Food Health & Safety Manager

A well-established organization in Bloemfontein is seeking a Food Health & Safety Manager to join their team. Salary will be discussed in interview. *PLEASE NOTE: * *Should you apply for this vacancy and your skills and experience DO NOT match the inherent REQUIREMENTS of this position, YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DELETED. Please ensure that you READ and understand this advertised position BEFORE sending your CV to us, or otherwise you will just be wasting YOUR time and ours.* *Disclaimer:* *Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted. Therefore, if you have not received any correspondence within two weeks of your application, you have been unsuccessful* * Ensuring the required quality, safety, hygiene and environmental standards are implemented, maintained and improved * Ensuring hygiene standards, cleaning procedures, practices and equipment are continually re-evaluated and in line with best practice, customer guidelines and legislation * Experience on cleaning procedures in food manufacturing areas, correct use of cleaning materials (from handling, to storage and documentation) * Maintain SHE Training records * Training staff * Experience in measurement of temperatures for refrigeration and product storage/manufacture * Experience in product ingredient traceability * Experience in product specification development. * Experience in proper implementation and maintenance of good food safety practices * Experience in maintaining all records and proper recording of information to be compliant with regulations * Managing issues related to food quality and production. * Reporting and responding to the bi-annual audits * Ensuring the audits are passed with a minimum of 90% * Highlight issues, co-ordinate tasks and responses, monitor and ensure actions are followed up until completion. * Extract information and data to create and produce reports and required stats * View near miss/accident reports and support with queries, response reviews and any necessary escalation * Work cross departments to maintain HSE documentation * Ensure data is reviewed and updated in line with procedures * Assist with company training, including arranging courses, booking the venue and preparing the facilities * Attend HSE team and committee meetings, take minutes and process any actions * Distribute any communications and bulletins throughout the department * Raise purchase orders, collate records for audits and risk when required * General Administration * Develop and execute health and safety plans in the workplace according to legal * guidelines * Prepare and enforce policies to establish a culture of health and safety * Evaluate practices, procedures and facilities to assess risk and adherence to the * law * Conduct training and presentations for health and safety matters and accident * prevention * Monitor compliance to policies and laws by inspecting employees and ope