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EverGrain is an ingredient venture whose purpose is to make products healthier, taste better, and more sustainable. The business was launched by Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2019 and features new technology that repurposes brewer’s grain – barley – to produce plant protein ingredients.

As a Factory Hygienist, you will play a crucial role in protecting the safety and quality of our product. You will be responsible for maintaining pre-requisite components of the Food Safety Management System by establishing, maintaining, and coaching the building blocks of hygiene and food safety concepts in the manufacturing facility. Your expertise in hygiene and sanitation will be essential to maintaining the highest standards for our environment and products. You will also be responsible for identifying and addressing potential food safety risks and ensuring that our manufacturing processes adhere to best practices. This role will be reporting to the Food Safety and QA Manager.

Responsibilities:

Define, implement and verify the effectiveness of the Pre-requisite Programs (PRP's) related to Hygiene, including hygienic zoning, risk management, pest control, cleaning validation and verification, pathogen monitoring, foreign body prevention, hygiene and housekeeping.Contribute to skills development of quality and operations personnel across the organization.Define and update the specific quality and sanitation standard operating procedures, instructions and tools required to operate in a facility.Support operations and maintenance in ensuring GMP standards are adhered to.Support the new product or process development through the risk assessment of new raw materials and processes. Develop audit routines to ensure effectiveness of sanitation program.Support activities to achieve compliance with the Evergrain Food Safety Management System requirements and other applicable instructions and standards.Own and deliver training related to hygiene, sanitation, and housekeeping as required.Lead and support (as applicable) the development and implementation of Sanitation Standard Operation Procedures.Support and recommend improvements to the master cleaning and master sanitation registers.Support facility readiness for internal and external audits.Perform trouble shooting and corrective action follow-up of non-conformities.Comprehend and support plant protocols and programs, as well as facility systems, including informational/operational/management systems such as Acadia and QMS.Responsible for development and execution of environmental monitoring program Support sample collection and analysis at specified stages in the production process for evaluating compliance to specificationPerform maintenance hygiene verification inspectionsResponsible for CIP verification, pre-operational inspections, collecting pre-op cleaning verification swabs and reporting any concerns or deviationsOther duties may be assigned

Job Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in microbiology, biology, chemistry or comparable program. (Or equivalent combination of education and experience)Experience successfully implementing sanitation, quality or food safety programs by leading change or participating in project teams or improvement projects.Demonstrate competence in hygiene and quality management.Experience working in microbiology or quality role in a food manufacturing environment.Excellent verbal and written communication skillsProficiency in MS OfficeGood writing, analytical, presentation, and critical thinking skillsDetail oriented, and possess strong decision-making abilityAbility to keep accurate records

Job Requirements:

Able to walk up and down stairsWork in varying temperatures and climates