Sheila Wilks
Dolton
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Food and Employee Safety Coordinator
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Chicago
10.2000 - Current
- Company Overview: Food Bank Chicago Il
- Responsible for the safety and quality of food chain, by implementing and enforcing food safety procedures and regulations
- Conduct Pre-Operational inspection assuring Meal Prep facility meets cleanliness and sanitation prior to the daily operation
- Issuing non-conformances, communicate the issue(s) to the appropriate Manager and recommend Corrective Actions
- Perform daily walk through of warehouse coolers, freezers, and storage, any non-conformances communicated to manager/supervisor and corrective action recommended, follow up performed throughout the day until any issues are resolved and closed
- Conduct Best Practices by ensuring SSOP during operation hours are enforced assuring proper cleaning and sanitation is performed, monitor washing and racking machines wash and rinse temperatures are operating according to the manufacturing recommendation
- Hand washing stations have adequate running water, soap, and hand towels
- Equipment is cleaned and sanitized to prevent any contamination
- Adequate lighting, exit signs lit
- Observing Good Manufacturing procedures ensuring team members maintain a high level of good hygiene (frequent hand washing) proper glove exchanges, clean frocks (RTE Blue, Raw White)
- Communicate with Pest Control Technician, taken measures to prevent pest infestation and contamination
- Train and educate food safety, food defense, allergen control, training throughout the organization
- Trace Recall (mock) recall verification ensuring our traceability procedures are complying where product is quickly identified (if in house) and contained
- Perform grain base inspection (receiving) assure no pest (droppings) or insect are present
- Manage, update, or create and retain all food safety documents and HACCP log
- Assist with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
- Provide IDA inspector any documents necessary
- Answer any questions or concerns
- Approve new vendors, by looking at their Third-Party Certification and Audit
- Approve/deny extensions on donated food products
- (close to expiration dates)
- Schedule yearly scales calibration, perform weekly thermometer calibration for accurate readings
- Perform monthly environmental swabbing to ensure that no pathogens are found throughout the kitchen and other areas of Meal Prep sending swabs to an outside lab
- Update Material Data Sheets (MDS) if any updates or changes are made
- Observe time and temperature of proteins or cooked sauces, using food thermometer to ensure safe internal temperature and to kill any harmful bacteria
- Verify cooking and cooling logs are filled out and or proper corrections are made
- Approve labels (Repack) verifying ingredients and allergens are present and correct
- Approve ICE check list for volunteers’ sessions verifying lot number, labels, quantity, product
- Inspect food products for any foreign objects that can cause harm
- Coordinate and oversee GDP audit
- Providing documents requested, preparing warehouse and facility for auditor inside and outside walk-through
- Communicate with facilities any issues pertaining to the upkeep and maintenance of both buildings
- Stay updated of changes in food safety regulations and best practices, and other duties assigned
- Food Bank Chicago Il
Quality Control Lead
JJ Snacks
Alsip
09.2019 - 07.2020
- Company Overview: Leading Baking Company of soft Pretzels, Pretzel Bites Buns, Breads, Cookies
- Essential functions and responsibilities
- Oversee the quality control operations, ensuring products or services meet quality standards
- Monitor food safety and quality throughout the manufacturing process
- Perform sanitation checks, perform ATP swabbing to ensure the cleanliness of any equipment, and or surfaces where food products may be present
- Educate employees on safety and GFSI standards
- Responsible for verifying all records documentation is filled out correctly and accurate
- Ensure all employees are following all food and work safety practices by thoroughly cooking food to safe internal temperatures, preventing cross-contamination by separating raw and cooked foods, maintaining proper food storage temperatures, and practicing good hygiene, such as washing hands frequently
- To ensure employee safety, implementing and enforcing safety protocols, ensuring proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE), maintaining a clean and organized workspace, and fostering a culture where safety concerns are taken seriously
- Create and update Food Safety and Quality procedures,(cooking and cooling, metal and weight detector, oven verification) logs
- Responsible for FDA and third party GFSI customer audits
- Perform monthly in house thermometer calibrations, schedule annual calibration for scales
- Address quality issues (incorrect labeling, Julian dates, packaging issues), investigate defects and implement corrective actions
- Review Certificate of Analysis (COA) by verifying the product identification ensures it matches the product and confirm the test results fall within the specified limits and the COA is compliant with relevant standards
- Provide annual Food Safety and Food Defense training to company employees as well as GMP practices
- Collaborate with other departments such as manufacturing engineering and facilities and quality assurance to ensure quality throughout the product lifecycle
- Leading Baking Company of soft Pretzels, Pretzel Bites Buns, Breads, Cookies
Quality Control Tech Lead
Sokol Foods
09.2015 - 03.2019
- Company Overview: Leading production company of Sauces, Nut Butter, Corn syrups, Almond and Anchovy Paste Dips and Spreads
- Essential functions and responsibilities: Develop and implement quality procedures for each process to adhere to the industry guidelines
- Maintain regulatory process (HACCP, SSOP, SPS,) verifying they are implemented, understood, and routinely assessed
- Perform various testing on raw and finished products (Brookfield, Bostwick, pH, acidity, velocity, moisture, e coli, salmonella, yeast, and mold etc.,) documenting test results and procedures and any deviation from standards in a timely manner
