Quality Control Chemist

Ali Bin Ali – Qatar

Doha, Qatar

Qualification & Experience:

• University degree in food science or chemistry is a must
• Awareness of ISO, HACCP, Health & Food safety and environmental regulations.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar position
• Nut manufacturing experience is a must
• Language and proficiency – Fluent in English is must and Arabic could be advantages.
• Computer proficiency level – working knowledge in MS Office suite and ERP

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Managing Food Safety and Hygiene Monitoring Systems.
• Provides technical guidance on the purchase of Raw, Packaging materials & quality related instruments.
• Standardize and implement testing methods for incoming raw materials, finished products and packaging material in terms of chemical, physical and microbiology aspects.
• Responsible for maintaining specifications and develop an audit system to ensure plant operations are meeting proper specifications.
• Preparation & Implementing Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and Standard Sanitary Operations Procedures (SSOPs).
• Conducting internal audits related to food hygiene.
• Coordinating with external team for the implementation & certification of HACCP/ISO
• Conduct supplier’s audit to list out the approved suppliers.
• Conducting and coordinating internal /external training related to food safety /Hygiene.
• Providing the on-job training regularly and when an issue comes out.
• Enforce and ensure proper plant Sanitation and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) by maintaining continuous inspections.
• Preparation of Raw material / Finished product specifications by referring the supplier documents and international standards.
• Preparation all quality related procedures and implementation of same.
• Monitoring and maintaining the plant and employee’s hygiene and safety during the operations.
• Inspection of Raw, Finished & Packaging materials at the right time and preparing the report accordingly
• Inspection of Market return items, proposing the action plan for rework and follow up on same till releasing for the sale.
• Attending the customer complaint and close out the issue by providing required documents and taking the needful action internally.
• Attending the external party and Local Authority audit and propose the required corrective actions.
• Ensuring Municipality / legal requirements are following properly without any violations
• Coordinates with the production department for QC related issues
• During production perform all the specified Laboratory tests on line samples at the frequency specified in the Standards
• Solves basic quality problems within prescribed guidelines to ensure final product integrity
• Documents obtained test results in the quality sheets as mentioned in the Standards.
• Ensures all arrived raw material are within specifications by performing quality checks and document the results.
• Performs quality test on in the in line production and finished goods according to the procedures and frequency specified in the Standards.
• Monitors finished product packaging integrity/date coding.
• Calibrates and documents the Lab equipments per frequency specified in the Standards.
• Ensures proper storage of raw materials, finished goods, rotation “FIFO” and expiring units.
• Reports to maintenance department any equipment -malfunctions.
• Strictly adheres to Food safety and Hygiene policy & procedures.
• Ensures that proper housekeeping has been carried out in the plant.
• Responsible to ensure all internal food audits are completed in the agreed timelines
• Handles all production and quality related customer complaints (follow escalation process)
• Coordinates with third party vendors to ensure that sanitation and Pest control activities are done as per agreed schedules
• Responsible in assisting the audit requirements by External audit and governing bodies including certification bodies.
• Responsible for the Health & Food safety procedures are implemented on individuals and visitors to the Plant i.e. provides the safety clothing, ensures relevant documentation is completed, etc.
• Responsible for making of policy, implementation on individuals and visitors to the Plant.
• Development ,implementation & Maintain food safety management system
• Development Evaluation and Maintaining Food Defense programme
• Conducting internal audit, Visitor hygiene assessment and personal hygiene assessment with record maintaining
• Pest controlling and maintain effective integrated pest management system
• Maintain food safety training records & identify the training requirements.
• Gathers and analyses easily available quality related data in order to facilitate decision making at the next level.
• Identifies needs for quality improvement and provides suggestions for innovative solutions.
• Analyze Food safety trends and recommends the output to next level of management for corrective/preventive action.
• Identify needs for Food safety and hygiene improvement and provide suggestions for innovative solutions.