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**Brand:** Michael Foods Inc.

**Categories:** Quality

**Locations:** Wakefield, Nebraska

**Position Type:** Regular Full-Time

**Remote Eligible:** No

**Req ID:** 29780

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Feeding the world is what we do – how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan peanut butter and more. Our foodservice and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores.

We have more than 55 offices and manufacturing sites and approximately 13,000 employees. Over the past 13 years, Post has made 28+ acquisitions and innovative financial transactions and reached $8.2 billion in net sales in fiscal 2025. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries

Post Holdings, Inc. is a Fortune 500 ® company headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands—together, we make a difference.

Location Description

Wakefield is one of the largest production facilities within Michael Foods. We serve as a flex plant and are able to produce everything from a whole pasteurized egg to liquid, dried, hardboiled and curds.

Responsibilities

OSITION SUMMARY:

The FSQ Food Safety Coordinator is responsible for the batch release process under the HACCP program for the

Wakefield, NE facility.

This position has the responsibility to always comply with Safety work rules as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as

a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures, and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed, and

complied with uniformly, to reduce product and process variability.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitors HACCP and prerequisite records to ensure HACCP reviews and deviations are completed as part of the

pre-shipment approval process.

• Maintains records relative to SQF and can demonstrate SQF knowledge related to batch release in conjunction

with plant policies and procedures during audits.

• Complete pre-shipment review as part of HACCP program; QC laboratory testing records, sanitation records and

deviation records leading to COA creation and SAP inventory control / batch release.

• Able to participate in all customer and third-party audits.

• Follows proper SOP’s (Standard Operation Procedures).

• Manage off-site frozen product release program, participate / lead weekly inventory disposition meetings.

• Maintain on-hold status program and reports. Identify product segregation or resampling plans based on results,

understand deviation process related to product hold and release, and use related computer programs such as

SAP and Intelex.

• Assumes personal responsibility to insure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies

and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.

• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP’s, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality

is maintained. Reports to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and

quality.

• Always ensures regulatory compliance.

• Available to work weekends, holidays and overtime as needed.

• Effectively communicate batch status inquires to all MFI stakeholders.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Program knowledge with the ability to achieve SQF Practitioner status.

• HACCP training and/or the ability to obtain HACCP certification.

• Knowledge of products, HACCP principles that are critical to the plant, microbiology, and food processing

machinery.

• Intermediate computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Word and SAP).

• Good organizational skills.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish a plus.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or

governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to

effectively present information in one-on-one and in group situations. Ability to respond to questions from

internal/external customers/vendors at all levels including management.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and

decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive

variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete

variables.

• Must demonstrate open and honest communication.

• Demonstrates the ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships and work effectively with others to

complete work assignments.

• Able to work independently or with others in a team environment depending upon the assignment.

• Self-motivated while also willing to ask questions and seek direction.

• Displays responsible behavior at work.

• Open to change

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)