- Hold products in testing stage, released products once test are performed and passed, prepares COA’s and approve raw leases of ingredients, calibrating and maintain laboratory equipment daily to ensure accuracy and reliability
- Perform internal quality/food safety audits for production facilities
- Perform Quality Technicians when necessary
- Prepare on-going documentation by collecting, analyzing, and providing supervisors with feedback on improvements as needed
- Assures consistent analysis and identifying critical limits and monitoring procedures and finished goods
- Any Kosher products being processed is inspected and approved by auditing Rabbi and place certificate of inspection and approval is accessible
- Verify the temperature, taste, overall color, of corn syrup and verifying the CoA
- Leading production company of Sauces, Nut Butter, Corn syrups, Almond and Anchovy Paste Dips and Spreads
Quality Control Tech
Ferrera Candy
05.2014 - 08.2015
- Company Overview: Leading company in a variety of Candy and Vitamins
- Responsible for the quality standards for the Vitamin line and programs
- Conduct analytical lab checks (pH, moisture, thickness,) Line checks checking the temperature of slurries, color, taste texture prior to slurry being molded
- Perform quality line checks, temperature of oil, corn starch
- Verification of the correct mold is being installed by verifying mold number, product number, labels, water temperature
- Documenting molded product temperature, ensuring corn starch is shaken off prior to oil and sugar distribution, ensuring the correct vitamin (, calcium, men’s women, and children, etc.) is verified prior to distributing to molding line
- Verify Critical Control Point (CCP) and HACCP comply
- Ensure compliance with ISO standards through internal auditing
- Conduct packing start-up verification ensuring that correct labels, containers, and expiration date stamp is correct, verify that glass, brittle plastics inspection is performed, verify that weight and metal detector checks are performed hourly and to ensure the detector is picking up any foreign matter
- Perform plant GMP audit and correct and finding on the production floor
- Conduct through change over inspection utilizing ATP swabbing
- Follow FDA guidelines regarding to all aspects of labeling, correct ingredients and the safety of the product
- Send vitamin samples out to independent lab, verifying ingredients and updating documentation when a deviation or change was made
- Correspond with engineers, production managers, leads and supervisors, and maintenance personnel on any changes, non-conformance, breakdown of any equipment and what corrective action taken
- Leading company in a variety of Candy and Vitamins
Quality Control Auditor
West Liberty Foods
09.2012 - 04.2014
- Company Overview: Producer of Quality Meats
- Responsible for quality of RTE and Raw meat products
- Conduct pre-operational inspection prior to production for the cleanliness for equipment and surrounding areas
- Conduct metal detector check before startup
- Hourly checks of room temperature to ensure the temperature stays in specified range (under 40)
- Audit processes by using specification, weight, length, width, texture, smell, and color
- Monitor code dates shift and Julian to assure proper dates are being used
- Monitor team members Good Manufacturing Procedures
- Conduct housekeeping checks, making sure there is no food on the floors, no standing water (safety risk)
- Conduct hourly weight checks ensuring products stay within 2.5 lb
- Range
- Verify cooking and cooling temperature from baking department once product (Roast Beef, Meat Balls etc.) has reached an internal temperature as specified on HACCP cooking and cooling log
- Retain product from each run and tag and hold Verify racking numbers against log
- Perform audit check of packing out department verifying the correct name of company and product number matches paperwork for that particular run
- Receiving, verify the temperature, overall look smell and texture (Chicken or Beef) once delivered, verify driver information, inspect trailer take and record temperature of truck, verify the seal number against drivers’ paperwork
- Perform daily weight, calibration and metal detector checks on all lines
- Have the authority to lock out tag out any equipment deemed unsafe to use until maintenance repair or replace, follow up on maintenance lock out tag out
- Perform weekly swabbing on scheduled areas, send swabs out to outside laboratory for results
- Ensure no pathogens are present
- Work closely with USDA inspector ensuring all documents are accessible, recordings are accurate ensuring all areas of operation are conducted safely
- (no standing water, room temperature for molding is safe below 40 degrees, no cords or trip hazards etc.)
- Verifying labels are accurate
- Collect finished products for shelf-life program
- Preparations for annual BRC and USDA audit
- Communicate with other departments on food safety issues
- Producer of Quality Meats
Education
Associate of Science - Culinary Arts
Robert Morris University
Chicago, IL05-2011
Bachelor of Science -
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZSkills
- Food safety
- HACCP implementation
- Quality control
- Sanitation procedures
- Regulatory compliance
- Internal audits
- Employee training
- Temperature control monitoring
- Cross-contamination prevention
- Food defense strategies
- Document management
- Corrective actions
- Problem solving
- Equipment calibration
Certification
Certifications
Ser Safe Managers Certification February 2021
SQF Institute
HACCP Certification / Development and Implementation August 29,2017
SQF Institute
Advanced HACCP Certification September 28,2017
Validating, Verifying and Auditing HCCP Point Systems
FSA
Vacuum pack and modified packing of food
AIB International May 31, 2021
Food Protection for Warehouse and Distribution Centers
AIB International
PCQI Online Course June 2021
Timeline
Quality Control Lead
JJ Snacks
09.2019 - 07.2020
Quality Control Tech Lead
Sokol Foods
09.2015 - 03.2019
Quality Control Tech
Ferrera Candy
05.2014 - 08.2015
Quality Control Auditor
West Liberty Foods
09.2012 - 04.2014
Food and Employee Safety Coordinator
Greater Chicago Food Depository
10.2000 - Current
Associate of Science - Culinary Arts
Robert Morris University
Bachelor of Science -
University of Phoenix
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