Factory Hygienist at Cam Dairy Foods Limited

Role description:

Responsible for maintaining components of the Food Safety Management System by establishing, maintaining, and coaching the building blocks of hygiene and food safety concepts within the factory.

Responsibilities:

• Define, implement, and verify the effectiveness of the prerequisite programmes related to Hygiene; including, but not limited to, Zoning; Pest Control; Cleaning Validation & Verification; Pathogen Monitoring; Foreign Body prevention; Hygiene & Housekeeping.

• Support Production teams in ensuring GMP standards are adhered to. Own the site's GMP improvement list and prioritise the areas in which the GMP budget will be spent.

• Support engineering projects by conducting risk assessments and providing advice about cleanability, hygienic design, and site standards on equipment design and plant layout.

• Support the Maintenance and Industrial Services teams and service providers by providing technical support for programs such as contamination risks from maintenance activities; closed water loop compliance etc.

• Participate in the factory's internal audit programme. Lead GMP audit completion.

• Participation in HACCP reviews

• Ensure the performance of structured root cause analysis after incidents related to hygiene failures have occurred.

• Own and deliver training related to housekeeping and hygiene, as required.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong relationship building skills

• Persuasive, and encouraging communication style that enables others to embrace continuous improvement mentality

• Excellent problem-solving skills.

• Knowledge/understanding of LEAN/Six Sigma, Pests and Pest Control will be highly beneficial and advantageous for this role.

Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in Food Sciences / Microbiology or equivalent.

• A minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role in the food manufacturing environment.

• Excellent computer skills (MS Excel, Outlook and SAP).

• Have excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills and a proven capacity to influence and negotiate to drive high standards of quality

Reporting lines: Reports to the Factory Manager and the CEO.