R&D Food Safety Specialist

Location: Orbe, Switzerland
Company: Nestlé Research & Development
Act. Rate: Full time
Type of contract: Permanent contract

As a Food Safety Specialist at Nestlé Research and Development Orbe, you will contribute to implement, communicate and maintain Food Safety Management System in our pilot plants and benchscales. Moreover, you will support the development of an agile approach of risk assessment in a mixed environment of productions and R&D trials.

· Ensure Food Safety Management system activities (i.e. HACCP, Validation, Verification, internal audits etc.)
· Support project teams to provide specific knowledge and assess Food Safety and risk analysis of new ingredients or process
· Lead problem solving, identification of root cause by collaborating with necessary departments and follow-up of non-conformities closure.
· Perform Audit Program (PRP, QMS"¦)
· Drive on Foreign Body Management, Metal Detector, & X-Ray technologies activities
· Provide key support on Allergen Management for the operations teams
· Ensure proper communication and understanding of PRP and hygiene rules in production, pilots and rapid prototyping areas
· Performing Food Safety training for new comers and periodic recycling
· Ensure compliance to Food Defense and Food Fraud requirements
· Coordinate with teams HACCP or risk assessment of new process/product and line release
· Provide guidelines for cleaning validation, verification and SOP

· Bachelor or Master's degree in Food Sciences, Quality or Microbiology
· Solid background on Good Manufacturing Practices, FSCC 22000 standard and good understanding of the US FDA rules for food manufacturing
· Minimum 5 years of Operating/Manufacturing experience
· Good interpersonal/teamwork skills and a good sense of business/technical interrelationships
· Fluent English, both spoken and written; French is a Plus