Quality Control Technician

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

Label Inspections to ensure the application is correct

Testing of labels for glue application

Rinse reside tests

Inspections

Inspection of the Date and Batch code applications to ensure it is legible and correct

Rinse pressure Inspections

Inspection of barcodes to ensure correct and legible application

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 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 GMP's (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

Proactive identification of problems that are concrete and procedural, troubleshoot and apply solutions in line with guidelines provided or escalate more complex problems to superiors, providing information required to solve problems.

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.

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