Food Safety Director (Experience REQUIRED)-- 3 locations
Food Safety & Quality Specialist
Tampa, FL
Who We're Looking For
We're seeking a highly detail-oriented Food Safety & Quality Specialist with a passion for operational excellence and brand protection. This role is ideal for someone with a background in high-standard restaurant environments-especially Chick-fil-A-or experience in regulatory inspections who understands the standards.
What You'll Do
Tampa, FL
Who We're Looking For
We're seeking a highly detail-oriented Food Safety & Quality Specialist with a passion for operational excellence and brand protection. This role is ideal for someone with a background in high-standard restaurant environments-especially Chick-fil-A-or experience in regulatory inspections who understands the standards.
What You'll Do
- Conduct routine and surprise food safety audits across restaurant operations
- Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal health regulations as well as third party Ecosure Food safety visits and Quality Visits.
- Lead food safety training and coaching for leadership and team members
- Identify risks and implement corrective action plans with implementation of systems for long term success.
- Maintain and monitor OSHA regulations
- Partner with operations leaders to drive continuous improvement
- Prepare for and support health inspections with confidence and accuracy
- Understand and enforce Chick-fil-A's Quality standards for menu items.
- Analyze trends and provide actionable insights to leadership
- Help create a proactive food safety culture . Reinforcing the importance of food safety as a critical part of guest experience and stewardship.
- Documenting and tracking inspection results and trends.
- Servsafe Leader Certification management for compliance
- Experience in a high-standard food service environment.
- OR background as a Health Inspector / Food Safety Inspector
- Deep understanding of food safety systems, audits, and compliance
- Strong coaching skills and ability to create systems and processes
- Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail
- Comfortable holding teams accountable while maintaining strong relationships
- 2+ years in food safety, quality assurance, or restaurant leadership
- HACCP Certification (or willingness to obtain)
- ServSafe Manager Certification (or equivalent)
- Knowledge of FDA Food Code and local health regulations
- Other
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Employee discount
- Paid training
- Mileage reimbursement
- Life insurance