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Food Safety Validation
Scientist Purchase, NY Research & Development THIS POSITION MAY BE
LOCATED IN VALHALLA NY, PLANO TX, OR BARRINGTON IL ·
Implement PepsiCo Global Policy on the
requirements for validation of all processes which have the potential to
inactivate vegetative pathogens by thermal or non-thermal methods. ·
Evaluate novel technology development for
compliance with PepsiCo Food Safety standards and conduct validation trials
on new equipment, new technologies, new installations and new product
launches. ·
Provide leadership and contribute as an
technical SME to the GBG group ·
Establish protocols,
provide tools, and training for global assessment of all existing thermal and
non-thermal processes. ·
Validate, verify, or establish critical
control criteria where applicable ·
Validate the capabilities and boundaries of
PepsiCo processes so we can appropriately mitigate any potential food safety
opportunities ·
Support the Regional Thermal Process
Authority to provide Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Control &
Validation requirements to ensure safe stable, and legal production of
Beverages and Foods, ·
Support ongoing quality auditing function
for these products. ·
Maintain regulatory compliance policies
worldwide ·
Develop and support knowledge transfer and
employee capability programs for Thermal and Non-thermal processing and food
safety programs Scope ·
Take a broad leadership role in the
implementation and maintenance of thermal and non-thermal process and the validation
thereof. This will require the individual to execute work beyond the scope of
their individual technical function in order to assess the feasibility and
soundness of proposed approaches, techniques, and/or equipment design. ·
Facilitate the transition to a common
thermal process and operational standard across all PepsiCo facilities.
Communicating and implementing to Operations and the co-manufacturers will be
QA's responsibility. ·
Participate in the development of the
direction of standardized thermal and non-thermal systems for PepsiCo and
collaboration to harmonize all such systems. Minimum Job
Requirements: ·
Bachelor's degree in Microbiology, Food
Science, Engineering, or other related technical field with a minimum of 7
years of direct experience in Thermal and non-thermal Processing. Master's or
PhD in Engineering, Food Science, or Microbiology preferred. ·
Must have an understanding of the following;
thermal bacteriology, Low acid, low moisture products and associated
regulated foods including aseptics, process
calculations and lethality determination, validation protocols, data
collection and complex lethality calculations. ·
Individual will have experience in the
development or manufacturing of a variety of processing platforms such as;
dairy, juices, preserved beverages, baking, HPP, irradiation, e-beam, UV,
etc. and/or protein based beverage or food products. ·
Demonstrated ability to identify technical
gaps in application of above technologies as it pertains to commercial
sterility of the product, identify and lead statistically sound
bio-validation research to mitigate such gaps by leveraging internal partners
or external organizations ·
Individual will need to understand business
strategies, culture and work necessary to achieve results. ·
Persevere in times of crisis and handle
adverse circumstances effectively. Assist people through change and
transformation effectively. ·
Capable of influencing people regarding
quality systems. ·
A team oriented person with skills that
effectively bring people and issues to decisive resolution. Achieve results
consistently despite obstacles. ·
Monitor progress against goals, identify
issues and takes corrective action early. ·
Manages related functional activities to
ensure the alignment of team priorities with broader organizational
initiatives, and works to set culture and tone for their area. Must be
innovative, detail oriented, self directed and have
good problem solving skills. Acts as a peer coach to junior scientists and
other non-technical associates. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, If you'd like more information about your
EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO
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documents by copying and pasting the appropriate URL in the address bar of
your web browser. Job Ref: 81743BR |
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