This is a remote position with 85% travel; applicants must reside in and be able to legally work in Canada and potentially in the USA.

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world's top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Food Safety Auditor to join our Business Assurance Intertek team in the second or third quarter of 2026. This is a fantastic prospect to grow a versatile career in Food Safety.

Intertek's Business Assurance team goes beyond testing, inspection and certification to look at the underlying elements that make a company and its products successful. Our assurance solutions provide confidence and total peace of mind that a client's operating procedures, systems and people are functioning properly to provide a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

What are we looking for?

Intertek is looking for a Food Safety Auditor that will be responsible for performing assessments in manufacturing and services industries against 1st-Party, 2nd-Party and 3rd-Party food safety management systems while adhering to Intertek policies, procedures, and guidelines.

The Food Safety auditor will be a part of the best team ever. The auditor will travel conducting audits to help companies all over North America become the best they can be. Our team works closely together despite being geographically distant. We have a team culture to work toward goals. We look forward to growth in our business

THE ROLE

The Food Safety Auditor role will be required to conduct food safety audits of client's facility, provide technical training to management and employees at client's facility regarding the adequacy of food safety program, integrated pest management, operational methods, personnel practices,



maintenance for food safety, and cleaning practices.The role will prepare a written report for management to recap all issues of observations and, if needed, corrective actions that should be taken. The Food Safety Auditor must be able to be away from home and travel extensively up to 85% and provide practical and technical support to the food and beverage industry in the areas of food safety operations. Support will be provided through effective in-person and virtual training, consulting, and inspections.

What you'll do:

- Conduct document reviews and pre-assessments to ensure that the requirements of the standard have been met and provide the appropriate feedback to the customer to address any shortcomings.
- Prepare and send to the auditee an Audit Plan using appropriate documents and forms well-before the audit.
- Arrange all travel plans, provide directions and other relevant information to audit team members.
- Conduct Opening and Closing Meetings, explaining the broad objectives, the scope, audit process and establishing audit plan.
- Conduct audits, seeking conformity to applicable standard; by interviewing relevant personnel, making observations and inspections and sampling records.
- As necessary, liaise with other team members to determine validity of their findings in relation to lead auditor findings.




- Effectively define and present findings to the customer. Advise customers of Intertek requirements, such as the number of days to address non-conformances.
- Assess corrections, corrective action/plans and corresponding evidence
- Prepare the Audit Report.
- Lead Auditor reviews all team members' documentation for accuracy and completeness. Ensure all documents required by the respective standard are in place for presentation to the Registration Review Team.
- Effectively respond if any Review Findings issued.
- Other duties as assigned. This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

- Bachelor's of higher-level Food Science Disciplined Degreefrom an accredited college or university.
- Currently Qualified as a Food Safety Lead Auditor in any GFSI benchmarked scheme. SQF, BRC, FSSC22000, IFS
- Must be willing to travel up to 85% of the time, including weekend travel globally.
- Ability to work under difficult conditions in diverse cultural and physical environments.
- 2 years of previous work experience in a food safety, food packaging, food ingredients manufacturing
- Audit Log with a minimum of 140 hours of 3rd party FSMS auditing experience - Please submit your audit log with your application
- Knowledge of CFIA/USDA/FDA regulations
- Certificate in HACCP Implementation or PCQI
- Knowledge of GFSI standards and certification process.
- Knowledge, or general understanding, of various management system standards and gu

📌 Food Safety Auditor (Canada)
🏢 Canadian Inclusion
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