Quality Monitor (Pietermaritzburg) at RCL Foods

Job Description    

• RCL FOODS is looking for an energetic attention to detaol individual to join their Food Safety team.

The purpose of this role is:

• To effectively monitor and maintain all relevant food safety systems.
• To effectively monitor and maintain all relevant quality management systems
• To ensure that production samples requiring external lab analysis are submitted timeously and to compare results to the specification, and take actions when results are out of specification.
• To identify and communicate non-conforming product to the QA Technologist for further action.
• The Quality Monitor will be expected to act QA Technologist when needed

Minimum Requirements    

• Sc. Consumer Science/ Food Science/ B.Tech. Food technology/ N.D Food Technology. N.D Biotechnology
• ISO 22000 implementation/ FSSC 22000
• 1-2 years FMCG experience
• Good Interpersonal skills – able to work and communicate at all levels throughout the business
• Ability to work well as part of a team as well as under own initiative
• Proven Leadership skills
• QMS  and HACCP programs
• Willing and capable to learn new skills
• Proven knowledge and experience of scientific testing techniques
• Ability to interpret results of analytical and microbiological testing
• Attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication – ability to deal with both suppliers and customers
• Good numerical skills
• PC literate

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Compile customer database that sitpulates external analysis needs and update to current
• Identifiy and submit samples, analytical/microbilogical, testing to be completed to avoid shipping delays
• Ensure swabs are taken
• Indentifiy non conforming product. Assist QA in determing root cause and corrective action
• Areas of improvement for non-conformance
• record results
• Adhering to Halaal,Kosher, customers,goverment visits.
• Answer any QC related question.
• Conduct food safety training in the plant
• Conduct hygiene/GMP audits
• Conduct plastic/glass checks
• Manage/monitor allergen programe
• review daily food safety checks
• Manage pest control on site
• Investigate customer complaints
• Monitor OPRP/CCP daily
• Compile monthly reports
• Perform quality on final goods daily
• Trainf staff on QMS
• Complete records to comply the internal system audit
• Update SOP