Food Safety Technician - 1st Shift

Overview

A part of Colgate-Palmolive since 1976, Hill's Pet Nutrition offers the highest-quality pet nutrition available through product lines Prescription Diet® and Science Diet®. Veterinarians worldwide recommend and feed their own pets Hill's products more than any other brand of pet food. Available in approximately 80 countries around the world, our extensive line of products includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods and more than 50 Science Diet brand pet foods.

We believe all animals should be loved and cared for during their lifetimes. That is why we are proud our pet foods can make a difference in your pet's life. A career at Hill’s Pet Nutrition or Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Job Title:

Food Safety Technician - 1st Shift

Travel Required?:
Travel - up to 10% of time

Posting

Start Date:

1/27/26

On-site

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number#169845 - Washington Court House, Ohio, United States

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

• The Food Safety Technician serves as the primary support for the Food Safety program and regulatory compliance, ensures that the facility and all equipment is ready by verifying all required cleaning and sanitization processes, monitors the Cleaning and Sanitation Service to ensure performance is to standard, and supports the execution of the Plant’s Quality Systems and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Implementing and maintaining food safety principles, HACCP, sanitization, current Good Manufacturing Practices, Integrated Pest Management, and environmental programs, with primary responsibility for backup food safety document review, document management, and regulatory compliance.
• Performs ATP and microbiological sampling for the established environmental program and cleaning and sanitization verification using aseptic technique. Troubleshoots issues and provides corrective actions for sanitation non-conformances.
• Inspections of the entire facility for sanitation, pest control, and other food safety related issues, including assigning tasks and following up on issues found.
• Develops and implements Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure compliance with plant, corporate and regulatory agency policies; assists in writing or modifying procedures related to HACCP prerequisite programs to support food safety compliance.
• Assists in the root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive measures for Food Safety non-conformance and all-encompassing documentation.
• Updates Food Safety KPIs and collaborates with internal plant teams on continuous improvement and regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Assists in scheduling and coordination of various Food Safety Plans to drive continuous improvement and compliance to industry standards.
• Participates in the development and review of prerequisite programs, Food Safety Site Plan, Master Sanitation Plan, and Food Safety activities.
• Assists with the Richmond Plant HACCP program by reviewing, updating, documenting compliance, and training in the plant.
• Executes quality and food safety training to all plant employees and monitors and tracks training to completion.
• Collaborates with the integrated pest management professional and documents findings, corrective actions, and preventive measures; tracks and trends pest findings and reports results.
• Understands and complies with Hill’s policies, safety standards, GMPs, and Food Safety; identifies and reports Food Safety issues…