Job Description

Position Title: Technical Sanitation ScientistPosition Type: Temporary - Full-Time \xe2\x80\x8bPosition Location: Portage La PrairieRequisition ID: 32746About McCain:McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world\'s largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables, and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.We are seeking a flexible and adaptable leader to join us as a Technical Sanitation Scientist in Portage La Prairie, MB.. Reporting to the Site Food Safety and Quality Manager, the successful candidate will provide critical leadership in sanitation and sanitary design at the manufacturing site. This position is instrumental in the development and implementation of standards and policies designed to ensure site processes, equipment, and facilities may be cleaned and sanitized in order to maintain product safety and quality. This position will collaborate closely with operations and engineering to execute objectives and activities against McCain requirements. This position will drive vision, purpose and communicate effectively expectations and trends to ensure stakeholders manage site sanitation and food safety efforts at facilities and are given proper tools and guidance to produce desired results.Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain site sanitation standards and policies for wet and dry cleaning operations in alignment with Corporate policies and procedures
• Work cross functionally and collaboratively with all plant operations, Corporate QFS, Chemical Vendors, 3rd party sanitation providers and others to implement, direct and continuously improve sanitation programs and policies at the manufacturing site
• Monitor key sanitation metrics (such as chemical usage, MSS completion percentage (Periodic Equipment Cleaning [PEC], Periodic Infrastructure Cleaning [PIC]) and sanitation effectiveness) at the manufacturing facility to identify, react to emerging issues and implement preventive actions.
• Track, analyze, and develop improvements of plant sanitation and pest elimination programs
• Support extended cleaning request validations, new line/equipment installation
• Develop and conduct assessments (deep dives, audits, and inspections) of sanitation systems, procedures, and manual cleaning practices at plants for compliance to standards and identification of opportunities for improvement.
• Assesses/Audits any identified Sanitation Preventive Controls in Food Safety Plans in collaboration with site food safety
• Intentionally collaborate cross functionally with Operations, Engineering, EH&S, and Maintenance in addressing sanitary design issues and risk-based prioritization of capital projects related to sanitation and food safety.
• Provide education/training to key stakeholders on sanitation principles
• Support corrective/preventive actions and root cause analyses when environmental issues are detected.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree or equivalent is preferred, relevant experience will also be considered
• 3 to 5 years of experience in:

• Frozen food manufacturing operations and/or
• Quality experience in food processing
• Ability to coordinate technical knowledge with production activities.
• Knowledge of root cause analysis tools to be used on sanitation issues.
• Must have working knowledge of food safety and sanitation principles and practices.
• Team player with excellent attendance.

Sustainability and Planet Friendly Practices are at the heart of McCain:We have embarked upon a journey to create planet-friendly food. We are committed to investing in resource-efficient operations in factories and farms.

• We are moving to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
• Donating 200 million meals to food banks and NGO worldwide by 2025.
• Implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100% of our potato acreage by 2030.

Equal Employment OpportunityIt is the policy of McCain and each of its establishments to select and employ the best qualified personnel in all facilities and at all locations, to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees, including upgrading, promotion and training and to administer these activities in a manner which will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, non-job related disability or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.#LI-OM1McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with theJob Family: Quality & Food Safety
Division: NA Operations
Department: \xe2\x80\x8bPLP Potato Quality \xe2\x80\x8b
Location(s): CA - Canada : Manitoba : Portage la Prairie || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Carberry || CA - Canada : Manitoba : WinnipegCompany: McCain Foods (Canada)

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