Senior Food Technologist
Hire Resolve
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Investigate and solve any microbiological issues on components and final products.
- Investigate and solve any quality issues on components and final products.
- Investigate customer complaints and implement appropriate corrections, corrective action, and preventative actions.
- Investigate RTV's and implement appropriate corrections, corrective action, and preventative actions.
- Investigate non-conforming shelf-life results and implement appropriate corrections, corrective action and preventative actions.
- Perform check weights and wash outs on final products, investigate possible non-conformances and implement corrective and preventative actions.
- Conduct product audits on components or final products as required (e.g., based on customer complaints, RTV's, Taste and Texture issues, microbiological issues, as per internal audit schedule, etc.).
- Accompany WW Technologist & Selector in factory when visiting.
- Attend internal 4P's.
- Attend factory trials to launch of own product category.
- Check packaging proofs of new or upgraded products.
- Analyze NPD recipe & process to ensure compatibility with factory and consistently safe and quality product.
- Monitor GMP practices in factory and report any non-conformances.
- Report any food safety or quality related issues as noticed in the factory.
- Make corrections; implement corrective and preventative actions as required.
- Recognized tertiary qualification in Food Technology/Food Science;
- Minimum 5 - 8 years' experience in the Food or Beverage Industry with specific focus on quality assurance.
- A strong technical ability.
Job Mail