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Assistant Manager – Quality Assurance (Sanitarian, Taloja)
Kellanova (Mars Snacking) is hiring a Sanitarian at assistant-manager level for its Taloja cereal manufacturing site near Panvel. The role leads sanitation, hygiene, pest management and environmental monitoring programmes so the plant meets GMP, HACCP, FSSC 22000/ISO 22000 and company food safety standards.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 7–12 years
- Salary / stipend
- Pay not disclosed
- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- Food safety
Who can apply
Bachelor's in Food Technology, Microbiology, Food Science, Dairy Technology or related
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Lead and improve sanitation programmes across production, processing, storage, packaging and plant infrastructure
- Own the Master Sanitation Schedule and make sure daily, weekly and monthly tasks are done, verified and followed up with corrective actions
- Plan thermal fogging and raw-material fumigation effectiveness checks; do daily GEMBA walks and programme-effectiveness checks
- Plan and run environmental monitoring, including sampling, trend review and closing non-compliances
- Lead verification and validation work such as annual pathogen verification, allergen validation and APC validation for lines
- Arrange water, steam and compressed-air testing with laboratories and keep sanitation records audit-ready
- Coordinate the pest management programme with service providers and work with suppliers on hygiene and infestation controls
- Take part in internal, external, customer and regulatory audits, including the annual sanitation gap assessment
- Investigate sanitation non-conformances and complaints with root-cause analysis and CAPA; support Management of Change, risk assessments and hygienic design reviews
- Report sanitation and food safety KPIs, train associates on SSOPs, hygiene, allergen control and monitoring, and manage the plant quality and food safety budget and supplies
What the employer asks for
- Bachelor's degree in Food Technology, Microbiology, Food Science, Dairy Technology or a related field
- 7 to 12 years of sanitation or food safety experience in food manufacturing
- Working knowledge of cereal processing and food safety management systems preferred
- Strong knowledge of GMP, HACCP, FSSC 22000/ISO 22000, sanitation verification and validation, environmental monitoring, allergen control and pest management
- Practical understanding of cleaning chemicals, CIP/COP systems, SSOP development and hygienic equipment design
- Ability to lead root-cause analysis and CAPA and interpret sanitation and microbiological data
- Experience coordinating audits, laboratories, suppliers and service providers
- Strong planning, communication, training and stakeholder management skills; comfortable spending much of the day on the shop floor
How to apply
Read the full notice and follow the instructions on the original application page.
Skills for this role
What employers ask for in Quality Assurance / Quality Control roles. named in this notice
- GMP
- HACCP
- FSMA
- FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000
- Environmental monitoring
- Allergen control and validation
- Pest management
- CIP/COP and cleaning chemicals
- SSOP development
- Hygienic equipment design
- Quality Assurance
- FSSC 22000
- Quality Control
- QA Executive
- QC Chemist
- GHP
Pay on similar vacancies
From 25 Industry vacancies on FSD in the same role family that publish pay. Monthly, before deductions.
Prepare for the interview
Questions commonly asked for Quality Assurance / Quality Control roles. Practise answers with an example and a number.
- Walk us through the seven HACCP principles and how you would identify a CCP on a production line you know.
- A finished-goods batch fails the micro specification. What do you do in the first hour, and how do you decide whether to release, rework or reject?
- What is the difference between a CCP, an OPRP and a PRP under ISO 22000 / FSSC 22000?
- How do you run a root-cause analysis for a repeated customer complaint? Which tools do you use (5 Why, fishbone, CAPA)?
- Which FSSAI labelling requirements do you check on a pack before it goes to market?
- How would you prepare the plant for a third-party (BRCGS / FSSC) audit in four weeks?
Before you apply
- Read the original notice end to endDates, eligibility and the application route are decided by the employer, not by FSD.
- Tailor your resume to this vacancyMatch the keywords in the requirements. Resume Studio shows what is missing.
- Write a short cover noteTwo or three lines on your most relevant plant, lab or project result, with a number.
- Be ready to talk numbersCurrent CTC, expected CTC and notice period are usually asked in the first call.
Source & editorial check
Apply through LinkedIn. The posting body is titled Sanitarian - Taloja.
Original posting: 2026-11-04
Checked 2026-11-05 · Updated 2026-11-05
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