Lab Coordinator/ Manager

SUMMARY:
Junior Laboratory Manager/ Coordinator
The incumbent will be responsible in providing technical service and support to Operations by ensuring Quality Checks and Standards Conformance and Food Safety Adherence in the Transfer/ Blending/ Testing of Yeast production stream and normal Laboratory Duties.
Admin: data Collection/Recording/Data Capture/Filing/ Ordering of consumables/ Invoice payments. Creating COC's & COA's for IDY's, Specialities & Nutrients. Tanker / Stock recon spread sheets. Filing of Certificates, Worksheets, Temp charts. Sending and receiving ad hoc samples for testing between business units

POSITION INFO:

Lab Activities/Analyses & Responsibilities: coordinate all analyses on IDY, Cream, BDY and specialities.
Preparation of salt solutions for Lab & Drying Plant. Daily sample collection & analysis from Cream loading, Drying, BCY and Packaging. Coordinate testing of molasses / effluent. Cultures preparation and slant stock take. Archiving of retention samples. Coordinate vitamin and nutrient makeup and recording of usages variances. Effective organization of cold room and retention library.
Product testing against specification: accurate & precise testing against published validated work instructions / reporting of deviations and propose areas for improvement.
Test Equipment Calibration: equipment calibration/ring test analysis to ensure accuracy of analyses in addition to normalizing and variation between ring tests.
B.Sc. Microbiology
Min 2 years’ lab supervisor / co-ordinator or related experience in production environment