Food Safety Auditor (USA)

Location: United States; preference for candidates near metropolitan areas in Washington, Oregon, California, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, and Virginia. Regular travel within assigned states and neighboring regions is required.

Company

hirify.global provides assurance, risk management, and assessment services for restaurant, hospitality, food service, and retail clients.

What you will do

• Conduct food safety audits in restaurants, hotels, resorts, food courts, and retail food operations.
• Evaluate compliance with client standards, regulatory requirements, HACCP programs, and food safety management systems.
• Assess food hygiene, allergen management, temperature control, sanitation, pest management, employee practices, traceability, and documentation.
• Prepare professional audit reports within agreed timelines and provide practical improvement recommendations.
• Support multi-site national and regional audit programs, including calibration and training activities.

Requirements

• Experience in food safety management, auditing, public health inspection, quality assurance, or food safety leadership within QSR, hospitality, hotels, food service, or retail operations.
• Knowledge of FDA Food Code, state and local food regulations, HACCP principles, food safety risk assessment, and hospitality operational standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication, professional report-writing, analytical, and observation skills.
• Ability to engage with restaurant managers, hotel leadership, and corporate stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and manage audit schedules.
• Ability to travel within assigned U.S. states and neighboring regions, including regular day travel and occasional overnight stays.

Nice to have

• Certified Professional in Food Safety (CP-FS).
• Certified Food Safety Manager qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• On-demand contractor engagement supporting leading restaurant brands, hotel groups, food service operators, and hospitality clients.
• Work includes stakeholder engagement and delivery of independent, objective assessments.
• Participation in auditor calibration and training activities.
• Opportunity to support national and regional audit programs across multiple sites.