Packaging Quality Controller

BevCo; KwaMakhutha; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BevCo is seeking a Packaging Quality Controller to uphold packaging standards across the manufacturing line. You will perform verifications, inspect labels, preforms, closures and test packaging components to ensure integrity and compliance.

This role focuses on accuracy, documentation, and adherence to GMP, safety and site policies. You will report non-conformances and support continuous improvement of packaging processes.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 / Matric or equivalent; relevant diploma or certificates preferred.

Responsibilities

• Daily verifications of laboratory equipment and packaging components.
• Inspect labels, preforms, and closures for regulatory and spec conformance.
• Record results and report non-conformances to QC Supervisor; ensure traceability.

Education

Grade 12 / Matric/Min National Diploma Food Tech, Analytical Chemistry

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Email

Job description

Packaging Quality Controller

Operations

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

Job Purpose

Pivotal in the manufacturing process, ensuring that products are packaged in accordance with predefined standards. Their primary purpose is to maintain the integrity, safety, and aesthetic appeal of the product packaging, which involves a series of checks and balances. Ensures that all packaging used protects the product but also upholds the brand's reputation and ensures customer satisfaction by preventing errors that could lead to product recalls or dissatisfaction.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

Verifications

• Daily verifications of laboratory equipment

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, preforms and closures 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, such as height, weight, neck finish dimensions and recording of batch numbers for tarceability
• 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, secure seal
• Label Inspections to ensure the application is correct on visual parameters such a as bond line creep, damaged label graphics, flagged label, label placement gap, label repeat, misapplied/ mismatched label, out of registration, torn label, wrinkled label, visible glue.
• Testing of labels for glue application
• Rinse residue tests

Inspections

• Inspection of the Date and Batch code applications to ensure it is legible and correct
• Rinse pressure Inspections
• Inspection of barcode stickers to ensure compliance with product running on line
• Inspection of Shrink wrapping
• Conducting Tension force measurements on Palletized product
• Documentation and Record Keeping
• Recording of all results
• Raising non-conformances to the QC Supervisor, Isolation of Non- conforming product/packaging

Sampling

• Ensure that the correct number of samples are taken for the relevant departments such as QC, QA, Retention and Micro

Adherence to the health, safety, food and environmental standards

• Staff shall adhere to all Food Safety Policies and PRP’s and shall adhere to and enforce all food safety requirements at all times
• Staff shall adhere to Health, Safety & Environmental Policies and PRP’s and shall adhere to and enforce all Health and Safety requirements at all times
• Visitor and Contractor Policy – staff shall ensure that visitors or contractors entering the facility are signed in, escorted and wear PPE, are aware of the hygiene policies and do not smoke, eat or drink inside the facility
• Code of Practice – staff shall maintain high levels of personal hygiene in accordance with the code of conduct
• Handwashing Procedure – Ensuring staff are cleaning and sanitizing hands efficiently before handling the product.
• Physical Contamination Control Policy and Procedure – Staff shall be aware of the potential of physical product contamination. Staff is aware of control measures to prevent physical contamination.
• Safety, Health and Environment Policy – Staff take reasonable measures to ensure health and safety hazards do not occur. Should an accident occur, staff shall be aware of the procedure of reporting the incident.
• First Aid Policy – Staff are aware of the first aider on site. Staff is trained to report injuries and illness to supervisors/first aiders.
• Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
• Maintains expected performance standards
• Enforce compliance with relevant legislative and statutory requirements
• Enforce GMP’s and conduct themselves in a manner conducive with food safety practices
• Attend Training and enforce learnings from the training for Quality, Food Safety and Health & Safety that been prescribed for them
• Be vigilant of food defense and food fraud risks
• Maintain a high level of housekeeping 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

Additional Region-Specific Accountabilities and Outputs

Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12 / Matric/Min National Diploma Food Tech, Analytical Chemistry
• 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 elevate 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

Verbal Communication

• 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 goal.