Specialist - Restaurant QA

What you'll do When our square shaped burgers made their first sizzle on the scene more than 50 years ago, people knew our approach wasn’t like any other. Same goes for the way we support our employees. Our culture of openness, flexibility, and inclusiveness allows everybody to flourish in their own way. If you’re looking for a career where you can be part of the action as we continue to grow our iconic brand – We got you!

The Specialist of Restaurant QA supports food safety, quality and regulatory compliance and serves a key role in supporting global food safety and quality programs (pest, FSA, HDI, DC, etc.). This position will also partner cross-functionally to support or conduct product and process validations to ensure new and existing procedures are food safe in-restaurant. This position is responsible for data analysis in support of the Restaurant QA Team and preparing food safety information to key stakeholders.

This role requires a schedule of 4 days onsite and 1 day remote.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the management of quality assurance programs related to pest control, FSA, HDI, distribution, complaint monitoring, training & education. Creates and distributes food safety related data and reports.
• Assists with product and process testing, validating and ensuring regulatory needs are met. Assist with Health Department variance requirements and other ad hoc requests as needed.
• Partner with Wendy’s internal cross functional partners and acts as liaison to limit brand risk for related to compliance and food safety.
• Supports routine QA workshops and education for assigned restaurants or organizations.

What we expect from you

• Education: Associates Degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Nutrition or Microbiology or equivalent experience in Food industry
• 2+ years of experience in food safety or operations
• Basic understanding of food safety and microbiology
• Good organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Basic understanding of data analysis and statistics
• Highly motivated with continuous improvement mindset

“Wendy’s was built on the premise, "Quality is our Recipe®," which remains the guidepost of the Wendy's system. Today, Wendy's and its franchisees employ hundreds of thousands of people across more than 7,000 restaurants worldwide with a vision of becoming the world's most thriving and beloved restaurant brand.

The base pay range for this position is listed below. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and budget for the open position and also may vary depending on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other relevant factors. This range does not include an estimated value for any benefits, bonus, or other incentives that may be applicable based on position. * The target annual bonus for this role is 10% of annualized base salary, based on actual company and personal performance.

Our square burgers make us different and so do our benefits! Our restaurant support roles are eligible for a wide array of benefits, including things such as parental leave, free EAP sessions, company 401k match and other great offerings. For more details about our benefits, including an overview of eligibility and terms for certain benefits, please visit our benefits website, www.wendysbenefits.com .*

*NOTE: Wendy’s benefits, bonus, and other incentives are governed by the applicable legal plans and policies and, where appropriate, may be subject to Board approval an individual award agreement terms. Those documents supersede all other information regarding Wendy’s benefits, bonus, and other incentives. Wendy’s retains the right to amend or terminate its plans and policies at its sole discretion, in accordance with applicable plans, policies and laws.”

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Education: Associates Degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Nutrition or Microbiology or equivalent experience in Food industry.

Travel: 20%

Pay Range: $31.25/Hr

Wendy's is an equal employment opportunity employer who may provide reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Education: Associate's Degree

Travel: 20%

Wendy's is an equal employment opportunity employer who may provide reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.