In Process Control (IPC) Quality Specialist

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 R&D, 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 R&D Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

Your responsibilities

• Manage the HACCP pre-requisite programs and review periodically their effectiveness in mitigating microbiological contamination risk. Revise as required for continuous improvement.
• Work with Cross functional team for FDA audit preparation.
• Worked with plant team, special cleaning activities eg. sanitation break.
• Establish and manage the pest control programs for the plant, collaborate closely with the Pest Control Service provider.
• Participate in internal HACCP/GMP and Quality audit programs.
• Support in OE/Engineering improvement projects to ensure compliance to food safety and hygiene requirements.
• Support Procurement team to ensure existing and new material suppliers meet our Food Safety and hygiene requirements.
• Support warehouse and third-party warehouse service provider to meet our Food Safety requirements and ensure material storage compliance. Participate in facility audit for cGMP, pest control and hygiene as required.
• Coordinate and facilitate activities to maintain and continuously improve plant hygiene standard. 
• Establish and manage the hygiene monitoring program for production, warehouse, utilities and adjoining areas, with established test points, sampling frequency and acceptance criteria.
• Review and revise current plant hygiene zoning policy to mitigate physical and microbial product and chemical contamination risks, personal and material traffic flow, gowning and shoe change policy.
• Provide guidance in directing efforts to improve, maintain, and validate sanitation practices and procedures. Continuously benchmark or seek best practice in plant and equipment cleaning protocols.
• Evaluate and approve cleaning accessories and disinfectants used in sanitation procedures.
• Audit cleaning systems and procedures and recommends correction of unsanitary conditions.
• Define scope of works and establishes standards and measures of cleaning effectiveness for third party janitorial services for the plant.
• Implement plant wide programs and activities as communicated by site management and regional/global quality, through effective and cost-efficient hygiene and sanitation programs to mitigate microbiological risks.
• Initiate alignment discussions with operations manager and project engineers for plant improvements on hygiene engineering concepts. Validates and ensures that new projects comply with basic hygiene engineering standards.
• Monitor equipment, building, and grounds for routine and non-routine maintenance/repair for GMP compliances and hygiene engineering concepts in accord with Global guidelines.
• Facilitate initial training (and refresher training) to plant personnel on cGMP (HACCP), hygiene programs, and sharing of significant microbial and hygiene learning to prevent recurrence.
• Perform other tasks, roles or projects that may be assigned by Assistant manager Plant hygiene & Food safety Provides guidance and maintenance of Food Safety System (HACCP), and to maintain and continuously improve plant hygiene standard through ensuring compliance to food safety and hygiene requirement.
• Provide guidance in directing efforts to improve, maintain, and validate sanitation practices and procedures.
   

The experience we're looking for

• Minimum Diploma in a scientific or technical discipline (Chemistry, Food Science, Microbiology or related) preferred or with equivalent skills and experience.
• Working experience in a Nutritional GMP manufacturing environment preferred. Experience in manufacturing of infant/ follow-up formula/ pharmaceutical will be of advantage.
• Understands quality systems, HACCP which includes environmental monitoring program, pest management program, sanitation program and other pre-requisite programs.

The skills for success

Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

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.