Coega: Quality Assurance Analyst

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Quality Assurance Analyst to join our team at Coega, where they will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and safety of our products. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the full production process, from start to final product, while enforcing quality, safety, and food regulations to meet the satisfaction of our clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure quality by reducing product non-compliance to improve process efficiency.
• Ensure customer quality expectations are achieved by optimizing the service offered by the company.
• Guarantee compliance with GMP, Pest Control, Critical Control Points, and Safety.
• Ensure the standardization of operations.
• Provide information in a timely manner for decision-making on the IN site.
• Strengthen the quality assurance system by ensuring that quality relayed processes are carried out in a timely manner, minimizing deviations in the operation.
• Guarantee the correct functioning of the service.
• Ensure audits are carried out in a timely manner and provide support in the follow-up of non-conformities.
• Achieve full compliance with standards and regulatory requirements.
• Provide supplier development.
• Generate reliable suppliers.
• Ensure the quality of raw materials and supplies.
• Ensure adequate input standards are used to reduce the level of non-conformalities.
• Validate new inputs through adequate testing.
• Ensure adequate standards of sanitization in the plant to reduce the levels of non-conformities.
• Create and ensure standardization in the sanitation processes in the plant.
• Raise awareness and prevent accidents.
• Ensure the physical and mental integrity of our employees.
• Reduce the environmental impact caused by our operation.
• Ensure compliance with the quality standards established by our customers.
• Drive the culture of continuous improvement throughout the plant.

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience in Quality Assurance Systems of Food/Beverage Industries or Fruit Processing Plants or other related manufacturing industries.
• Experience in implementation of GFSI norms (BRC-FSCC22000-FSI).
• Experience in customer support.
• Training teams.
• Management of customer complaints.
• Management of internal non-compliance.
• Management of documentation (specifications and packaging specifications updated according to the production plan).
• Update mandatory indicators and area information systems (NC and Claims Management of the pest control program in operations).
• Tracking corrective actions.
• Support in external audits of clients and certifications.
• Supervision of execution of the Masterplan Quality control Supplies and Sanitization.
• Monitoring of CAPA, change controls, and deviations.

Qualifications

Relevant university degree or quality assurance diploma/courses.