Quality Controller

An exciting position exists in the Quality department - at our client, Woodstock, Cape Town.
The role of Quality speaks for itself and requires competent individuals to ensure that the Quality Management process is implemented and verified and that various teams that have direct link with Food safety and Quality are abiding by the Quality Process and Food Safety standards.

Main Purpose/Objectives of the Job:
Online quality checks: pH, Brix, Temperature, acidity, viscosity, and positive release. Verification checks of all control measures checklists completed by various departments. Complete daily, weekly, and monthly internal audits to monitor compliance across the business. Utilizing Batch Release documentation and Temperature Control Records to correlate information relating to temperature, BRIX and pH and reporting on trends to the National SHERQ Manager and Product Champion Issuing chemicals (stock control), stock count and completing Chemical Issuing Record. Investigating customer complaints and providing feedback. Completing COAs for external and internal customers. Supports production and warehouse in improving cleaning effectiveness. Facilitate product re-works. Problem solving. Positive bottle check verification. Chemical dilution checks. Verification of all measuring equipment (scales, pH meter, refractometer, thermometer, metal detector and titrator) Hygiene checks. PPE checks for all the different processing eras. Chiller & freezers daily temperature checks. Retention sample discarding and recording. Collect monthly micro swabs, raw material, and finished goods for external testing. Cleaning checklist verifications. Raw material quality inspection.

Education and Experience:
Food Related Qualification -FMCG NDP: Food Technology
HACCP
1+ Years experience or in service training
Experience in a FMCG environment would be advantages
Microsoft -Excel, Outlook, Word

Competencies required:

Knowledge of Quality Assurance and Production Processes and Procedures.
Strong Administration skills.
Personal Characteristics:
Strong admin temperament (initiative-taker, go getter attitude, analytical person, self-reliant, goal orientated, work across barriers)
Initiative and taking ownership (Take on responsibility and accountability for tasks and actions)
Innovation (The ability to see and create new ways of doing things and finding creative solutions to problems)
Collaborative team working (The willingness to act as part of a small team yet, high performing team and work jointly towards achieving team goals and outcomes)