Quality Control Manager Wine Industry (CR739)
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Duties & Responsibilities
Our client a Wine Farm and Bottling facility in Paarl is looking for a Quality Control Manager to join their team.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Analysis of Wines
- Organise testing of wine samples: internal lab or external lab
- Receive requests for specific analysis and conduct them
- Ensure pre-bottlings are correct
Managing of laboratory
- Ensure analyst sends water and effluent samples each month
- Together with analyst:
- Check accounts and orders regarding chemicals equipment etc.
- Ensure analyst saves COAs of chemicals
- Assist analyst with supplier management
- Internal standards need to be kept updated monthly
- Ensure environmental monitoring is completed
- Improve reproducibility and accuracy of methods and check that protocol is followed
- Methods to review accuracy of lab: SAWLA (South Africa Wine Laboratory Association) interlab testing should be completed monthly. Results to be filled in online in specified week.
- Ensure calibration schedule is followed for instruments
Bottling Line
- Daily sign off on bottling packages and check that everything is filled in.
- Perform bottling quality tests
- Weekly sign off on bottling cleaning form.
- Monthly sign-off on bottling monthly maintenance form and hygiene clearance
- Adhoc maintenance on bottling line should be reported so that hygiene clearance can be filled in.
- Medical screening form filled in for visitors and contractors
- Verify cleaning procedures with Hygiena and Suretrend Software
Health and safety
- Assist Chair of committee with admin tasks
- Arrange meetings and incorporate sections to improve involvement of all members in meeting
- Encourage and check that GMP audits are performed monthly as the safety audit have been incorporated into these (feedback in BRC meeting and H&S meeting)
- First aid incidents need to be mentioned and discussed to ensure compliance
- Induction training
- Liaise with Health and Safety consultant about needs that the company have
BRC
- Document control officer
- Non-conformance reports
- Internal audits
- Follow the QMS calendar
- Do trainings as scheduled and necessary
- Ensure Lab analyst does GMP audits
New label developments
- Liaise with designers and printers about new label developments
- Proofread and make minor changes to existing labels
- Ensure that all applicable parties give authorisation that labels can be printed
- Go to printers to sign of the first print run of a new label
- Liaise with finance manager about costing of labels and new product developments
- Submit all new labels to SAWIS for approval.
- Save all artworks for labels cartons closures etc
- Fairtrade approval for trademark use:
- Ensure label complies with standard
- Send to Fairtrade
- Obtain approval before starting printing
- Approval shows on the CONNECT website
- Ecocert Organic approval for trademark use:
- Ensure label complies with standard
- Send to Ecocert
- Obtain approval before starting printing
- Save approval certificate
- Beveg vegan approval for trademark use:
- Ensure label complies with standard
- Send to Merieux so that they forward to BeVeg
- Obtain approval before starting printing
- Save approval certificate
General cleanliness and good housekeeping
- Verify cleaning methods with Hygiena and Suretrend software
- See that chemical and additive rooms are in a good condition
- General cleanliness and neatness in cellar
Adhoc
- Facilitate and prepare for external audits (BRCGS IPW BeVeg Vegan EcoCert Organic Fairtrade Wieta)
- Light Carbon website for IPW
- WW website and contacts ensure requests are completed
- Sedex website administrator
- Enter wine competitions and organise samples and delivery
- Label admin for export companies
REQUIREMENTS
- BSc Chemistry BSc Food Science B. Tech Food Technologist (specifically on wine) BSc Oenology and Viticulture
- 2 3 years experience in similar position
- Experience with BRCGS/ FSSC 22000 or relevant FSM system
- Experience with laboratory experiments and managing people
- Chemistry knowledge in the wine industry is advantageous
- Own transport
- Strong analytical chemistry skills
- Strong organisational skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Self-motivated
- Able to work independently
- Positive attitude
- Willingness to learn
SALARY
Negotiable depending on experience
Please use the following reference number in the subject line of your email: CR739 when applying for this position. Please submit your CV in Word Format to Kindly consider your application unsuccessful should you not receive feedback within 1 week.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Quality Assurance
- Construction Experience
- FDA Regulations
- ISO 9001
- Assays
- Quality Systems
- Quality Control
- Quality Management
- cGMP
- QA/QC
- HACCP
