Job Description
General Purpose
Support and provide direction, training, and education to operations and quality assurance in the areas of sanitation and food safety regarding company and regulatory policies and programs. Develop effective relationships to function as a principal internal consultant for sanitation related food safety risk mitigation and adverse event management. Provide sanitation systems gap assessments and audits in operations. Support corrective action to enable compliance to DFA policy and standards.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Provide advanced technical support and guidance to manufacturing and/or other sites as it relates to wet and dry cleaning, sanitization, integrated pest management, zoning, and environmental monitoring
Participate in development of corporate level standards and facility systems to include Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs), Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) and other systems
Write validation protocols and lead validations of SSOP's for operations processing, filling, and closing equipment and environment
Assist in the development of site level partnership objectives with third-party service suppliers and operations to drive continuous improvement in sanitation programs and KPIs
Review sanitation programs across business units and deliver a prioritized sanitation improvement plan for each site. Provide technical and organization direction for site level gap closure
Provide direction, education and facility-specific technical support to ensure effective deployment and implementation of sanitation standards, food safety policies, and procedures. Ensure the facility sanitation leader and subordinates have the systems, knowledge, capabilities, and practices to comply with all pertinent food regulations, company programs, procedures, and customer requirements to include the following:
effective sanitary design education, hygiene preventive controls for FSMA compliance, cGMP's, microbiological and allergen monitoring systems for performance measurement, pest controls, zoning design and traffic control, robust MSS schedules, effective internal self-audits, continuous improvement methods and statistical tools for priority analysis
Conduct periodic sanitation audits or assessments to identify gap basis to the DFA comprehensive practice standard. Provide technical guidance and support to close prioritized audit related gaps. Provide reporting to advise leadership of status for each manufacturing location against the DFA comprehensive practice standard
Work closely with operations and engineering to identify capital expense needs to mitigate food safety risks associated with infrastructure and sanitation equipment concerns
Provide site leadership for resolution of special plant sanitation issues and adverse events
The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned as required
Education and Experience
Undergraduate degree in food science, food technology, food engineering, chemistry, microbiology, or related curriculum (or equivalent combination of experience and education)
8 or more years of sanitation, food safety, quality assurance, or related experience to include the following:
Single site level quality systems, sanitation, or pre-requisite program development and execution experience; multi-plant or facility experience in systems development and execution preferred
Multi-plant or facility quality/food safety, sanitation or technical project leadership experience
Experience monitoring and controlling environmental pathogens and allergens
Leadership for compliance of GMP, FDA, and USDA regulatory requirements in a plant role
Leadership or participant experience with HACCP, hazard analysis, risk assessments with teams
Auditing and team corrective action process experience
Pest control experience to include stored product pest management
Knowledge of equipment design for effective sanitation, sanitary design for regulated foods preferred
Investigation techniques to identify cause for reduced shelf life or pathogen risk preferred
Corporate level sanitation standards development preferred
Development and delivery of sanitation for food safety related training preferred
Leadership of teams to problem solve or control variability with CI tools preferred
Certification and/or License - certification in professional field preferred (e.g., REH/RS,CQA,CQE)
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Understanding of wet and dry cleaning /validation and verification processes to include COP, CIP, soil identification/chemical selection, dry clean methods
An orientation to incorporate human safety and sustainability into all sanitation systems
Able to collaborate with teams to develop validated and verifiable SSOP's
Able to demonstrate critical thinking, strategic aptitude, and independent leadership
Able to help develop and/or execute strategic plans to meet departmental and organizational goals while complying with regulatory and customer requirements
Able to work collaboratively in a team environment with facilities, regulatory agencies, and customers
Able communicate technical information well, both orally and written
Able to understand and analyze issues involving food manufacturing, project management, statistics, technical, and legal documents
Able to understand issues in relation to product manufacturing operations and their impact
Able to provide guidance, effective training, and counsel to others
Able to independently and effectively organize, coordinate, and execute
Able to understand food and environmental regulations and their impact on the organization and our customers
Must be able to read, write and speak English
An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans
EEO/AA/Female/Minority/Disabled/Veteran
