Submission #137

Food Safety Intern
Internship
Salinas, CA
06/2022
04/30/2022
The Nunes Company
925 Johnson Ave.
Salinas
CA
93901
SUMMARY: The Food Safety Intern is primarily responsible for collecting water, soil and field product samples. This position will spend the majority of the time in the field and harvesting operations. They work among the Safety Department as a team to monitor and evaluate the workplace to ensure compliance and safety standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following as well as other duties and responsibilities, which may be assigned.
• Collects water, soil and field product samples.
• Interacts with growers and harvest personnel to ensure practices comply with food safety standards.
• Learn all company food safety policies, with direction and guidance from the Director of Food Safety
• Learn the practices of implementation in regard to food safety compliance.
• Collect routine equipment swabbing and analyze results.
• Participate in internal audits which are based upon multiple audit schemes; and develop corrective action plans.
• Follows company policies and practices while representing company in an ethical and business-like manner in all interactions with full time company employees, government agencies, growers, customers, etc.
• Will participate in weekly food safety/safety meetings
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Must have a good, or in progress, understanding of the agricultural and/or cold warehousing operations of a grower-shipper.
• Desire to gain knowledge of regulations relating to food safety and safety (ie OSHA, DOT, LGMA, GFSI) .
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Computer literate knowledge and proficiency of MSOffice (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) programs.
• Displays excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A proven ability to work with a variety of people and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with individuals at all levels of the company.
• Consistently demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness and dependability.
• Self-starter and works under minimum supervision.
• Must possess a current valid driver’s license and maintain a clean driving record.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the intern is regularly required to talk or hear and frequently is required to sit. Intern is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop kneel or crouch.
• The intern must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds as well as push/pull up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Position requires regular use of computer and frequent use of phone.


WORK ENVIRONMENT: work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an intern encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the intern occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to the risk of electric shock.
• Intern will be constantly driving an automatic transmission vehicle and rarely driving a standard transmission vehicle.
• Noise level in the work environment is moderate.
• The work environment is both indoors in a typical office setting as well as outdoors in the fields.



jodello@foxyproduce.com
Food Safety Intern 2-20.docx
Jake Odello
831-212-4927

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