Job Title: Packaging Quality ControllerDepartment: OperationsJob Purpose: To ensure effective quality control through the verification of scales and incubators, execution of the manufacturing start-up procedure, efficient packaging analysis, and inspections.Key Accountabilities and OutputsVerifications: Daily verifications of laboratory equipment.Manufacturing Start-Up Procedure: Check that the skew bar is set at the correct height, the barcode stickers and coding on bottles have the correct information and are legible.Check the torques on all capping heads.Check that labels, preforms, and closures conform to specifications.Report any non-conformances to the Line Supervisor and QC Supervisor.Authorize the line supervisor to proceed once start-up results have been passed.Packaging Analysis: Testing of preforms, such as height, weight, neck finish dimensions, and recording of batch numbers for traceability.Testing of blown bottles such as height, burst pressure, sectional weight, stress cracking, fill point capacity, drop test, visual inspections, wall thickness, base weight, neck finish dimensions.Testing of closures such as height, skew cap detection, outer diameter, inner seal, secure seal.Label inspections to ensure the application is correct on visual parameters such as bond line creep, damaged label graphics, flagged label, label placement gap, label repeat, misapplied/mismatched label, out of registration, torn label, wrinkled label, visible glue.Testing of labels for glue application.Rinse Residue Tests: Inspection of the date and batch code applications to ensure it is legible and correct.Rinse Pressure Inspections: Inspection of barcode stickers to ensure compliance with the product running on the line.Shrink Wrapping: Inspection of shrink wrapping.Tension Force Measurements: Conducting tension force measurements on palletized products.Documentation and Record Keeping: Raising non-conformances to the QC Supervisor.Isolation of non-conforming product/packaging.Sampling: Ensure that the correct number of samples are taken for the relevant departments such as QC, QA, Retention, and Micro.Adherence to health, safety, food, and environmental standards.Ensure visitors and contractors are signed in, escorted, and wear PPE.Maintain high levels of personal hygiene in accordance with the code of conduct.Ensure proper handwashing procedures are followed.Be aware of physical contamination control measures.Report incidents and injuries according to safety policies.Attend training and enforce learnings from the training for Quality, Food Safety, and Health & Safety.Maintain a high level of housekeeping within the work environment.Qualifications and ExperienceGrade 12 / Matric / Minimum National Diploma in Food Tech or Analytical Chemistry.Up to 3 years' experience in operational execution within FMCG; Bottling Equipment.
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