Food Safety Specialist at Nestle

A day in the life of a Food Safety Specialist:

Leadership

• Consult Factory Supply Chain, Production, Engineering and QA in implementing and maintaining GMP pre-requisite program requirements” (GMP - PRP) and Food Safety level at site
• Develop and implement training materials for use at site for improving the Food Safety Awareness on shop-floor level and in the field.
• Coordinate the activities with the Pest control agency and ensure compliance of practices and continuous improvement.
• Preparation and follow up during the plant maintenance repair and upgrades.
• Audit and assess the level of implementation of the Food Safety Management System in factory through hygiene inspections and implementation of FSSC 22000.
• Drive the assessment, implementation and improvement of HACCP within the factory.
• Drive Food safety culture in factory.
• Management of the cleaning service and pest control service provider activities on site.
• Manage the activities of the Food safety team.
• Lead initiatives on foreign body prevention at site level.
• Ensure management of Food defense assessment and food fraud mitigation (VACCP and TACCP).

Technical Assistance

• Assist Suppliers through SQA audits to improve Food safety systems.
• Advise Factory management on Food Safety Management issues.
• Drive compliance to hygiene permits and risk assessments for maintenance work in factory.
• Advise factory management on the implementation of Food safety requirements.
• Audit the canteen to ensure adherence to food safety standards.
• Support factory with Root cause analysis on all food safety related complaints / Deviations.
• Follow up on Food safety gaps from verification activities.
• Create visibility and awareness on all Key food safety focus areas.
• Evaluate together with the Competency Centre and Food Technologist the impact on Food Safety of all Critical Raw Materials.                            

People Development

• Train and develop Operators and Team leaders with respect to food safety.
• Train and develop Maintenance and engineering teams on hygienic design elements.
• Drive a culture of Food safety with shopfloor staff though coaching, training, awareness.                                  

What will make you successful?

• Diploma/Degree in Food technology, Biochemistry, Microbiology                                                          
• Production experience min. 2 years.
• FSMS Audit experience, Lead auditor qualification advantageous
• Experience in implementing HACCP
• Knowledge of FS Standards (e.g. FSSC 22000) and Pre-requisite program requirements