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Site Hygienist

City: Chachoengsao

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

Lead and proactively manage all aspects of site microbiology that may impact product safety, quality, and efficacy. Ensure full compliance with Reckitt policies, health authority requirements, and good hygienic design principles. Act as a consultant on all microbiological issues related to site and product manufacturing. Responsible for training key personnel and raising awareness of microbiology issues throughout the manufacturing site.
Manage the Microbiological Laboratory, lead all microbiological compliance activities, assess product and process risks, and highlight microbiology issues to the site. Ensure all laboratory activities comply with US FDA 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, GMP, ISO 4074, ISO 17025, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and other relevant EHS regulations and company requirements.
Focus on risk assessment during pre-production, production, and post-production to ensure compliance with the quality management system and customer requirements, while continuously improving capabilities as needed.
Report major issues or non-standard product quality concerns to the management team, such as in-process failures or customer complaints. Support the delivery of in-house and regulatory compliance standards to achieve business objectives. Ensure all changes or improvements comply with quality management systems, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations, while ensuring stakeholders are informed and trained.

Your responsibilities

Act as the site leader for all microbiological compliance issues and Microbiological Laboratory operations.
Ensure full compliance with good hygienic design requirements.
Serve as a consultant on all microbiology issues related to plant and manufacturing processes.
Conduct risk assessments of products and processes, highlighting microbiology concerns to the site.
Collaborate closely with QA, Microbiology, Engineering, Operations, and Technical teams to ensure compliance throughout the product lifecycle.
Ensure operational teams, engineering teams, and suppliers/contractors comply with Reckitt microbiological standards.
Provide microbiological expertise and advice to Operations, Engineering, and Technical teams.
Review and approve microbiological test methods in QualityOne.
Review and approve microbiological reports for products.
Maintain a site risk assessment of all microbiology and hygiene-related issues.
Work directly with R&D on product vulnerabilities related to microbiology.
Indirectly lead and influence the wider team providing microbiological quality assurance for the site.
Ensure appropriate microbiological standards and procedures are in place and followed across the site.
Deliver training on hygiene, product risk, best practices, and microbiology awareness to all levels, from leadership to shop floor.
Conduct regular hygiene audits to ensure compliance with Reckitt policies and procedures.
Report annually to site leadership on overall compliance and microbiological risks.
Act as subject matter expert for audits related to microbiology and hygiene.
Ensure microbiological training for operations and quality management teams is delivered as required.
Continuously build and improve technical capability across site teams, especially engineering, in microbiology and hygiene.
Review cleaning SOPs to ensure they prevent microbiological contamination.
Review and approve cleaning validation protocols and activities to ensure they address microbiological risks.
Communicate deviations in microbiological test results to relevant departments promptly.
Inform production teams of inspection status to enable immediate corrective actions.
Report abnormal quality issues promptly to ensure timely resolution.
Label inspection status on tested products and quarantine any non-conforming products.
Maintain relationships with external laboratories for product studies and improvements.
Support validation of new products, ensuring full documentation and process capability.
Prepare and report quality results and data for daily operational meetings.
Represent the site in discussions on in-process quality issues, change control, risk assessments, and deviations, supporting investigations and follow-ups.

The experience we're looking for

Degree in Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Science, or a related field.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in pharmaceutical or related manufacturing industries.
Strong knowledge of GMP and hygienic design principles.
Broad understanding of pharmaceutical, dairy, or equivalent manufacturing processes.
Familiarity with engineering, design, and operation of manufacturing processes is desirable.
Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
Ability to work with and influence cross-functional teams.
Capability to make and communicate balanced, risk-based decisions impacting business performance.
Ability to deliver difficult messages to senior management effectively.
Comfortable making decisions under pressure and balancing short-term demands with long-term risks.

The skills for success

Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Collaborator, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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