Food Safety Coordinator

BevCo; Brakpan; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food safety organization in Brakpan is looking for a Food Safety Manager to lead a team ensuring product safety and quality standards. Key responsibilities include managing food safety programs, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of a Grade 12 and relevant food safety certifications with up to 3 years of experience. Proficiency in MS Excel and other related skills is essential. This role offers a competitive environment and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Health benefits

Career development programs

Qualifications

• Minimum Food Technology, Biotechnology, relevant food safety certifications (HACCP, FSSC, Internal Auditing).
• Up to 3 years' experience in Operational Execution, Technical, FMCG, internal and 3rd party audit.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site Food Safety Team ensuring safety and quality of products.
• Manage food safety programs and conduct regular audits.
• Ensure compliance with food safety regulations and facilitate training.

Skills

Auditing

Food Safety Management

Communication

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Education

Grade 12 / Matric

Food Technology/ Biotechnology certifications

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

Operations

Accountable for specialist outputs, as well as initiating quality standards within defined work routines and policies.

Job Purpose

To lead the site Food Safety Team maintaining the safety and quality of products. They are responsible for managing food safety programs, conducting regular audits, and ensuring compliance with relevant food safety regulations. Provide essential training to employees on proper food handling and sanitation practices.

To create awareness and foster a mature and positive Food Safety and Quality Culture.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

• FSMS
• Appointed Food Safety Team Leader
• Continuous monitoring and improvement to the Food Safety Management System (FSMS)
• Coordinating Food Safety Meetings
• Responsible for enforcing Change Management Controls wrt Food Safety
• Ensuring that the team receives all updated FS materials and training
• Documentation, Records, Reports, Reviews
• Annual Food Safety Management Review
• Trigger point Review in response to Change Management
• Updating of the document control register
• Generating and distributing corrective action reports
• Quarterly Verification of Objectives
• Verification of OPRP records
• Pest Control records and trends

Audits

• Plans and coordinates internal audits
• Self-inspections
• Assists QM and represents TBC during external/3rd party audits
• Raise and manage internal and external audit findings, corrective actions and verification

Compliance and Corrective Actions

• Ensure the management of the CCPs and or OPRP’s, report any failures and take necessary corrective action in consultation with Quality Manager and GM
• Ensure compliance to all regulatory and customer food safety mandates/ requirements in consultation with QM

Pest Control

• Responsible for Internal Pest Management for both plant and DC
• Internally appointed Pest Control Officer
• Monitoring of pest activities, updating sighting logs, creating trends

Inspections

• Inspection of Plant Hygiene Units are in working order and stocked up with cleaning and sanitising chemicals
• Conducts Plant Cleaning Inspections against the Master Cleaning Schedule and verifies efficacy of cleaning done by the cleaners
• Conducts Glass Inspections
• Foreign body Inspections
• Conducts Inspections of the grounds and facilities
• Ladders and Eye wash Station
• AIB Inspections

Compliance to Food Safety Mandates

• Ensure compliance to the Food Safety Mandates
• Ensures Filter and Strainer Integrity is managed
• Facilitates Internal Food Safety Training
• Facilitates Food Box Talk with Operations staff
• Responsible for completing multiple mandatory food safety reviews – HACCP review, TACCP and VACCP review, FSMS Review, PRP Policy Review, FS Policy Review
• Manages the Laundry Program
• Manages the visitor and contractor code of conduct
• Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards

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

• Grade 12 / Matric / Minimum Food Technology, Biotechnology, relevant food safety certifications (HACCP, FSSC, Internal Auditing)
• Upto 3 years’ experience (Operational Execution) Technical, FMCG, internal and 3rd party audit
• 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 escalates more complex problems to superiors, providing information required to solve problems.

Relationships Maintained

• Others outside of own work area but inside the organisation

Behavioural Competencies

• 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

• Helps others with their work.
• Meets commitments to team members or others in the organisation.
• Actively contributes to team discussions and the accomplishment of team work plans.
• Shares expertise and resources to help others address their needs.
• Seeks to include all those who can contribute to the most successful outcome and those who have a stake in the results.
• Actively keeps all stakeholders informed.
• Attempts to reinvigorate team processes when progress is lagging: stays engaged even when not in full agreement with the team’s direction.

Accountability

• Accomplishes assigned tasks and goals: takes necessary actions to keep progress against objectives on track and prepares a roadmap for success.
• Ensures that all who need to know, are clear about the plan.
• Takes full responsibility for own actions and outcomes, including mistakes.
• Always acts in the company’s best interest, regardless of whether it is difficult or unpopular.
• Ensures others are on track for achieving their goals.