Seafood Production Quality Monitor wanted!
Maintain quality control systems and work closely with Supervisors and QA in a food manufacturing environment.
Work environment:
Most of the working day will be spent on your feet, moving throughout the different production areas.
Room temperatures range between 1°C and 10°C.
Freezer temperatures are approximately -18°C.
All products handled are frozen.
Duties:
- Accurately complete and maintain all quality control documentation, monitoring records, and food safety logs in accordance with company procedures and regulatory requirements.
- Perform pre-operational checks, in-line checks and end of production checks.
- Perform and record metal detection checks on hourly basis.
- Taking freezer temperature readings twice a day – Start and end of the day.
- Assist in document preparation for the external/internal audits, and the implementation of corrective action thereof.
- Assist quality management team to maintain compliance of Temperature Control Program, Pest Control, Foreign Object, HACCP monitoring, Retention Sample Management.
- Able to follow and implement management directions, guideline to achieve compliance to food safety standards in a fast-paced production environment.
- Assist the QA Department in investigating customer complaints, internal audit findings, and in-house quality issues, including the implementation and monitoring of corrective and preventative actions.
- Assign cleaning duties to all the staff members at the end of the day. Cleaning is done in house therefore must be monitored and checked.
- Assist with training of staff and assist in developing a quality aware culture.
- Monitor personal hygiene
- Performing Thaw test seafood products and providing product weight to the packing team.
- Perform ATP cleaning swabs after production cleaning and document & report failed results to Quality Manager
- Collect samples for external lab testing
- Assist in maintaining compliance with PrimeSafe, SQF, HACCP, MSC, ASC, and customer standards.
- Assist the Production Team with day-to-day duties once all required QC checks, documentation, and quality responsibilities have been completed.
Applicant attributes:
- Needs to have 2+ years experience in similar Food QC role
- Needs to think outside of the box.
- Applicant needs to be patient and well spoken
- Team Player. We are a family business were everyone has an important part to play.
- Must not be afraid to get hands wet/dirty when necessary.
- Role is full time starting at 4am till 12.30pm
