Quality Advisor

Job Advert Summary

The purpose of this position is to monitor, maintain, and continuously improve the Quality and Food Safety Management System, ensuring compliance with regulatory, customer, and company requirements. The role supports the achievement of food safety and quality objectives by promoting best practices, maintaining certification standards, and ensuring the consistent production of safe, high-quality products.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree
• 3 – 5 yrs experience in a food manufacturing environment applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
• Business English: Fluent
• Computer literacy (Intermediate)
• Code 08 Driver's license
• Travel off-site/ overnight stay
• Work shifts/weekends/public holidays

Duties and Responsibilities

Oversee the quality system in Production

• Evaluate, maintain and update the quality and food safety management system according to FSSC 22000 and other requirements
• Monitor, evaluate and implement manufacturing systems and procedures to ensure that quality and food safety standards are consistently met
• Ensure that procedures are followed correctly regarding change control at Production level
• Ensure validation studies for equipment, block flow diagram and process are completed and available
• Monitor and evaluate the efficiency of cleaning and dis-infection systems in the plant.
• Identify qualityand food safety issues and help/support with specialist knowledge to solve the issues
• Conduct and verify that food safety and quality related training is done and encourage a proper food safety culture

Oversee that the quality and food safety requirements are met

• Coordinate and provide support to Production regarding trials, new processes and changes
• Ensure effective communication (written, verbal) with all levels on processes, products and changes that will influence quality/food safety
• Liaise with Production regarding investigation of complaints
• Assist with product recalls and withdrawals when requested
• Ensure all updated specifications from PT&T are issued and implemented per branch through the abovementioned system
• Investigate and assist Production when product, packaging & raw material does not comply to specifications (concessions)
• Participate in brainstorming sessions to ensure continual improvement and cost savings to operating procedures

Investigate complaints, incidents and corrective actions regarding quality and food safety

• Conduct, report and record investigations related to quality deviations and implement corrective actions
• Ensure effective corrective and preventative actions with Production teams

Assist with Quality and Food safety Audits

• Ensure that the facility is aware and available for all related audits
• Validate that the relevant documentations are in place for the audit
• Ensure that the corrective actions of previous findings are addressed
• Ensure that proactive steps are taken to minimise risks, findings, etc.
• Conduct and participate in regular audits to ensure that requirements are met

General

• Maintain a tidy work environment
• Adhere to the safety and quality code of conduct
• Report incidents and accidents to Management