Quality Control Technician

Operations
Accountable for specialist outputs, as well as initiating quality standards within defined work routines and policies.
Job Purpose
To ensures effective quality control through the verification of scales and incubators, execution of the manufacturing start up procedure, efficient packaging analysis and inspections.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
Verifications
Daily verifications of scales and incubators
Manufacturing Start UP Procedure
Check that the skew bar is set at the correct height, the barcode stickers and coding on bottle have the correct information and is legible
Check the torques on all capping heads
Check that labels conform to spec
Report any non-conformances to the Line Supervisor and QC Supervisor
Authorize the line supervisor to proceed once start up results have been passed
Packaging Analysis
Testing of preforms
Testing of blown bottles such as height, burst pressure, sectional weight, stress cracking, fill point capacity, drop test, visual inspections, wall thickness, base weight, neck finish dimensions
Testing of closures such as height, skew cap detection, outer diameter, inner seal
Rinse reside tests
Inspections
Rinse pressure Inspections
Documentation and Record Keeping
Recording of all results
Raising non-conformances to the QC Supervisor
Sampling
Ensure that the correct number of samples are taken for the relevant departments such as QC, QA, Retention and Micro
Adherence to the 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 organizations 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.
General
Responsible to ensure housekeeping is performed and ensure that all products and activities are stored and are executed within the demarcated areas according to the housekeeping policy (green red and yellow areas)
Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
Maintains expected performance standards
While Job Descriptions are written up for the purpose of a basic outline of the work and responsibilities associated with the Job, the Company encourages and expects all employees from time to time, to assist with work that may not be a direct part of their job description
Qualifications and Experience
NQF 5 National Diploma in Food Tech, Biotech or Analytical Chemistry (Essential)
Upto 3 years experience (Operational Execution) FMCG; Bottling Equipment
Basic MS Excel; MS Word; E Mail
Key Qualities
Communication
Routine communication in connection with instructions, requests or normal work tasks
Problem Solving
Relationships Maintained
Others outside of own work area but inside the organisation
Quality Control Technician
Able to communicate verbally in a logical manner.
Takes the intended audience into account when communicating verbal information.
Makes use of appropriate business language in verbal communication.
Includes all relevant information in verbal arguments.
Demonstrates proficiency of language in verbal communication.
Interprets complex information to expresses own viewpoint in verbal communication.
Concludes verbal arguments by making reference to relevant facts
Decision Making
Organises information to make it easier to analyse or see trends.
Anticipates consequences and formulates alternatives.
Establishes clear decision criteria for making informed choices.
Seeks relevant information to better understand situations and problems.
Conducts appropriate analysis; neither makes snap decisions or over-analyses.
Sees relationships between various facts, figures or other information.
Continuous Improvement
Increases performance expectations when success has been achieved
Seeks out sources of information, including trade associations, best practice companies, customers, peers, subordinates, etc.
Finds ways to fast-adapt improvement ideas to work processes
Proactively seeks out resources, alliances, etc., needed to quickly introduce improvements
Collaboration
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