# Market evidence report — food-safety-specialist

Source: **33 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 33), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 30 | 91 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
| lead | 1 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 4 | 12 % |
| 2 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3 | 9 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Word | 3 | 9 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regulatory compliance | 16 | 48 % |
| 2 | food safety management | 13 | 39 % |
| 3 | quality assurance | 11 | 33 % |
| 4 | risk assessment | 7 | 21 % |
| 5 | root cause analysis | 7 | 21 % |
| 6 | auditing | 6 | 18 % |
| 7 | data analysis | 6 | 18 % |
| 8 | corrective action implementation | 5 | 15 % |
| 9 | food safety | 5 | 15 % |
| 10 | internal auditing | 5 | 15 % |
| 11 | food safety compliance | 4 | 12 % |
| 12 | quality control | 4 | 12 % |
| 13 | sanitation management | 4 | 12 % |
| 14 | food preparation | 3 | 9 % |
| 15 | hazard analysis | 3 | 9 % |
| 16 | inventory control | 3 | 9 % |
| 17 | preventive action | 3 | 9 % |
| 18 | program development | 3 | 9 % |
| 19 | program implementation | 3 | 9 % |
| 20 | scheduling | 3 | 9 % |
| 21 | supervision | 3 | 9 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HACCP | 12 | 36 % |
| 2 | SQF | 6 | 18 % |
| 3 | GMPs | 4 | 12 % |
| 4 | 5 P’s (Participation, Pulls, Production, Portion Control, & | 3 | 9 % |
| 5 | cGMP | 3 | 9 % |
| 6 | GMP | 3 | 9 % |
| 7 | HACCP policies | 3 | 9 % |
| 8 | security protocols | 3 | 9 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | production record review | 3 | 9 % |
| 2 | report preparation | 3 | 9 % |
| 3 | team leadership | 3 | 9 % |
| 4 | training delivery | 3 | 9 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 33 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

33 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- regulatory compliance — 48 % (16 ads)
- food safety management — 39 % (13 ads)
- quality assurance — 33 % (11 ads)
- risk assessment — 21 % (7 ads)
- root cause analysis — 21 % (7 ads)
- auditing — 18 % (6 ads)
- data analysis — 18 % (6 ads)
- corrective action implementation — 15 % (5 ads)
- food safety — 15 % (5 ads)
- internal auditing — 15 % (5 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 12 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 9 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 9 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 6 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 91 % · n/a 3 % · junior 3 % · lead 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Food Safety Supervisor | 3 |
| Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager | 2 |
| Food Safety Manager | 2 |
| Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager | 2 |
| Food Quality Assurance and Document Compliance Specialist | 1 |
| Food Safety & Quality Specialist | 1 |
| Food Safety Coordinator | 1 |
| Food Safety Manager (Remote) | 1 |
| Food Safety Manager at Abbott Hurt, VA | 1 |
| Food safety Quality Assurance coordinator | 1 |
| Food Safety Quality Coordinator | 1 |
| Food Safety Quality Manager | 1 |
| Food Safety Specialist - Live Operations | 1 |
| Food Safety Specialist (Hampton/Newport News, Virginia) | 1 |
| Food Safety Specialist (Overnight) | 1 |
| Food Safety Technician (3rd shift) | 1 |
| Food Safety, Quality, & Regulatory Manager | 1 |
| Food Safety/Quality Assurance Manager | 1 |
| Food Safety/Quality Control Manager | 1 |
| Food Safety/Safety Manager | 1 |
| Manager, Food Safety & Quality | 1 |
| Quality and Food Safety Manager ( {{city}}) | 1 |
| Quality Assurance Analyst | 1 |
| Quality Assurance Supervisor - Food Safety | 1 |
| Quality Systems and Food Safety Manager, Plant Operations | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.