What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Safety Hygienist position at Ready Pac Produce, Inc?
Job Description
Job Description
Position : Food Safety Hygienist
Reports To : Director of Food Safety
Location : Jackson, GA
Make a greater impact at Bonduelle Americas!
Bonduelle Americas is a certified B Corp inviting people to embrace a flexitarian lifestyle with an expanding portfolio of plant-rich products available in and beyond the produce aisle. We operate four facilities and employ nearly 3,000 Associates in the US.
Bonduelle Americas is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Groupe Bonduelle (BON.PA), an established global brand with more than 170 years of family heritage bringing the joy of plants to tables around the world. Globally, our ready-to-eat plant-rich food products are grown on 173,000 acres by our grower partners and marketed in nearly 100 countries. Our mission is to inspire the transition toward a plant-rich diet to contribute to people's well-being and planet health.
Join us at Bonduelle Americas for an opportunity to advance your career in a culture that places people first. As a valued member of our company, you will work in a mission-driven environment aimed at preserving the planet’s resources while providing healthy plant-based products to millions of consumers around the world.
Position Summary :
Responsible for reinforcing the BFA culture of cleanliness and product performance while driving best food safety practices and compliance throughout the facility. In addition, this person oversees the sanitation strategy and environmental monitoring programs used in the design and operation of our plants. This person will support Plant QA Managers, Manufacturing Engineers and R&D Scientists, and leaders in both NJ plants in their efforts to achieve and maintain Best in Class food safety standards and practices
What you will Do :
- Provide oversight for environmental monitoring program including zoning, sampling, mapping and optimization of clean-in / out-place SSOPs
- Perform Risk Assessment, lead CAPA process to remediate deficiencies and develop Hygiene KPI Dashboard
- Analyze environmental and finished product test data and help plants monitor adherence to “line health” specifications
- Participate in microbiological investigations and foster continuous improvement of sanitation practices
- Collaborate with sanitation chemical supplier and associated suppliers important to hygiene
- Provide guidance and mentoring for plant sanitarian and ensure hygiene goals and initiatives are highly visibility within facility
- Review and audit accuracy of processing sanitation records
- Implement the internal auditing food safety & hygiene programs, assessing the performance of the quality system in this area, reporting its effectiveness to the management and proposing actions for improvement
- Contribute to problem solving efforts in our manufacturing facilities
- Develop sanitation validation protocols and lead optimization process
- Support engineering in sanitary hygienic design efforts to improve equipment cleanability and assist in new equipment FAT’s to ensure clean design and sanitation SSOPs
- Audit testing laboratories ensuring compliance and accuracy
- Share leadership for Annual Hygiene / Microbiology workshops
- Drives activities associated with Commercial Food Sanitation Continuum (CFS)
Minimum Qualifications :
