Food & Beverage Search

Food & Beverage Manufacturing Recruiters

We place the plant leaders, food-safety professionals, and operations talent who run food and beverage manufacturing under strict regulatory, sanitation, and packaging-efficiency demands.

50+
Years In Industrial Search
SQF / FDA
Food-Safety Fluent
All 50
States Covered
Top 1%
Of Candidates Presented
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The Search

Why this hire is hard — and how we get it right

Food and beverage manufacturing has to do three hard things at once: run high throughput, hold ruthless sanitation and food-safety standards, and do it on thin margins. The plants run hot and fast, the audits — SQF, BRC, FDA, USDA — are unforgiving, and a single food-safety failure can end a brand.

The hiring challenge is finding leaders who treat food safety as non-negotiable while still hitting OEE and cost. A lot of strong manufacturing operators have never worked under a HACCP plan or with a USDA inspector on-site, and that gap shows up fast in a food plant.

We recruit food and beverage as a specialty — sourcing plant leaders, quality and food-safety professionals, and operations talent who've lived SQF, BRC, and HACCP and run high-speed, sanitation-driven production. You get people who keep the audit clean and the line running, not one at the expense of the other.

What We Recruit

Food & Beverage Talent We Place

Safety, sanitation, and throughput in one operation. We recruit the leaders who deliver all three.

Plant & Operations

Plant managers and operations leaders for high-throughput food and beverage production.

Food Safety & Quality

QA/food-safety leaders fluent in SQF, BRC, HACCP, FDA, and USDA requirements.

Processing & Packaging

Process and packaging leaders who optimize OEE, changeovers, and line efficiency.

Continuous Improvement

Lean and CI leaders who cut waste and raise yield in regulated environments.

Executive

Directors and VPs who run multi-plant food and beverage networks.

Our Bar

What we look for before we send you a candidate

Food safety as instinct

Treats SQF/BRC/HACCP and sanitation as non-negotiable, with a clean audit history to prove it.

Throughput and OEE

Runs high-speed lines efficiently — changeovers, yield, and waste — under real margin pressure.

Regulatory fluency

Comfortable with FDA, USDA, and on-site inspection, depending on your product.

Sanitation and labor leadership

Leads the sanitation program and a high-turnover hourly workforce effectively.

Cost discipline

Delivers in a thin-margin business where small inefficiencies add up fast.

Market Reality

Food and beverage comp runs $90K–$160K for plant and operations leadership and $80K–$130K for quality and food-safety roles, with multi-plant and director-level leadership higher. We benchmark to your product, regulatory environment, and region.

Questions

Frequently asked

Are your candidates SQF/BRC/HACCP experienced?

Yes — food-safety discipline is exactly what we screen for. We distinguish real SQF, BRC, and HACCP experience from general manufacturing backgrounds.

Do you recruit for FDA and USDA environments?

Both — including protein and meat plants with on-site USDA inspection and FDA-regulated food and beverage operations. We match candidates to your regulatory world.

How long does a food & beverage search take?

Most close in 30–60 days. We give you a realistic timeline based on the role and location.

What do food & beverage leaders earn?

Plant and operations leadership commonly $90K–$160K, quality and food-safety roles $80K–$130K, with director-level and multi-plant leadership higher. We benchmark to your environment.

Do you cover quality and food safety as well as operations?

Yes — QA and food-safety leadership, plant and operations management, and continuous-improvement talent across the plant.

Do you work retained or contingent?

Both, depending on how critical and confidential the role is.

Areas We Cover

We place talent across every specialization

Bakery & SnacksBeverageDairyProtein & MeatPackaged FoodsIngredientsCo-ManufacturingCold Chain

Ready to fill your food & beverage role?

Tell us about your products, your certifications, and your lines — we'll deliver food and beverage leaders who have run the same kind of plant.