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Job Purpose\nTo ensure microbiological safety and quality of raw materials, packaging materials, process environment, water, finished products, and manufacturing operations through effective microbiological testing, environmental monitoring, hygiene verification, trend analysis, investigation, and preventive controls.\n2. Key Responsibilities\nMicrobiological Testing & Laboratory Management\nPerform/review microbiological analysis of raw materials, finished products, water and environmental samples as per approved specifications and test methods.\nEnsure testing for relevant indicator, spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms based on product risk and approved testing plans.\nEnsure timely release/reporting of microbiological test results and immediate escalation of out-of-specification or abnormal results.\nMaintain microbiology laboratory controls covering media preparation, sterilization, incubation, culture handling, equipment verification and laboratory housekeeping.\nEnsure microbiology laboratory equipment is calibrated/verified and fit for use.\nMaintain appropriate microbiological cultures/reference materials and associated records as applicable.\nEnvironmental Monitoring & Hygiene\nExecute and continuously review the plant Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) based on zoning and microbiological risk.\nConduct/review hygiene monitoring including equipment/product-contact surface swabs, environmental swabs, air monitoring and personnel hygiene verification, as applicable.\nMonitor microbiological trends and identify recurring contamination or hygiene concerns.\nSupport validation and verification of cleaning and sanitation/CIP programs from a microbiological perspective.\nParticipate in hygiene inspections and GMP assessments across production, warehouse and utility areas.\nFood Safety & Compliance\nSupport implementation and verification of food-safety controls aligned with the site's HACCP/Food Safety Management System.\nSupport compliance with applicable FSSC 22000/ISO 22000, FSSAI and internal company requirements.\nParticipate in internal, external, certification and regulatory audits.\nMaintain microbiology-related SOPs, specifications, test methods, records and laboratory documentation in a state of audit readiness.\nSupport microbiological risk assessment during process/product changes, new product introduction and validation activities.\nInvestigation, CAPA & Continuous Improvement\nInvestigate microbiological OOS/OOT results, environmental-monitoring excursions and hygiene failures.\nLead/support root-cause analysis and CAPA, including assessment of potential product and food-safety implications.\nPerform periodic trending of product, water, environmental and hygiene microbiological results.\nIdentify adverse trends and ensure preventive actions are initiated before they develop into significant food-safety risks.\nProvide microbiological technical support during complaints, deviations and food-safety investigations.\nQuality & Shop-floor Support\nWork closely with Production, Engineering, R&D, Supply Chain and Quality teams on microbiological and hygiene-related issues.\nVerify microbiological effectiveness following major cleaning, maintenance or contamination events, as defined by site procedures.\nSupport pest-control, water-quality, sanitation and personnel-hygiene programs from a microbiological-risk perspective.\nDrive microbiological awareness and GMP/hygiene training for relevant employees.\n3. Key Deliverables / KPIs\nCompliance to microbiological sampling and testing plan\nOn-time testing/reporting and disposition support\nZero overdue microbiological OOS/OOT investigations\nEffective closure of microbiological CAPAs\nEnvironmental monitoring compliance and adverse-trend reduction\nHygiene/cleaning verification compliance\nLaboratory equipment calibration/verification compliance\nAudit readiness and closure of microbiology-related observations\nEffective microbiological trend review and proactive risk escalation\n4. Qualification & Experience\nEducation:\nM.Sc./B.Sc. in Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Biotechnology or related life-science discipline. M.Sc. Microbiology/Food Microbiology preferred.\nExperience:\nPreferably 2-5 years of microbiology/quality experience in a food, FMCG, dairy, beverage or other relevant food-manufacturing environment.\n5. Technical Competencies\nFood microbiology and microbiological risk assessment\nEnvironmental Monitoring Program\nPathogen and indicator-organism testing principles\nWater microbiology\nHygiene and sanitation verification\nMedia preparation, incubation and aseptic laboratory practices\nMicrobiological OOS/OOT investigation\nRCA and CAPA\nHACCP and GMP/GHP\nFSSC 22000 / ISO 22000 awareness\nFSSAI food-safety requirements\nLaboratory documentation and data integrity\nTrend analysis and risk-based decision making\n6. Behavioural Competencies\nStrong food-safety mindset\nHigh attention to detail\nAnalytical and investigation skills\nStrong ownership and timely escalation\nEffective cross-functional collaboration\nGood communication and documentation skills\nAbility to work effectively in a manufacturing/shop-floor environment\n7. Role Expectation\nThe Executive - Microbiology is expected not only to perform microbiological testing but also to translate microbiological data into actionable food-safety insights, proactively identify contamination/hygiene risks, ensure robust investigation and CAPA, and maintain the plant in a state of microbiological and audit readiness.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5703,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cosmetics & Makeup","Cleaning & Household Products","Personal Hygiene & Toiletries","Hair Care Products"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-13T08:38:39Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":13,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-14T05:58:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/unilever-microbiologistspecialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/unilever-microbiologistspecialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-15T02:52:53Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":5336,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4977},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4977"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Funilever-microbiologistspecialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Funilever-microbiologistspecialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Funilever-microbiologistspecialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/unilever-microbiologistspecialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Funilever-microbiologistspecialist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4227843}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"unilever.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4227843},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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