Food Quality Specialist
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About the Role
Calo is looking for a Quality Specialist to support food safety and quality assurance operations, ensuring products meet quality standards and regulatory requirements.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of preventive quality control checks and generate daily quality scores and highlights
- Maintain records of quality reports, statistical reviews, and relevant documentation
- Generate weekly and monthly reports and scorecards related to quality performance
- Follow established procedures to inspect and report quality issues
- Monitor operations that affect product quality and food safety
- Implement preventive measures to minimize food safety and quality hazards
- Ensure all required audits, inspections, and quality activities are completed regularly and submitted on time
- Conduct Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) audits and share findings with relevant stakeholders
- Investigate customer complaints and non conformities, conduct root cause analysis, and support implementation of corrective actions
- Inspect procedures throughout the production cycle to ensure efficiency and compliance with quality standards
- Support implementation of food quality initiatives, goals, and objectives
- Implement and maintain food safety programs, objectives, policies, and procedures such as HACCP, sanitation programs, temperature logs, and cleaning schedules
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biological Sciences, or other relevant discipline
- Minimum 3 4 years of hands on experience in Quality Assurance and Food Safety within food manufacturing, central kitchen, catering, or food production industry
- General knowledge of quality assurance methodologies and food safety standards
- Good understanding of AIB International (AIBI) and BRCGS standards
- Good knowledge of local food regulatory and statutory requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Experience working in a fast paced food production environment highly preferred
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- We are looking for a Quality Specialist to support our food safety and quality assurance operations by ensuring that all incoming and outgoing materials, products, and production processes meet our quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- The ideal candidate will possess a trained eye for detail and will be reliable and committed. In depth knowledge and understanding of food quality and food safety standards is essential.
Main Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of preventive quality control checks and generate daily quality scores and highlights.
- Maintain records of quality reports, statistical reviews, and relevant documentation.
- Generate weekly and monthly reports and scorecards related to quality performance.
- Follow established procedures to inspect and report quality issues.
- Monitor operations that affect product quality and food safety.
- Implement preventive measures to minimize food safety and quality hazards.
- Ensure all required audits, inspections, and quality activities are completed regularly and submitted on time.
- Conduct Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) audits and share findings with relevant stakeholders.
- Investigate customer complaints and non conformities, conduct root cause analysis, and support the implementation of corrective actions.
- Inspect procedures throughout the production cycle to ensure efficiency and compliance with quality standards.
- Support the implementation of food quality initiatives, goals, and objectives.
- Implement and maintain food safety programs, objectives, policies, and procedures such as HACCP, sanitation programs, temperature logs, and cleaning schedules.
Ideal Candidate
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biological Sciences, or any other relevant discipline.
- General knowledge of quality assurance methodologies and food safety standards.
- Good understanding of AIB International (AIBI) and BRCGS standards.
- Good knowledge of local food regulatory and statutory requirements.
- Minimum of 3 4 years of hands on experience in Quality Assurance and Food Safety within the food manufacturing, central kitchen, catering, or food production industry.
- Experience working in a fast paced food production environment is highly preferred.
- Locally available candidates are preferred, although candidates from outside the country may also be considered depending on visa availability.
Knowledge and Competency
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Great attention to detail with a results driven approach.
- Fast learner, reliable, and trustworthy.
- Ability to promote and maintain a strong food safety culture.
- Strong analytical, decision making, and problem solving skills.
- Pleasant personality with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams.
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast paced environment.
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