Manager - Quality Assurance & Development Projects
Keells food products plc
Manager – Quality Assurance & Development Projects
Keells Food Products PLC, a subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH), is the country’s market leader in processed meat products and has held this position for over three decades. Our company possesses ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management System, and ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety Management System Certifications. The Company manufactures a range of sausages, meatballs, hams, crumbed products, and soya range products under the “Elephant House” and “Keells Krest” brands.
Job Responsibilities
Carry out physical, chemical and microbiological analysis on beverages and essential raw materials for proper quality assurance.
Take corrective action and handle root cause analysis where necessary in order to ensure the quality standards are met as required.
Continuous measurement and analysis of beverage quality parameters (Brix/ Carbonation/torque) to ensure final product quality.
Ensure proper storage facilities are used to the optimum levels in order to maintain optimization of output volume.
Delivering outcomes / trend analysis using microbiological data.
Report deviations from clean and sanitized standards of any.
Recommend corrective actions; Continuously monitor processes and update where necessary.
Be in touch with regulatory bodies for new/improved processes.
Bring to the notice of management and new standards which are applicable in order to ensure required standards are met.
Create awareness of required hygiene levels to production personnel and Conduct spot tests to test these conditions.
Person Specifications
Bachelor’s degree in food science/ Bio Science or Agriculture with minimum of 5 years work experience in a FMCG manufacturing environment. Having lead auditor qualification would be an added advantage.
Business understanding in Food and Beverage manufacturing & Quality Assurance; Global Industry trends in the FMCG Industry.
Sound knowledge in Production systems, quality standards and systems, factory ordinance, food regulatory standards, food safety standards, health and safety systems, financial knowledge, modern process technology.
Understanding and requirement fulfillment of Quality Management systems, Food safety management system, Occupational Health and Safety management system, Environmental Safety Management System, Energy Management System, Good Manufacturing Process and PRP, CCP, OPRP.
If you are confident that you possess the above requirement, please send your CV, which includes the names of two non-related referees. Click on the advert now to join our team via Keells Food Products Careers site.