Food Safety Co Ordinator - Estcourt at ESKORT

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Microbiology or other relevant qualifications

EXPERIENCE

• 5 year’s previous experience in a FMCG Production or Manufacturing environment including managing Food Safety Systems and external audits.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• Strong knowledge of mathematics, data analysis, and statistical methods.
• Good technical and IT skills

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Excellent communication and listening skills. Problem solving and people management skills will be an advantage

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS (KPA’S)

QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Constantly updating documents on new Food Safety standards, legislation, and or other requirements.
• Acting as the Company’s Food Safety Coordinator (FSSC22000) and Hygiene Officer (Meat Safety Act).
• Ensure continuous improvement on product Food Safety and product Quality.
• Setting compliance specification of raw materials and finished products regarding Micro and Chemistry looking at relevant legislation.
• Manage Internal Audit processes and do problem solving to find root causes on Quality deviations.
• Arrange Food Safety meetings and management review meetings.
• Compiling of HACCP studies, process flow and processing procedures.
• Decide for external audit and ensure requirements are met during audit.
• Ensure that customer complaints are attended to, action is taken, and feedback is given to management.

QUALITY CONTROLLER

• Managing all Quality and Laboratory staff inclluding but not limited to discipline in the workplace, time keeping and ensuring all personal hygiene checks are done before production begins.
• Ensure staff follow Company SOP’s and policies.
• Communicate to staff in morning meetings regarding issues brought to your attention during your meetings (for example customer complaints, production focus areas).
• To ensure that all staff are productive at all time.

LABORATORY

• Design of documents, procedures and reports for the Laboratory as and when required.
• Managing budgets.
• Ordering of lab consumables.
• Lab results verification.
• Ensure tat area is working to recognized standard.
• Ensure proficiency testing is done and logging and analysing of proficiency.
• Typing COA’s as requested.
• Make sure that product tested are tested according to the sampling plan.
• Make sure that COA’s are available for export audits.

IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN 5S AND QUANTUM LEAN METHODS

• To be discussed in morning meetings.
• Ensure all your boards are updated.
• Ensure suggestions are submitted.
• Hold fishbowl meetings and small group activities, etc