The Factory Hygienist is responsible for ensuring high standards of hygiene, sanitation, food safety, and pest control within a low-acid beverage manufacturing facility. This role supports compliance with FDA, FSMA, and HACCP requirements and focuses on environmental control, hygienic practices, sanitation effectiveness, and integrated pest management.
Job Duties:
- Oversee external sanitation and equipment cleanliness across production lines (hot fill, aseptic, carbonation)
- Validate sanitation effectiveness through visual inspection, ATP verification, and microbiological testing
- Lead environmental monitoring program targeting yeast, mold, and Alicyclobacillus
- Trend and analyze environmental and sanitation data to identify risks
- Conduct GMP and hygiene audits across production and support areas
- Support hygienic zoning and cross-contamination control practices
- Partner with operations and maintenance to improve hygienic design
- Participate in root cause analysis for contamination events
- Lead sanitation training and food safety culture initiatives
- Manage integrated pest control program in collaboration with third-party provider
- Review pest control reports, trend activity, and drive corrective actions
- Conduct facility inspections to ensure pest prevention (structural gaps, door controls, housekeeping)
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and audit pest control requirements