QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) SPECIALIST - SLAUGHTERHOUSE PRODUCTION

Job Summary

The Quality Assurance Officer is responsible for maintaining the factory’s food-safety and quality-management systems. The role ensures that chicken and poultry products comply with company standards, customer specifications and applicable regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain food-safety and quality procedures.

• Maintain HACCP, GMP, sanitation, traceability and other quality-management programmes.

• Review quality records, production documents and monitoring results.

• Verify that critical control points and operational controls are properly monitored.

• Conduct internal audits of production, storage, hygiene and documentation practices.

• Ensure raw materials, finished products and packaging meet approved specifications.

• Review microbiological, chemical and product-testing results.

• Investigate customer complaints, product defects and food-safety incidents.

• Conduct root-cause analysis and coordinate corrective and preventive actions.

• Manage non-conforming products, including isolation, investigation and disposal approval.

• Coordinate product traceability exercises, mock recalls and actual recalls when required.

• Prepare for customer, certification and regulatory audits.

• Follow up on audit findings and ensure corrective actions are completed on time.

• Review supplier performance and support supplier approval assessments.

• Maintain controlled documents, specifications, procedures and quality records.

• Provide food-safety, hygiene and quality training to employees.

• Monitor changes in customer, certification and regulatory requirements.

• Work closely with QC, production, maintenance, warehouse and management teams.

• Report significant food-safety or compliance risks to management immediately.

• Perform other quality-assurance duties assigned by the QA Manager.

Requirements

• Diploma or degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, Quality Management or a related field.

• Experience in quality assurance within a poultry or food-processing factory is preferred.

• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, sanitation, traceability and food-safety management systems.

• Familiarity with poultry-processing operations and cold-chain requirements is an advantage.

• Good auditing, investigation and problem-solving skills.

• Strong documentation and report-writing abilities.

• Able to communicate effectively with employees, auditors, customers and regulatory officers.

• Detail-oriented, responsible and able to work independently.

• Willing to enter cold, wet and production environments when required.