Factory Hygienist at Nestle Foods

Position Summary

We are currently looking to hire a Factory Hygienist whose responsibilities include to support the factory in specific areas of expertise (e.g.  food safety, HACCP, auditing, hygiene, pest control)

Main Responsibilities

People and know-how:

• Promote quality awareness across the plant. Contribute to competence development of quality professionals across the organisation as a member of the food safety team.

System design:

• Supports the design and update the specific quality procedures, instruction and tools which are directly related to their area of concern.
• Set operational objectives in collaboration with the FS & Hygiene coordinator and Quality Assurance Manager
• Ensures compliance with all hygiene indicators including Pathogen monitoring plan.
• Line release after maintenance, foreign body prevention, intervention and shut down.

Quality mastership:

• Supports the Nestlé Continuous Excellence program in the quest for zero defect, including root cause analysis after incidents (or near misses) and DMAIC.
• Supports activities to achieve compliance with the Nestlé Quality Management System requirements and other applicable instructions and standards.
• Deliver training on hygiene and food safety.

NGMP and Hygiene:

• Promote quality awareness across the plant. Contribute to competence development of quality professionals across the organisation as a member of the food safety team
• Supports the design and update the specific quality procedures, instruction and tools which are directly related to their area of concern.
• Set operational objectives in collaboration with the FS & Hygiene coordinator and Quality Assurance Manager - Ensures compliance with all hygiene indicators including Pathogen monitoring plan.
• Line release after maintenance, foreign body prevention, intervention and shut down
• Supports the Nestlé Continuous Excellence program in the quest for zero defect, including root cause analysis after incidents (or near misses) and DMAIC.
• Supports activities to achieve compliance with the Nestlé Quality Management System requirements and other applicable instructions and standards.
• Deliver training on hygiene and food safety.
• Supports Internal auditing process.

Quality auditing and verification:

• In their specific area of expertise, assess that the Nestlé Quality Management System is in place, and is obtaining expected results in each operating unit.
• Supports Internal auditing process.

What Will Make You Successful?

Academic Experience:

• University graduate or equivalent (preferred Food Science related).
• Minimum of 2 years proven experience in similar field.

Operational Experience:

• Demonstrated competence in their specific field to support business requirements:
• Team member in a factory: Quality, Production Support, Application Group, or, Team member in the quality department of the Market, PTC/R&D, Centre, NRC, NQACs.

Business Experience:

• Experience in successfully implementing quality assurance programs:
• Participating in project teams
• Leading part of a change effort
• Participating in audit teams and/or improvement projects with more senior staff members
• Establishing networks of peers, in markets or factories.