Key Duties&Responsibilities: • Maintain BRCGS Packaging Materials and SEDEX certification. • Audit and report on BRC compliance at other facilities, including JHB, Busmark, Range Road, and others. • Oversee laboratory operations. • Ensure consistent product quality. • Handle customer complaints and non-conformances. • Manage document control processes. • Stay updated on food laws and regulations, ensuring facility and product compliance. • Provide actionable solutions to complex quality and food safety issues using advanced technical knowledge and extensive experience. • Participate in regular meetings with the Production Management Team to discuss quality and sanitation improvements, set goals, and establish project timelines. • Coordinate product trials with production and NPD, and document results. • Conduct hygiene/housekeeping, GMP, sanitation, and safety inspections; plan and arrange environmental monitoring, calibration, and pest control. • Handle the Health and Safety budget, including preparing and managing expenditures. • Draft, implement, document, maintain, monitor, and measure the health, safety, and environmental management system. • Examine ways to improve health and safety standards and review/update safety plans, policies, procedures, and company manuals. • Perform Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions. • Maintain health and safety standards in compliance with legal matters, advise on SHE issues, and liaise with statutory/auditing bodies. Qualifications&Experience required: • Relevant degree from an accredited institution. • Comprehensive knowledge of BRC standards and procedures, with verifiable proof of experience and achievements. • Proficiency in Syspro, maintenance, and quality assurance. • Certified training in HACCP and internal auditing. • Thorough understanding of quality assurance methodologies and standards. • Extensive knowledge of safety management systems and regulatory requirements. • Exceptional attention to detail and a results-driven mindset. Posted 2024-08-26 #J-18808-Ljbffr