Food Technologist at Phakisa Group

Purpose of the Role

• Maintenance of GMP and Food safety management systems in production plants in accordance with System and retailer requirements.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Control of Food safety records submitted by factories- Verification, signing & filing, including ordering of record forms/books.
• Participate actively in production and manage the Implementation of Procedures (PRP's) on the floor.
• Updating of records and Procedures as required and submit change request to the Snr QAT.
• Accompany regulatory inspectors (Halaal, kosher, GDARD, Hygiene, and DAFF) & participate in external audits as required.
• Compile monthly Food Safety meeting minutes.
• Assist in food safety and quality related nonconformance/customer complaints investigations and feedback to the Senior QAT.
• Monitoring the Supplier's Quality assurance.
• Conduct monthly GMP internal audits as per schedule.
• Conduct traceability studies.
• Ensure that the practices of the plants are in line with the Documented FSMS requirements.
• Ensure that all water supplies, products, drains, air, equipment's & hands are adequately tested as scheduled.
• Ensure that a universal system and product sampling procedure is in place for all raw materials and adherence to a standardized receiving procedure. Comparing COA's vs Specification.
• Ensure non-conforming material are recorded, documented, disposed of in an appropriate manner and analysed to identify and prevent recurring problems.
• Ensure that on-line cleaning and sanitation is effective and correct steps are followed when cleaning is undertaken in the plants.

Knowledge/Experience and Education

Qualifications:

• National Diploma in Food Technology or equivalent qualification
• Internal Auditing Certificate

Experience:

• Experience in the milling, extrusion, retorting, refinery and baking processes with specific reference to good manufacturing practices, HACCP and FSSC/ISO 22000.

Skills:

• Working knowledge on MSOffice - Access.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be multilingual (English, Sepedi, Zulu)

Competencies Required:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be multilingual (English, Sepedi, Zulu)
• Must be an assertive self-starter who can work independently and within a team
• Attention to details and accuracy.