Food Technologist

Job Purpose

• To ensure the safe consistent and accurate production of quality food products while maintaining compliance with company policies food safety systems quality standards and health and safety requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a member of the Food Safety Team ensuring food safety quality hygiene housekeeping and security standards are consistently maintained.
• Maintain a regular factory presence to monitor hygiene housekeeping clean-as-you-go and 5S standards.
• Investigate and resolve microbiological quality supplier shelf-life and customer-related non-conformances. Ensure that corrective and preventative actions are implemented and followed up.
• Manage non-conforming products communication with suppliers follow-up on corrective actions and ensure NCRs are completed.
• Liaise with customers regarding queries and complaints ensuring timely resolution and closure of complaints.
• Conduct internal supplier GMP PRP food fraud food defence and facility audits. Track findings and ensure close-out of non-conformances.
• Ensure the Food Safety and Quality Management System complies with FSSC 22000 and external audit requirements.
• Verify QC and GMP activities product conformity packaging checks date coding weight verification glass inspections and temperature monitoring.
• Attend line opening and verify deep cleaning and fogging activities. Release production areas post-cleaning.
• Conduct microbiological and analytical laboratory testing on raw materials finished products and packaging.
• Manage incoming materials inspection sampling COA verification specification compliance. Place stock on hold where required.
• Compile and distribute QC reports perform trend analysis and maintain electronic systems for non-conformances document control and verification records.
• Implement review risk assess and maintain HACCP plans and Food Safety & Quality Management System documentation.
• Manage and implement changes in line with FSSC 22000 change management.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable food safety regulations and standards.
• Implement and monitor allergen control programs.
• Conduct traceability mock recall exercises root cause analysis and problem solving.
• Conduct induction and food safety training for employees.
• Manage NPD site projects from trial phase through to system and documentation updates.
• Provide support to QC customer complaint handling and general departmental activities as required.
• Assist with Ad Hoc duties within the departments as and when required.