Factory Hygienist

Factory Hygienist

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in microbiology, biology, chemistry or comparable program. (Or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Experience successfully implementing sanitation, quality or food safety programs by leading change or participating in project teams or improvement projects.
• Demonstrate competence in hygiene and quality management.
• Experience working in microbiology or quality role in a food manufacturing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Good writing, analytical, presentation, and critical thinking skills
• Detail oriented, and possess strong decision-making ability
• Ability to keep accurate records

Responsibilities

• Define, implement and verify the effectiveness of the Pre-requisite Programs (PRP’s) related to Hygiene, including hygienic zoning, risk management, pest control, cleaning validation and verification, pathogen monitoring, foreign body prevention, hygiene and housekeeping.
• Contribute to skills development of quality and operations personnel across the organization.
• Define and update the specific quality and sanitation standard operating procedures, instructions and tools required to operate in a facility.
• Support operations and maintenance in ensuring GMP standards are adhered to.
• Support the new product or process development through the risk assessment of new raw materials and processes.
• Develop audit routines to ensure effectiveness of sanitation program.
• Support activities to achieve compliance with the Evergrain Food Safety Management System requirements and other applicable instructions and standards.
• Own and deliver training related to hygiene, sanitation, and housekeeping as required.
• Lead and support (as applicable) the development and implementation of Sanitation Standard Operation Procedures.
• Support and recommend improvements to the master cleaning and master sanitation registers.
• Support facility readiness for internal and external audits.
• Perform trouble shooting and corrective action follow-up of non-conformities.
• Comprehend and support plant protocols and programs, as well as facility systems, including informational/operational/management systems such as Acadia and QMS.
• Responsible for development and execution of environmental monitoring program
• Support sample collection and analysis at specified stages in the production process for evaluating compliance to specification
• Responsible for performing maintenance hygiene verification inspections
• Responsible for CIP verification, pre-operational inspections, collecting pre-op cleaning verification swabs and reporting any concerns or deviations.
• Other duties may be assigned

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.