Site Hygienist

The Site Hygienist is responsible for implementing Sanitation standard practice, ensuring compliance with all Kerry’s key customers, approved codes of practice and Kerry policies and procedures.
He/ she is responsible for implementing Sanitation and continuous improvement initiatives at the manufacturing plant and drive food safety risk reduction program in alignment with the Regional Sanitation Team.
Assist in the plant Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

About the role

The Site Hygienist is responsible for implementing Sanitation standard practice, ensuring compliance with all Kerry’s key customers, approved codes of practice and Kerry policies and procedures.
He/ she is responsible for implementing Sanitation and continuous improvement initiatives at the manufacturing plant and drive food safety risk reduction program in alignment with the Regional Sanitation Team.
Assist in the plant Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

Key responsibilities

• Site Hygienist will be involved in deploying Kerry Sanitation Standards at the manufacturing site in liaison with the Regional Sanitation Team. The role will also be responsible for implementing those standards within site in conjunction with the site cross-functional team.
• Create relationships with the cross-functional team to integrate robust hygiene practices into plant operations.
• Provide standard insight to facilities for stored product pest management and facility pest control.
• Deploy sanitation training program and execute at site.
• Conduct facility sanitation assessment assist with risk-based gap prioritization and support corrective action to enable compliance with Kerry Global Standard.
• Assess site for compliance with corporate hygienic design, food safety and HSE standards.
• Conduct Microbiological and Allergen Cleaning & Sanitation Validations for Manual cleaning methods, Clean In Place (CIP), Assisted Cleaning Systems (ACS), Clean Out of Place immersion Tanks (COP tanks) and other automated cleaning mechanisms.
• Report sanitation KPI’s and implement plans to meet Sanitation and Food Safety targets.
• Prepares reports, presentations, operational documents, and other communications containing descriptive, analytical, and evaluative content related to sanitation activities subject to review and editing by higher-level staff members.
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) related:
  • To work together with the pest control specialist partner in maintaining the Plant IPM programme.
  • To perform gap analysis and cross-functional coordination in strengthening the plant IPM programme.
  • To be accountable in all external/ internal audit related to Sanitation and/or IPM.

Qualifications and skills

• A degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Microbiology, or a related field is preferred.
• Minimum of 2-3 years in Sanitation and Food Safety within an Operations Quality role.
• Proficient in prerequisite programs, HACCP, hazard analysis, and conducting risk assessments with teams.
• Basic knowledge of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a plus.
• Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and implement effective sanitation systems.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and relationship management skills.
• Ability to understand, interpret, and apply policies and procedures effectively.
• Strong focus on results and a service delivery mindset.
• Effective cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to gather relevant data, conduct thorough analyses, and make well-informed decisions.