Hygienist

Kerry Malaysia; Butterworth; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry Malaysia is seeking a Site Hygienist to deploy Kerry Sanitation Standards at our manufacturing site in Penang, working with the Regional Sanitation Team and cross-functional staff. You will implement standards, train teams, and ensure compliance with global hygiene and food safety criteria.

Ideal candidates have 2-3 years in sanitation/food safety within operations, with HACCP knowledge and the ability to drive IPM initiatives, communicate across functions, and support continuous

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of sanitation and food safety experience in operations quality.
• Experience with HACCP, hazard analysis and risk assessments with teams.
• Basic IPM knowledge is an advantage.
• Ability to communicate with cross-functional teams and implement sanitation systems.

Responsibilities

• Create relationships with cross-functional team 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 to Kerry Global Standard
• Assess site for compliance to 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
• Work together with the pest control specialist partner in maintaining the Plant IPM ( Integrated Pest Management) programme
• Perform gap analysis and cross functional coordination in strengthening the plant IPM ( Integrated Pest Management) programme

Skills

Sanitation & Food Safety

Cross-functional collaboration

IPM

Education

Degree in Food Science/Food Technology/Food Engineering/Microbiology

Job description

Site Hygienist will be involved in deploying Kerry Sanitation Standards at manufacturing site in liaison with the Regional Sanitation Team. The role will also be responsible for implementing those standards within site in conjunction with site cross functional team.

Key responsibilities

Create relationships with cross-functional team 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 to Kerry Global Standard

Assess site for compliance to 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

Work together with the pest control specialist partner in maintaining the Plant IPM ( Integrated Pest Management) programme

Perform gap analysis and cross functional coordination in strengthening the plant IPM ( Integrated Pest Management) programme

About you

Minimum of 2-3 years of Sanitation & Food Safety experience in an Operations Quality role

Experience with prerequisite programs, HACCP, Hazard analysis, risk assessments with teams

Basic IPM (Integrated Pest Management) knowledge will be added advantage

An ability to communicate with cross functional teams and implement sanitation systems

A Qualified Degree in Food Science/Food Technology/Food Engineering/Microbiology or related disciplines

Excellent interpersonal communication, relationship management

Understand, interpret, and apply policies and procedures

Learn and effectively utilized specialized knowledge to improve sanitation practices at site

Gather pertinent facts and data, make thorough analyses, and arrive at sound conclusions

Kerry is a world leader in taste and nutrition systems serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets. We have annualised sales in excess of €5 billion and employ over 23,000 people globally. Founded in 1972 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions and has succeeded in achieving sustained profitability.

We supply over 15,000 food, food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide. We have established manufacturing facilities in 24 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe.

Kerry has been present in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997 and has grown its business to become a brand of choice for our regional and local customers. From our Regional Headquarters and Global Technology Innovation Centre based in Singapore, Kerry employs nearly 3500 talented people at manufacturing sites and sales offices in 16 countries across the region.

Kerry prides itself on continuous innovation, technological creativity and business excellence in every area of the business, striving to enhance leadership positions in our consumer foods business and across global food and ingredients markets.

Being a truly global company, our employees in Asia-Pacific have opportunities to develop their careers in a global environment, with training, career development and international opportunities across the Kerry world.

Kerry is a world leader in taste and nutrition systems serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets. We have annualised sales in excess of €5 billion and employ over 23,000 people globally. Founded in 1972 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions and has succeeded in achieving sustained profitability.

We supply over 15,000 food, food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide. We have established manufacturing facilities in 24 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe.

Kerry has been present in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997 and has grown its business to become a brand of choice for our regional and local customers. From our Regional Headquarters and Global Technology Innovation Centre based in Singapore, Kerry employs nearly 3500 talented people at manufacturing sites and sales offices in 16 countries across the region.

Kerry prides itself on continuous innovation, technological creativity and business excellence in every area of the business, striving to enhance leadership positions in our consumer foods business and across global food and ingredients markets.

Being a truly global company, our employees in Asia-Pacific have opportunities to develop their careers in a global environment, with training, career development and international opportunities across the Kerry world.

Kerry is a world leader in taste and nutrition systems serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets. We have annualised sales in excess of €5 billion and employ over 23,000 people globally. Founded in 1972 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions and has succeeded in achieving sustained profitability.

We supply over 15,000 food, food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide. We have established manufacturing facilities in 24 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe.

Kerry has been present in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997 and has grown its business to become a brand of choice for our regional and local customers. From our Regional Headquarters and Global Technology Innovation Centre based in Singapore, Kerry employs nearly 3500 talented people at manufacturing sites and sales offices in 16 countries across the region.

Kerry prides itself on continuous innovation, technological creativity and business excellence in every area of the business, striving to enhance leadership positions in our consumer foods business and across global food and ingredients markets.

Being a truly global company, our employees in Asia-Pacific have opportunities to develop their careers in a global environment, with training, career development and international opportunities across the Kerry world.