Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Overview

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling is a proud West Coast and Midwest bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola brands. We deliver Coca-Cola products to restaurants, sporting venues, businesses, healthcare facilities, schools, convenience stores and supermarkets. We work with iconic brands and exceptional people – because you can’t have one without the other.

Responsibilities

Join the leading beverage provider, Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling!

• Shift: Full Time, 1st Shift

• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Match, PTO, Education Reimbursement

If you enjoy our products, you’ll really enjoy being a part of our team!

*Pay Transparency Statement: *

The compensation philosophy reflects the Company’s reasonable expectation at the time of posting. We consider a number of factors when making individual compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, and other business needs.  This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary incentive program, subject to the rule governing the program. 

Position Summary:

The Corporate Sanitarian provides sanitation, pest control, water systems and Food Safety expertise to support multiple manufacturing facilities. This position facilitates cross-functional collaboration to meet all requirements and key performance indicators in support of continuous improvement efforts. The Corporate Sanitarian collaborates and offers insight into hygienic design of equipment, the process room, production lines and facility projects. This position conducts on-site audits, training, verification and validation of sanitation and other key processes.The Corporate Sanitarian maintains a structured, standardized sanitation training program for the company to provide comprehensive training on proper sanitation practices and procedures for all employees.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and engagement with Operations, Quality/Food Safety, Engineering and Safety teams and communicates to internal stakeholders

• Serve as key contact for Chemical, Pest Control and Equipment Supply vendors

• Implement sanitation programs and meet key performance indicators (KPI's)

• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts and balance resource conservation to ensure all quality and food safety requirements are met

• Provide direction to facility teams in the development of systems, knowledge, capabilities, and practices in order to comply with all pertinent food regulations and company procedures as well as educate and provide technical support when needed

• Monitor and report on emerging issues related to sanitation, micros, pest control, food safety, water systems, etc. and develop strategies, policies/procedures to mitigate risk

• Monitor sanitation and pest control vendor reports to ensure all action items are being tracked and/or added to the Corrective Action programs and are closed out and verified

• Conduct periodic sanitation and pest facility audits against the consistent application and execution of procedures and all related sanitation and pest practices

• Provide technical support on effectiveness of plant sanitation and cleaning programs, i.e., Sanitation SOP's (SSOP)

• Guide facilities during special manufacturing plant sanitation issues such as allergen cleans, microbiological and environmental controls

• Assist in facilities’ start-up activities including review of SSOP documentation and cleaning verification documents

• Ensure facilities verify and validate Clean in Place (CIP), Cean-out-of-place (COP) and cleaning systems annually

• Provide technical directions to facility Sanitarians to ensure that all records are completed, reviewed and signed off, i.e., chemical concentrations, CIP validations, pre-operational inspection, COP records, SSOP's, etc.

• Understand food and environmental regulations and their impact on the company and customers

• Promote consistency and align across facility departments when possible

• Other projects or duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree, and 8 plus years of experience in food production sanitation, microbiology and/or pest control and 4 plus years or HS Diploma/GED, 12 plus years of experience in food production sanitation, microbiology and/or pest control

• Experience with diverse sanitizing applications, i.e., wet clean, dry clean, CIP and COP systems, automation

• Experience managing environmental sanitation challenges in areas such as drains, floors, walls roofs, equipment in a facility

• Experience managing a corporate Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP)

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with all levels of an organization

• Strong collaboration, interpersonal and influencing skills

• Experience managing remote locations

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong project management experience

• Detail-oriented and organizational mindset

• Travel up to 75%

• This position must pass a post-offer background and drug test

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree inFood Science, Food Safety, Microbiology or related scientific field

• Master’s degree

• Experience in Hygienic Design, Water Processing for Beverage, Internal/External sanitation training, CIP/COP processes

• Ability to write and disseminate policies and procedures

• Ability to understand and analyze issues involving beverage/juice/food manufacturing, project management, mathematics (including statistics), technical and legal documents and schematics

• HACCP, Juice HACCP and PCQI certification

• ISO and FSSC trained

• Microbiological testing experience and training with ATP, EMP

Physical Demands and Work Environment :

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Due to the nature of our business in regard to such things as delivery schedules, order inputs, selection, and Department of Transportation Hours of Service, overtime, attendance and punctuality are essential job functions. Should an individual in this classification not be able to adhere to this requirement due to a disability, they should contact their Human Resources department to see what, if any, reasonable accommodation may be made.

ID 2024-13944

Category Quality and Engineering Position Type Regular Full-Time Location : Location US-IL-NILES

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Reyes Holdings companies will recruit and select applicants for employment solely on the basis of their qualifications. Our Practices and Procedures, including those relating to wages, benefits, transfers, promotions, terminations and self-development opportunities, will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status and all other classes protected by the Federal and State Government. Drug Free Employer.