Job Description

Site Sanitation Lead

• Opportunity to grow your Health & Safety Career

• Collaborative and dynamic work environment

• Location: Hastings, New Zealand

Grow Your Food Safety & Quality Career with Kraft Heinz!

Are you looking to grow your Manufacturing career in Food, Safety & Quality? Do you want to join a dynamic team with a proven track record of internal growth and career advancement opportunities? We have an exciting permanent opportunity for an Site Sanitation Lead to join our Food Safety Quality team based out of Hastings, New Zealand!

The Company

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.

Key position responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Develop, implement, maintain and evaluate sanitation procedures, training and operating standards that meet Heinz Sanitation Program requirements.

• Lead and manage all verification and validation activities, including GMP audits, KHMS performance monitoring and environmental monitoring programs.

• Analyse customer complaints and hygiene-related issues to identify root causes and drive process improvements.

• Act as the accountable owner for Management System standards, Golden Rules and associated reporting requirements.

• Lead and participate in internal and external audits, ensuring timely follow-up on actions.

• Liaise with third-party providers (including cleaning and pest control) as the key site contact, ensuring service quality and compliance.

• Prepare and deliver site reporting, including monthly Golden Rule reporting and quarterly business review updates with third-party cleaning providers.

• Develop and support sanitation-related plans and train production employees

About you:

• Strong cross-functional and communication skills to manage Sanitation projects from end-to-end

• Ability to be analytical when assessing products against specific requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in food science, technology or related discipline and at least two years’ experience in a quality role

• HACCP Principles & Application – Level 4 certified

• Internal audit, external audit, and risk assessment experience in a Manufacturing environment

• Experience in a quality / food safety role is required

• Experience with closures of corrective actions

• Eligibility to work in New Zealand – with full working rights.

Benefits of Working with Us:

• Pay for Performance – industry leading variable compensation offerings tied to company and individual performance on top of a competitive base salary package

• Parental Leave – paid time off for both primary AND secondary caregivers

• Leave Options – Purchased leave, volunteer leave and LiveWell leave programs to give you even more flexibility to plan your life and spend time on causes that matter

• Great Place to Work certification in Australia and New Zealand

• In House Training Programs

• Corporate Discount Programs 

Ready to make an Impact?

If you're passionate about Food Safety & Quality , eager to learn, and enjoy working in a team environment, please submit your application soon. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close our job advertisements early.

Location(s)

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.