Food Safety & Compliance Specialist

Company Overview

‍McDaniel Fruit Company is an established and reputable grower, packer and distributor of fresh produce operating out of our facilities in Fallbrook, CA & McAllen, TX.  

We serve a nationwide customer base with strict compliance and certification requirements.  

We are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated professional to take ownership of our compliance programs while helping us modernize and strengthen our systems.‍

Position Summary

‍The Food Safety & Compliance Specialist will be responsible for managing all aspects of regulatory & customer compliance across the business.  We seek a candidate who can evaluate, refine and strengthen our current processes.  Additionally, this candidate will support key administrative and documentation workflows within our grower accounting and international import departments.‍

Key Responsibilities‍Compliance Management

• Strengthen, oversee & implement compliance in the following schemas
  • Food Safety: Primus, FSMA, FDA, USDA
  • Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)
  • Organic Certification
  • Social & Environmental Certification (SMETA)
• Manage & maintain digital food safety documentation repository (Azzule Systems) and ensure continuous compliance with customer requirements
• Coordinate audit preparation in collaboration with staff and follow-up with corrective actions
• Maintain accurate and audit-ready documentation across all programs

‍Process Improvement

• Evaluate current compliance systems and identify gaps or inefficiencies
• Digitize record keeping to move away from paper documentation
• Collaborate with leadership to strengthen compliance infrastructure

‍Administrative & Operational Support      

• Perform data entry during California packing season (Spring/Summer)
• Monitor & process import program customs paperwork throughout the year for our offshore import programs.
• Support general administrative tasks across operations

‍Qualifications

• Experience in food industry compliance with working knowledge of food safety standards and audit processes
• Preferred experience with organic, SMETA, FSVP audits as well as Azzule Systems platform
• GS1 experience preferred
• Strong organizational skills and ability to develop transition plan from physical to digital across multiple compliance programs simultaneously
• PCQI, HACCP certification preferred but not required initially
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but not required

‍Location: Fallbrook, CA / Hybrid‍

Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000