Quality Assurance Hygiene & Sanitation Lead

Requisition ID 48142
Position Type FT Permanent
Recruiter #LI-GB1
Posting Type LI

Kerry offers the industry’s largest portfolio of Taste & Nutrition Systems and Functional Ingredients & Actives, serving the Global Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical industries. We work with the world’s top Retailers and Manufacturing companies to produce some of the best private-label products and tailored Food & Beverage solutions on the market. We also work with the leading Food Service chains helping to deliver appetising, relevant and innovative custom solutions, using our expertise in new product development, production and commercialisation.

About Kerry

The aim to shape the future of food might seem ambitious to some, but to us in Kerry Taste and Nutrition, it's all in a day’s work. 
Kerry is dedicated to helping create better-tasting, more authentic and nutritious food and beverages. We produce safe, quality products that help feed millions every day. 
Wherever you are, we can work together to create inspiring solutions that nourish life. 
 

About the role

Here at Kerry, we're currently seeking a knowledgable and proactive Quality Assurance Hygiene and Sanitation Lead onsite in Portadown. Northern Ireland.

The successful candidate will uphold and oversee the management of the site hygiene, positive release and departmental SAP programs to ensure all finished products meet Site, Kerry Global standards and legal requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure the facility is compliant with customer and governmental requirements for cleanliness while maintaining the highest safety and quality standards.
• Assure dispatch of testing samples to agreed laboratories within the agreed timeframe.
• Verification of results against the agreed specification, informing the Technical Manager of non-conforming products and conducting investigations as necessary ensuring close out and actions in place.
• Maintain Site Positive Release program for all finished goods to supply chain.
• Reporting of Microbiological non-conformances on internal systems.
• Reporting of cleaning metrics and all out of specification results, completion of root cause analysis & close out of all corrective action plans.
• Weekly/Monthly Reporting of all microbiological, chemical, and quality sample results.
• Analysing microbiological trends and developing improvement plans.
• Liaise with external laboratories to ensure site requirements are met.
• Managing the environmental swabbing programme for equipment and personnel, ensuring corrective actions is closed out as and when necessary. 
• Conduct in-house hygiene inspections and ensure all results/follow up actions are communicated.
• Liaise with site cleaning contractor to assure site hygiene standards are maintained.
• Develop, maintain, and implement master cleaning schedule and SSOPs, using both wet cleaning and dry-cleaning methods and tools.
• Assist with new employee induction training and on-going operator training regarding quality and hygiene standards.
• Provide support to Technical team for completion of scheduled tasks when required.
• To assist on any other projects or procedures arising which improve quality on the site.

Qualifications and skills

What do I need to be successful? 

• Diploma or higher in a Food Science /Microbiological related subject.
• Sanitation or Quality related experience in FMCG operation under BRC standard.
• Ability to record, interpret and analyse key process data.
• Microbiological background or working knowledge.
• Minimum Level 2 Food Safety qualification.
• Proficient in the use of MS Office tools.

Desirable :

• Experience in the validation and verification of hygiene programs.
• Knowledge of the system for positive release of finished product.
• Training qualification (FETAC or equivalent) eg. Train the Trainer.
• Internal auditing qualification.
• Experience using SAP system.

Kerry is an Equal Opportunities Employer.  Consistent with our policy of providing equality of opportunity for all, we are required to seek particular information from applicants.  As part of your application you will be asked to answer a short number of questions.  This information will be held separate to your application and treated in the strictest of confidence. 

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.