Microbiologist - Quality Assurance Specialist

5 days ago


East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa HR Genie Full time
Job Summary

HR Genie is seeking a highly skilled Microbiologist to join our team as a Quality Assurance Specialist. The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting microbiological sampling and analysis throughout the production process.

Key Responsibilities
  • Aseptic Sampling
    • Treated water, ingredients, final syrups, and final products
    • Swabs
    • Air plates
  • Analysis
    • Treated water, ingredients, final syrups, and final products
    • Swabs
    • Air
    • Product Shelf Life Analysis
    • Performs secondary confirmation tests
    • Incubation of analyzed samples
    • Sub-culturing of live bacteria cultures
  • Documentation and Record Keeping
    • Interpretation of results
    • Recording of results
    • Generates trends for micro results
  • General Reporting
    • Raises any out-of-spec result with QA Supervisor
    • Issues isolation/release instructions to the DC in consultation with Quality Manager
    • Reports any faulty equipment to QC Supervisor
    • Raises any emerging trends that might have potential food safety risks
    • Troubleshooting/investigations on ingredients, environmental, or processing risk-related issues
    • Enforces Good Lab Practices
    • Enforces Food Safety Requirements
  • Adherence to Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety, and Environmental Standards
    • Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety, and Environmental policies and standards.
    • Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times to guarantee a secure work environment.
    • Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization's code of conduct.
    • Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and implement control measures to prevent it.
    • Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards. Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.
    • Knowledge and Compliance: Stay updated with relevant business information, policies, processes, and procedures. Enforce compliance with legislative and statutory requirements, as well as GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices).
    • Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
    • Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.
    Requirements
    • National Diploma/NQF 6 in Food (Essential)
    • Up to 3 years of experience (Operational Execution) Technical, FMCG
    • Basic MS Excel; MS Word; Email


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