Smore about the team As the Senior Food Safety Specialist, you will play a key role in supporting food safety systems and compliance for meal kits and ready-to-eat (RTE) products. Reporting to the Manager, Food Safety Systems &amp; Compliance, you will coordinate the development and maintenance of food safety programs, manage documentation, and ensure regulatory compliance across operations. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will also lead audit support, crisis preparedness, and food safety culture initiatives to ensure that our products meet the highest standards of safety and quality. Lettuce share what this role will be responsible for <ul> <li>Internal Auditing: Lead and execute the internal audit schedule for all facilities, ensuring compliance with food safety standards (e.g., BRCGS, HACCP) and regulatory requirements. Identify non-conformances and lead the follow-up for corrective actions.</li> <li>Labeling &amp; Regulatory Support: Assist with labeling compliance for new products, ingredients, and processes, providing support for both Canadian and US teams as needed.</li> <li>Systems Maintenance: Manage and maintain food safety documentation systems, ensuring proper change control and the upkeep of relevant knowledge management platforms.</li> <li>Verification Activities: Support site-level verification activities, including the review of records and data to ensure compliance with food safety programs.</li> <li>Imports: Ensure CFIA permits and licenses are obtained, manage quota applications, and review banned ingredients for imports.</li> <li>Food Safety Culture: Coordinate safety &amp; quality culture surveys, lead Food Safety Week activities, and update the FS Culture Calendar and FSQA communications.</li> <li>Crisis Preparedness: Lead mock recall exercises, traceability tests, and other crisis preparedness activities.</li> <li>All other duties, as assigned </li> </ul> Sound a-peeling? Heres what were looking for <ul> <li>3+ years of experience in food safety or quality assurance, with a strong focus on internal auditing.</li> <li>Post-secondary education in Food Science, Biological Science, or a related discipline.</li> <li>Completion of Internal or Lead Auditor training with recognized certification (BRCGS, SQF, GFSI, or equivalent) is highly preferred.</li> <li>Strong understanding of food safety programs, HACCP principles, and regulatory requirements, including labeling.</li> <li>Knowledge of supplier management and SKU database systems is an asset.</li> <li>Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.</li> <li>Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including international partners.</li> <li>Proactive and independent mindset, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.</li> <li>Ability to travel domestically as per business requirements (approximately 25-30%).</li> </ul> Let’s cut to the cheese, this is why youll love it here Box Discount - Amazing discounts on 1 box per week! 75% discount on weekly HelloFresh and Chefs Plate meal kits AND 50% off weekly Factor meal box. Health &amp; Wellness - Health &amp; Dental benefits from day 1, a Health Spending Account, unlimited access to the Headspace app to meet your self-care needs, and 25% discount on GoodLife fitness memberships! Vacation &amp; PTO - Time off is also an important part of self-care! We offer generous vacation and PTO to help you create a good work-life balance.  Family Benefits - A parental leave top-up program for expectant parents. Growth &amp; Development - We support your career progression, provide development opportunities, and invest in your continued learning through our organization wide L&amp;D fund. Work Hard &amp; Have Fun - From team socials to engaging company days, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to experience the fun! Diversity &amp; Inclusion Initiatives - With impactful ERG’s like FreshPride, Women Empowered and LIMES, we are committed to our diversity, equity &amp; inclusion efforts. Food Puns - this one is kind of a big dill if you haven’t already noticed. We even have some punny meeting room names! Flexible Hybrid Approach At HelloFresh, we know that flexible work arrangements are essential in enabling you to do your best work, while balancing your personal and life needs. Offering remote work flexibility, along with the opportunity to interact and collaborate in the office are all a part of creating a great employee experience.  To meet these needs, we are pleased to provide Flexible Hybrid work. Flexible Hybrid is a people-first approach that is based on choice, trust, personalization, and empowers teams to choose when and how often they work from the office and work from home, in addition to team days and company days. This means a minimum of 2 days in office per week, with most teams in office between 2-3 days a week. #LI-HYBRID Working Conditions It’s no surprise that as a food company, we use many ingredients that may be considered common allergens (i.e. peanuts, tree nuts, milk, etc.). Whether this role is based out of our headquarters or one of our distribution centers, it is possible that you may be exposed to such allergens in this role. If you have any concerns with being exposed to any particular food ingredients, including meat, please disclose this during the hiring process.  <h4>Interested in joining the HelloFresh team? Don’t be chai, apply! Submit your application in PDF format today. </h4>