A Baking food manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu is looking for Quality Assurance Junior Executive . The role is suitable for professionals with 1–5 years of experience in quality assurance, food safety, production quality, or related functions within the bakery, confectionery, or food processing industry.
The selected candidates will be responsible for monitoring raw materials, packaging materials, production processes, finished products, hygiene, sanitation, food safety systems, and quality documentation. The position also involves supporting audits, CAPA, complaint investigations, microbiological testing, calibration, and continuous improvement activities.
Job Responsibilities
- Monitor in-process and finished product quality to ensure compliance with approved specifications and quality standards.
- Conduct raw material (RM) and packaging material (PM) quality inspections, approvals, and documentation through SAP.
- Ensure compliance with GMP, Good Hygiene Practices (GHP), food safety, and quality requirements throughout manufacturing operations.
- Monitor production process parameters and verify that critical quality requirements are maintained within defined limits.
- Conduct routine inspections of production areas, processing lines, equipment, and operational practices.
- Verify plant cleaning, sanitation, hygiene practices, and line clearance according to established schedules and procedures.
- Maintain accurate QA records, inspection reports, checklists, test results, and quality documentation.
- Support investigation of customer and internal quality complaints, including root cause analysis (RCA) and implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
- Monitor microbiological testing activities and ensure required samples are collected, tested, and documented.
- Coordinate and monitor factory pest control activities and verify compliance with food safety requirements.
- Verify the calibration status and performance of measuring, monitoring, and testing equipment.
- Monitor process controls and verify OPRPs (Operational Prerequisite Programs) and CCPs (Critical Control Points) at defined frequencies.
- Ensure proper recording and verification of CCP and OPRP monitoring results.
- Identify quality deviations, non-conformities, and food safety risks and escalate issues to the appropriate departments.
- Support internal, customer, regulatory, and external audits and assist in closing audit findings.
- Verify compliance with applicable food safety, quality, hygiene, and company standards.
- Conduct on-the-job training and awareness sessions for manufacturing employees on GMP, hygiene, food safety, and quality procedures.
- Participate in shelf-life evaluation and testing of food products and maintain relevant records.
- Support new product development (NPD) activities, including product trials and process evaluations.
- Assist with packaging plant trials, packaging material evaluations, and quality verification.
- Coordinate with Production, R&D, Maintenance, Warehouse, and other departments to resolve quality-related issues.
- Promote continuous improvement in product quality, food safety, hygiene, and manufacturing processes.
Job Qualifications
- B.Tech / B.Sc. in Food Technology, Food Science, Biotechnology, or a related discipline.
- 1–5 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Food Safety, or production quality.
- Candidates with experience in the bakery, confectionery, food processing, or FMCG food industry will be preferred.
- Good understanding of GMP, GHP, HACCP, food safety, quality control, and hygiene practices.
- Knowledge of CCPs, OPRPs, process controls, CAPA, RCA, and audit requirements.
- Familiarity with SAP-based quality inspection and approval processes will be an advantage.
- Ability to maintain accurate QA documentation and prepare quality reports.
- Good communication, observation, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to work in a food manufacturing/plant environment.
Key Skills
Quality Assurance | Quality Control | Food Safety | GMP | GHP | HACCP | CCP | OPRP | CAPA | Root Cause Analysis | SAP | Microbiological Testing | Pest Control | Calibration | Internal Audits | External Audits | Shelf-Life Testing | New Product Development | Packaging Trials | Food Processing | Bakery & Confectionery
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