Microbiologist
Operations
Accountable for operation of own work area or as a member of a team, as well as for quality, standards and outputs within defined work routines and policies.
Job Purpose
To conduct microbiological sampling and analysis throughout the production process.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
Aseptic Sampling
Treated water, ingredients, final syrups and final products
Swabs
Air plates
Analysis
Treated water, ingredients, final syrups and final products
Swabs
Air
Product Shelf Life Analysis
Performs secondary confirmation tests
Incubation of analysed samples
Sub culturing of live bacteria cultures
Documentation and Record Keeping
Interpretation of results
Recording of results
Generates Trends for micro results
General Reporting
Raises any out of spec result with QA Supervisor
Issues isolation/ release instructions to the DC in consultation with Quality Manager
Reports any faulty equipment to QC Supervisor
Raises any emerging trends that might have potential food safety risks
Trouble shooting/investigations on ingredients, environmental or processing risk related issues
Enforces Good Lab Practices
Enforce Food Safety Requirements
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
Qualifications and Experience
National Diploma / NQF 6 in Food (Essential)
Upto 3 years experience (Operational Execution) Technical, FMCG
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 escalate 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 goals
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