Quality Assurance Executive – Food Production

About the role

The Quality Assurance Executive will lead the implementation and monitoring of quality standards at our potato‑chip production plant. You will ensure that raw potatoes, processing parameters, and finished products meet stringent specifications while minimizing waste and customer complaints.

Key responsibilities

• Verify that potatoes issued for production meet standard specifications and conduct Cook Tests to assess color, defects, and greening.
• Provide status reports to the Agro Department and decide lot acceptance or rejection.
• Perform regular Cook Tests (every 15 days) on stored potatoes and conduct online quality checks during shifts.
• Inspect machine parameters (peelers, fryers, slicers, conveyors, seasoning tumblers) and ensure they stay within defined ranges.
• Monitor peel quality, slice thickness, moisture, seasoning levels, and anti‑foaming agent usage.
• Record dwell times, conduct oil quality analysis (FFA, OV, PV, foreign materials, specific gravity) and manage oil blending decisions.
• Evaluate fried chips for TPD parameters (percentage oil, soft‑centered chips, blisters, dark flakes, clusters) and measure bulk density, moisture, and dimensions for non‑PC products.
• Lead corrective actions, provide feedback to operators, and maintain GMP, GHK GLP, HACCP, AIB, and internal/external audit compliance.

Required profile

• Experience in food‑industry quality assurance or quality control.
• Strong knowledge of GMP, GHK GLP, HACCP, and AIB standards.
• Ability to conduct analytical tests, interpret results, and implement corrective actions.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills in a high‑volume production environment.

Required skills

• GMP compliance
• GHK GLP knowledge
• HACCP implementation
• AIB audit experience
• Cook Test methodology
• Hunter Color Test
• Oil quality analysis (FFA, OV, PV)
• Quality inspection and visual assessment

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape quality culture in a fast‑growing snack manufacturing plant.
• Hands‑on experience with state‑of‑the‑art processing equipment.
• Collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement.