Summary description:
This key role is responsible for ensuring that food products meet the established standards of quality and food safety.
Responsibilities and authorities:
• Inspects and ensures high quality of product which matches pre- determined specifications
• Prepares reports, compiles and maintains records on product quality status, and all tests and inspections that have been conducted.
• Implements food tests and maintains schedule of testing.
• Inspects the facility to ensure a high level of cleanliness is maintained in order to meet food safety requirements.
• Assures ongoing compliance with quality and food safety regulatory requirements
• Assist in the HACCP work
• Coordinate and supports on site audits conducted by external providers
• Determines methods to resolve any quality or food safety compliance issues that arise
• Handle laboratory analysis
• Inspection of equipment to meet quality control standards
• Provide recommendations on procedures, standards and equipment to maintain product quality
• Assist with maintaining the plant and equipment according to determined standards as required
• Ensure correct quality process is followed and ensure training given quickly where necessary
• Control production reports, temperature logs, CCP and traceability reports
• Review and update documents related to the food safety management system.
Required education and experience:
• BA in Food Science / Biology / Chemistry / Nutrition
• 1-year previous experience in QA food manufacturing
• Relative experience in microbiology laboratory
• Observant and very good at paying attention to detail
• Discretion to point out problems to production workers
• Good communication skills are important to motivate others to improve the quality of their work, as well as to explain your findings clearly
• Good report writing skills
• Work under pressure
• Strong personality
• Team working skills
