Local recruitment: Director, Water Systems & Regulatory Compliance

Job Category: Quality Assurance

Requisition Number: DIREC009181

Job Details

Description

Position Summary:

This position will serve as the subject matter expert for all water system technologies used to manufacture Monster Energy Beverages including, but not limited to, filtered (carbon/sand), flocculation, chlorination, Reverse Osmosis (RO), Deionized (DI), as well as microbiological inactivation technologies such as Ultraviolet (UV) light and Ozonation. The incumbent will advise and oversee new installations, troubleshoot problematic systems and advise on strategies for process improvement and sustainability.

Essential Job Functions:

• Drives and deploys Monster Energy’s Water Qualification Program to ensure regulatory compliance globally. Assesses vulnerabilities related to water, determines business risk, develops mitigation plans accordingly with Commercial Operations to ensure realization.
• Conducts site evaluations of site water purifications systems and advises on process improvements to ensure compliance to Monster Energy and drinking water standards globally.
• Support root cause analysis of water related incidents in all bottling operations and ensure proper corrective and preventative actions are in place. Contributes technical expertise to new product development when remediating sensory failures linked to water quality.
• Assists and advises the Validation Department with technical solution plans and strategies when trouble shooting cleaning Validation failures.
• Assists and advise Regulatory Affairs (RA) and New Product Development (NPD) product and compliance matters related to water quality and sustainability.
• Builds in-house knowledge in water resources and technology. Analyzes data, provides interpretation of data and provides written reports related to water quality projects and systems.
• Participate in design reviews to ensure proposed water treatment systems and controls can be built and normally operated to consistently provide quality water.

Position Requirements:

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in Food & Beverage organization, pharmaceutical or other government regulated industry.
• Microsoft Office, statistical analysis applications (Minitab) or data analytics software applications.
• Excellent English communication skills, written and verbal
• Knowledgeable in 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 129 & 165, USP 1231, U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), (The national Institutes of Health) NIH & International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) guidelines for water quality/treatment.

Education, Certification, Licenses & Registrations

Advance degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering, Microbiology or Chemistry.

 Skills:

• Flexible, enthusiastic, hardworking & committed to a career in Quality Management
• High level of personal integrity
• Ability to provide both written and verbal communication to global levels within the organization as well as business, flavor and ingredient partners.
• Highly organized and able to lead a small team within a fast-paced environment.
• Result oriented, creative, and able to multitask.
• Able to see what is relevant, prioritize and ask the right questions in the field of global regulatory compliance.
• Strong project management, critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative and in a team
• Ability to adapt to change
• Willing to travel, work evenings & early mornings – as the job requires
• Resilient and able to cope with the rigors of a demanding job

Physical Demands:

Light level of physical effort required for a variety of physical activities to include walking, climbing stairs, and standing or sitting at a workstation. Ability to talk and hear persons contacted on the job, able to bend occasionally, able to twist body occasionally.

Base Salary Range:  $143,760 – 191,635

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)