Job Description

Our client is seeking a Quality Manager to join their team. The successful incumbent will be responsible to ensure compliance with industry and legislative quality standards; ensuring that systems and procedures operated within the business align with the requirements of HACCP, NRCS and EU requirements
Location: Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha
Job type: On-site
Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct product compliance tests for purposes of export sampling and certification of white fish and other species.
• Drive quality awareness strategy in the plant by leading the HACCP team and coordinating cross-functional engagement on quality issues and solutions.
• Set customer service standards ensuring that the product or service provided is fit for purpose and meets all customer and legislative requirements.
• Drive implementation of the quality management system by evaluating adequacy of standards, conducting regular audits, monitoring compliance, and providing expert advice as required.
• Conduct training on revised quality and food safety principles; further updating stakeholders on tools and techniques to enable achievement of quality standards.
• Conduct a mock recall of product defects in preparation for the actual recall.
• Conduct annual management reviews and set up documentation procedures.
• Ensure that all employees handling fish products are subjected to medical surveillance assessments.
• Manage conduct and behaviour of team members, further ensuring that they are motivated to deliver required outcomes consistently.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 and a minimum National Diploma in Food Technology
• Certificate in Quality Management
• More than 5 years working as a senior quality specialist or quality engineer within a quality management environment
• Knowledge of Food safety standards, Microbiology and exposure to NRCS inspection procedures as well as governing industry legislation
• Knowledge of HACCP
• Knowledge of External regulators and Service Providers (NRCS, EU export compliance, HACCP, DEFF and MSC).
• Knowledge on use of TRACES system
• Valid Drivers Licence
• Own transport

Should meet the above criteria, we invite you to apply directly to the advertisement. Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks of application, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful