Food Quality Assurance Engineer (M/F)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Your Missions:

1) Lead audits and guarantee the compliance of the quality system - Participate in BRCGS, IFS, and BIO certification audits, as well as customer, internal, supplier, and service provider audits.

• Plan and monitor internal audits, support auditors, and perform the annual synthesis.
• Conduct your own internal audits and GHP tours with business experts.
• Ensure monitoring of frameworks and customer standards, then conduct gap analyses during their evolutions.
• Contribute to the regulatory compliance of products manufactured and purchased by the company.

2) Manage non-conformities and continuous improvement

• Follow the STARAC action plan and non-conformities with the Quality Assurance Manager: deadlines, follow-ups, effectiveness of actions, and closure.
• Analyze root causes, consolidate indicators, and propose concrete improvement actions.
• Participate in the preparation of the Management Review and quality committees.
• Occasionally contribute to continuous improvement processes on the production lines of the Milly-la-Forêt site.

3) Secure traceability, HACCP, and crisis management

• Perform and verify traceability tests, mass balances, and summaries intended for customers (via SAP).
• Participate in HACCP reviews, challenge existing studies, and contribute to new hazard analyses.
• Prepare scenarios for crisis exercises, formalize reports, and identify areas for improvement.
• Participate in crisis cells when the situation requires it.

4) Structure documentation and support sites

• Write, update, translate, and distribute procedures, reports, summaries, and quality system dashboards.
• Organize document management in Arkania and provide back-up for the Quality Assurance Manager if needed.
• Update quality portals and platforms such as SEDEX, BRCGS, IFS, or M&S.
• Plan and monitor Quality Assurance training, training teams on framework rules and requirements.
• Drive the food safety culture by disseminating useful information and supporting operational staff.

5) Respond to customers and communicate cross-functionally

• Respond to customer questionnaires and requests regarding the quality system, in both French and English.
• Coordinate exchanges with production, site and Group Quality teams, the UK subsidiary, sales, customer service, Supply Chain, and Purchasing.

REQUIRED PROFILE:

Your Profile:

• Master's degree (Bac +5) in quality, food science, or an equivalent field;
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance within the agri-food industry, in a production environment demanding high standards in hygiene, food safety, and traceability.
• Practical experience in audits and good knowledge of IFS and/or BRCGS /BIO frameworks.
• Mastery of HACCP, risk analysis, root cause analysis, non-conformity management, and action plans.
• Professional English, especially spoken; Spanish is a plus.
• Good command of Microsoft Office; experience with SAP, SharePoint, and a document management tool is appreciated.

• Rigor, autonomy, analytical and synthesis skills, reactivity, and ability to propose solutions.
• Diplomacy, interpersonal skills.
• Good stress management in sensitive situations and a strong food safety culture.
• You have a vehicle (site not served by public transport).

Your Benefits:

• Permanent contract (CDI), executive status, annual flat-rate of 218 days.
• Remuneration of 40K to 44K euros gross per year depending on profile, plus performance bonus.
• Health insurance, provident fund, supplementary pension, profit-sharing, and participation.
• A structured integration process with internal support.