Technical Sanitation Scientist

Position Title: Technical Sanitation Scientist

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: Grand Falls

Grade: Grade 04

Requisition ID: 30141

About McCain:
McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture,
helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part
of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of
Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian
marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French
fries and potato specialties.

McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world.
In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables, and
juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.

We are seeking a flexible and adaptable leader to join us as a Technical Sanitation Scientist in Grand
Falls, NB. Reporting to the Site Food Safety and Quality Manager, the successful candidate will provide
critical leadership in sanitation and sanitary design at the manufacturing site. This position is
instrumental in the development and implementation of standards and policies designed to ensure site
processes, equipment, and facilities may be cleaned and sanitized in order to maintain product safety
and quality. This position will collaborate closely with operations and engineering to execute objectives
and activities against McCain requirements. This position will drive vision, purpose and communicate
effectively expectations and trends to ensure stakeholders manage site sanitation and food safety
efforts at facilities and are given proper tools and guidance to produce desired results.

Key Responsibilities:
 Develop and maintain site sanitation standards and policies for wet and dry cleaning operations
in alignment with Corporate policies and procedures
 Work cross functionally and collaboratively with all plant operations, Corporate QFS, Chemical
Vendors, 3rd party sanitation providers and others to implement, direct and continuously
improve sanitation programs and policies at the manufacturing site
 Monitor key sanitation metrics (such as chemical usage, MSS completion percentage (Periodic
Equipment Cleaning [PEC], Periodic Infrastructure Cleaning [PIC]) and sanitation effectiveness)
at the manufacturing facility to identify, react to emerging issues and implement preventive
actions.
 Track, analyze, and develop improvements of plant sanitation and pest elimination programs
 Support extended cleaning request validations, new line/equipment installation
 Develop and conduct assessments (deep dives, audits, and inspections) of sanitation systems,
procedures, and manual cleaning practices at plants for compliance to standards and
identification of opportunities for improvement.
 Assesses/Audits any identified Sanitation Preventive Controls in Food Safety Plans in
collaboration with site food safety
 Intentionally collaborate cross functionally with Operations, Engineering, EH&S, and
Maintenance in addressing sanitary design issues and risk-based prioritization of capital projects
related to sanitation and food safety.
 Provide education/training to key stakeholders on sanitation principles
 Support corrective/preventive actions and root cause analyses when environmental issues are
detected.
 Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
 Bachelor's degree or equivalent is preferred, relevant experience will also be considered
 3 to 5 years of experience in:
o Frozen food manufacturing operations and/or
o Quality experience in food processing
o Ability to coordinate technical knowledge with production activities.
 Knowledge of root cause analysis tools to be used on sanitation issues.
 Must have working knowledge of food safety and sanitation principles and practices.
 Team player with excellent attendance.

McCain offers full benefits including:
 Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
 Pension Benefits
 Career Development & Education Reimbursement Assistance
 Apprenticeship, Internship, & Coop support and opportunities

Sustainability and Planet Friendly Practices are at the heart of McCain:
We have embarked upon a journey to create planet-friendly food. We are committed to investing in
resource-efficient operations in factories and farms.
 We are moving to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
 Donating 200 million meals to food banks and NGO worldwide by 2025.
 Implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100% of our potato acreage by 2030.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of McCain and each of its establishments to select and employ the best qualified
personnel in all facilities and at all locations, to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of
employees, including upgrading, promotion and training and to administer these activities in a manner
which will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
age, national origin, non-job related disability or other characteristics protected by applicable federal,
state, or local laws.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Quality & Food Safety
Division: NA Operations
Department: ​GF Potato Quality ​
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Grand Falls

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)