Microbiology Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled Microbiology Manager to oversee our Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) across four locations in the U.S. and Canada. The successful candidate will be responsible for analyzing microbiological results, tracking trends, and communicating data to stakeholders.

The position provides technical support to various departments, including sanitation, QA analytical lab, maintenance, engineering, and others, to ensure compliance with food safety requirements in our EMP program.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the environmental monitoring program, including ATP, air sampling, water testing, and indicator/pathogen swabbing.
• Develop and implement the food safety plan in compliance with regulatory, customer, and other guidelines.
• Report non-conformance results to leadership and other teams with a sense of urgency.
• Establish monitoring sites for the EMP program, identify harborage sites, and conduct root-cause investigations.
• Track and trend EMP data.
• Support continuous improvement projects associated with QA departmental goals.
• Assist sister facilities in establishing EMP programs and tracking/trending micro programs.
• Train and monitor employees on GMPs, aseptic sampling, and swabbing techniques.
• Collaborate with facilities, maintenance, and sanitation teams on CAPA EMP action items.
• Conduct internal auditing on sanitation policies and procedures.
• Work with sanitation chemical suppliers on employee training and identifying areas to improve in cleaning practices.
• Develop and revise SOPs, policies, and procedures on microbiological programs.
• Oversee 3rd-party lab testing on validation studies and shelf-life studies on new and existing products.
• Maintain lab files, lab log spreadsheets, Certificates of Analysis, and Certificate of Quality Letters.
• Maintain a Microbiological Testing Registry to identify required microbiological analysis for each finished product.
• Ensure facilities are maintained and all duties are performed in compliance with food safety standards and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).