Jobs At Coca Cola – Microbiologist In London

Overview

Position Title: Microbiologist

Company: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Job Description

Sidcup Operations plays a pivotal role within the CCEP network, producing around 50% of the GB SKU portfolio. The site offers a one stop shop to the GB Market with a range of packages that are single sourced from Sidcup, such as Aseptic products and the wide portfolio range of small cans. Across their 10 manufacturing lines the site can produce 360,000 cans per hour, 132,000 PET bottles per hour and 48,000 Glass bottles alongside Pouch production for Capri Sun. There are currently around 270 employees across Manufacturing, QESH and Engineering, experience here can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Sidcup and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.

Responsibilities:

• Work consistently with operational teams to continually develop quality performance and compliance
• Review Food Safety performance and compliance against existing plans, identify gaps and recommend corrective and preventative actions as required
• Support the launch of new sensitive products by execution and coordination of microbiology checks
• Complete microbiological analysis as part of the investigation into complaints to identify the (potential) source/root cause to enable resolution
• Co-ordinate and support site validation activities relating to facility, equipment, hygiene and CIP (Clean in Place) systems
• Provide routine and ad-hoc microbiological reports, monitor performance and initiate relevant actions for results or trends
• Routinely review microbiology testing data to identify adverse trends to avoid non-conformances against the standards

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in Microbiology
• Previous work experience of practical microbiological testing on food products
• Good communication skills are essential
• Methodical and organised
• Good understanding of statistical process control and problem solving