Assistant Quality Manager

Department: Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Industry: Retorted Ready-to-Eat Foods – Curries, Rice, Pasta & Grains
Reports To: Quality Manager / Head – Quality Assurance

Job Purpose

To support and maintain the Food Safety & Quality Management System (FSQMS), ensuring compliance with certification standards, regulatory/customer requirements, retort process controls, GMP, and product quality requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Certification & FSQMS: Handle and maintain BRCGS, FSSC 22000, ISO, SQF and other applicable certifications, including documentation, compliance, gap assessment, audit preparation and CAPA closure.
• Food Safety Audits: Actively participate in certification, customer, regulatory and third-party audits and ensure timely closure of observations/non-conformities.
• Internal Audits: Plan and conduct internal audits as per the annual audit schedule and follow up on corrective actions.
• GMP & Hygiene: Conduct monthly GMP audits, monitor hygiene and sanitation compliance, issue observations and verify corrective-action closure.
• Retort Process Compliance: Monitor critical processing requirements for retorted RTE products, including preparation, filling, sealing, retorting and packaging. Review critical process records and ensure compliance with approved process specifications.
• In-Process Deviations: Investigate process/product deviations, control non-conforming products, perform root-cause analysis and implement CAPA.
• Customer Complaints: Investigate customer/consumer complaints, review batch and processing records, identify root causes, implement CAPA and maintain complaint trends.
• HACCP & Food Safety Programs: Support HACCP/Food Safety Plan, allergen management, traceability, recall, food defense, food fraud, pest control, sanitation and other prerequisite programs.
• Documentation: Maintain and update SOPs, specifications, formats, quality records, audit documents and certification-related documentation.
• Traceability & Recall: Conduct/participate in traceability exercises, mock recalls and verification of batch documentation.
• Training: Conduct GMP, hygiene, HACCP, food safety and SOP-related training for employees.
• Quality Monitoring: Monitor and report quality KPIs including complaints, deviations, GMP scores, audit findings, CAPA and product non-conformities.

Qualification & Experience

Qualification: B.Tech/M.Tech/M.Sc. in Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology, Biotechnology or related field.

Experience: Preferably 3–5 years in Quality Assurance/Food Safety, preferably in retorted, thermally processed or ready-to-eat food manufacturing.

Preferred Training: HACCP, Internal Auditor/Lead Auditor, BRCGS/FSSC/SQF, PCQI and/or BPCS.

Key Skills

Strong knowledge of FSQMS, BRCGS/FSSC/SQF, HACCP, GMP, retort processing, internal auditing, CAPA, root-cause analysis, complaint handling, documentation and food safety compliance.

Pay: ₹19,541.55 - ₹60,738.00 per month

Benefits:

• Food provided
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person