JOB OBJECTIVES

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. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define, implement, and verify the effectiveness of the systems related to pest control, cleaning validation & verification, pathogen monitoring, foreign body prevention and hygiene and housekeeping.
• Map sources of dirt across the factories and drive implementation of action plan to address them.
• Coordinate the activities of the janitorial service providers across the factories and manage key performance indicators to optimize their operational effectiveness.
• Support the production team by ensuring adherence to hygiene standards.
• Support the maintenance teams by providing technical support for programs such as contamination risks.
• Participate in good warehousing audits of the raw material and finished goods warehouses.
• Participation in the factory’s internal GMP audit program.
• Participation in HACCP reviews.
• Ensure performance of structured root cause analysis after incidents related to hygiene.
• Deploy and deliver training on housekeeping and hygiene

EDUCATION

• B.Sc./ HND in Food Technology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Industrial Chemistry or other food related courses.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of five years’ experience in the food and beverage manufacturing industry. 

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Knowledge of Food Science
• Knowledge of Quality policies and procedure.
• Knowledge of manufacturing process
• Understanding of GMP and HACCP
• Proficiency in Microsoft office (Word, Excel) 

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Leadership qualities
• Analytic personality
• Peoples management
• Knowledge sharing
• Tolerance for routine