Senior Director Compliance at The James Skinner LLC – Omaha, Nebraska

Position Summary

The Senior Director Compliance is the site champion for designing and implementing Combined Food Safety & Safety management systems — Quality Assurance, Sanitation, and Employee Safety—integrating HARPC-based food safety, SQF compliance, OSHA programs, Environmental and continuous-improvement activities into one seamless operation. The role serves as the facility’s primary technical authority and external liaison for food-safety/quality, sanitation excellence, and workplace-injury prevention, while driving real-time data trending, rapid issue communication, and zero-incident culture. The role leads a coordinated use of technology, training and processes to ensure all Compliance programs are aligned with a common Skinner Culture and format.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

Integrated Food Safety & Quality Leadership

• Own the plant SQF/HARPC system, hazard analyses, preventive controls, allergen maps, environmental monitoring, and recall readiness.
• Author SOPs, SSOPs, and standardized work; verify compliance through daily floor Gemba walks.
• Release or hold all product lots; maintain electronic traceability to achieve ≤ 2hr mock-recall time.
• Lead FDA, USDA, SQF, and customer audits; deliver opening/closing meetings and corrective-action plans.
• Maintain FDA registration, FSMA FSVP documentation, and HARPC re-analysis records.
• File quarterly customer scorecards summarizing quality, sanitation, and safety metrics.
• Sponsor Lean/Six-Sigma projects targeting ≥ 10 % Year Over Year for all Metrics, sanitation downtime, and OSHA recordable injuries.
• Sign final release for all finished product shipments and approve return-to-work after safety incidents.

Sanitation & Hygiene Excellence

• Direct sanitation supervisors and crew; approve master sanitation schedules, chemical SDS/usage logs, and pre-op inspections.
• Validate CIP/COP cycles and ATP swab trending; ensure ≤ 1 corrective ATP per week.
• Lead cross-functional “clean-plant” kaizen events to cut sanitation downtime ≥ 10 % Year over Year.

Employee Safety & OSHA Compliance

• Function as site Safety Manager: chair Safety Committee, maintain OSHA 300 logs, and file electronic OSHA reports.
• Complete incident investigations within 24 h; drive root-cause analysis (5-Why, Fishbone) and track CAPA to closure.
• Conduct Job Safety Analysis (JSA) for every new task/machine; update lockout/tagout, confined-space, PPE, and chemical-handling programs.
• Deliver monthly safety-training modules, near-miss campaigns, and behavioral-observation programs to achieve zero lost-time injuries.

Real-Time Trending & Communication

• Build dashboards for quality micro data, ATP fails, foreign-material events, customer complaints, and OSHA TRIR.
• Issue “QA-Safety Alert” e-mails when any KPI (CCP limit, ATP fail, TRIR rate) is exceeded or trends toward the limit for three consecutive points.
• Host daily 10-min Tier-1 huddles to review previous-shift data and assign immediate actions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred) in Food Science, Occupational Safety, Microbiology, or related field.
• 7–10 yr progressive leadership in FDA/USDA food manufacturing; bakery/RTE experience preferred.
• Certifications: SQF Practitioner, PCQI, OSHA 30-Hour, and Advanced HARPC, or Six-Sigma Black Belt a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to present technical data to non-technical audiences and negotiate with regulators, customers, and insurers.

SUCCESS METRICS (12-mo)

• Zero SQF major non-conformities; zero regulatory citations.
• Customer complaint rate ≤ 0.15 %; critical complaints = 0.
• Micro, ATP, foreign-material, and allergen failures reduced ≥ 25 %.
• TRIR ≤ 1.0; zero OSHA lost-time injuries; 100 % CAPA closed on or before due date.