year after year.
Agriculture Focused Contract Auditor will conduct audits at assigned client locations and determine conformance to established standard/scheme.
Compensation/Salary:
DOE
Requirements:
- Required frequent overnight travel.
- Required to stand or walk for long periods of time.
- Ability to travel by car or plane.
- Extensive use of computers and other electronic equipment.
- Moderate physical effort required (ability to carry equipment weighing 25 lbs or less).
- Ability to follow client and regulatory required safety practices.
- Majority of work is performed in farming, food packing/handling environment or other non-office setting.
- Majority of time spend work independently from a remote location.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Conduct produce food safety audits and summarize audit findings.
- Interpret audit guidelines and score audits
- Communicate findings/results of audits with client site management or representative
- Develop work plans and complete assigned audits within determined timeframe.
- Monitor industry trends and identify client needs, and champion these within the organization.
- Deliver presentations to growers, shippers, distributors, buyers, trade associations, regulatory agencies, and product user groups, as requested.
Ideal Candidate:
- Experience with produce food safety inspections/audits.
- Advanced degree in agriculture or food safety.
- Work experience in a related quality function.
- Professional registration/Lead Auditor certified.
- Experience performing GLOBALG.A.P and Primus GFS audits.
- Additional language skills - Spanish, or other languages.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, plant science, crop and soil science, food science, food technology or other related scientific areas of study. An Associate’s degree in Pomology or other related food science may also be acceptable.
- Minimum of two (2) years related work experience in the agriculture sector.
- HACCP and Good Agricultural Practices training.
- Pesticide application qualifications.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
- Must have a valid driver license and reliable transportation.
- Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
