Quality Assurance Technologist (Rustenburg) at RCL Foods

• Our Talent Team is on the hunt for a Quality Assurance Technologist for their Baking Division. The role will be based in Rustenburg and will report into the QA Food Safety Manager.
• The incumbent will be responsible to manage the daily activities of the Sunbake Rustenburg QA Department, to support the achievement of agreed Quality and Food Safety goals and objectives. Enforce compliance to company policies and procedures relevant to the maintenance of Third Party and Customer Standards. To ensure that all purchase orders and invoices are handled to ensure on-time payment to suppliers and external labs. The QAT will be expected to act as a Senior QAT when required.

Minimum Requirements    

• Sc. Consumer Science/ Food Science/ B.Tech. Food Technology.
• Must have experience in ISO 22000 implementation/ FSSC 22000.
• Must have minimum 3 years + Food Safety, Quality and QA experience.
• Must have experience as Lead Auditor.
• Computer literate.
• Legislative process experience required.
• Experience with ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, QMS and HACCP programs.
• Willing and capable of learning new skills.
• Proven knowledge and experience of scientific testing techniques.
• Ability to interpret results of analytical and microbiological testing.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Manage all activities related to Quality and Food Safety at Sunbake Rustenburg Site.
• Implementation and maintenance of FSSC 22000.
• Implement and maintenance of a Quality Management Systems.
• Implementation and maintenance of customer requirements.
• Managing of suppliers.
• Managing external service providers (Pest Control, Cleaning, PPE, etc).
• Ensure final product quality and safety standards are adhered to.
• Positive release of final products.
• Managing Food Safety Team.
• Conducting Food Safety and Management review meetings.
• Ensure all labour, testing, consumable and equipment maintenance costs remain within budget.
• Effective control of non-conforming product.
• Manage daily activity of direct reports but not restricted to: task assignment, holiday scheduling, initial approval of overtime, purchasing, efficient deployment of resources and initial contact for disciplinary issues.
• Manage the training, development and performance of direct reports.

Quality Assurance:

• To implement and maintain relevant Quality Management systems, including customer requirements. To manage all activities related to QMS, Customer requirements and relevant interested third party.
• To manage all activities related to releasing of final and raw products., e.g. QC tests and external testing.
• To identify relevant national legislations relevant to Sunbake Bushbuckridge and implement effectively.
• Ensure the implementation and application of the appropriate policies, procedures, test methods (including GLP, PRP’S, QMS) to achieve and maintain third party and customer standards
• To drive activities related to resolving the non-conformance issues to support the reduction of Inventory costs.
• To provide Laboratory expertise and technical support to resolve customer complaints and implement corrective actions to prevent re-occurrence.
• Manage the internal/external sampling and testing of materials in accordance with test plans.
• Manage purchasing of laboratory consumables and ensure invoices are processed in a timely manner, in accordance with budgetary constraints.
• Maintain appropriate information systems (QA Databases, SHERQX, test plans, methods and procedures, calibrations) to ensure compliance to regulatory, customer and third-party requirements.

Food Safety:

• Implement and maintain Food Safety systems based on FSSC 22000, Customer requirements.
• Identify relevant food safety team members and appoint them.
• Manage the training needs of Food Safety Team Members.
• To conduct monthly food safety and annual management review meetings. To ensure minutes are kept of these activities.
• Manage customer complaints by means of investigations to prevent the re-occurrence.
• Manager internal corrective action process to prevent the re-occurrence.
• Implement and manage relevant PRP’s (Pest Control, Cleaning and Sanitation, GMP, etc).
• Conduct supplier audits when required.
• Conduct monthly food safety audits and assist the relevant departments to implement effective corrective actions.
• Manage all food safety related audits (external and internal), always ensure compliance to standards.

Deadline:4th May,2026