Technical Assistant

SUMMARY:
Technical Assistant – Northern Suburbs, Cape Town
Food Manufacturing | Technical / Quality / Food Safety
Full-time | On-site

Our client, a well-established gourmet food manufacturing business based in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town, is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Technical Assistant to support the Technical Manager across all food safety, quality, and technical functions within the factory environment.

This role plays a key part in maintaining food safety systems, supporting audits, managing documentation, and ensuring compliance with statutory, customer, and certification requirements.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in maintaining and reviewing the FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management System
• Support end-to-end food safety and quality management across the production lifecycle
• Assist with customer requirements, product specifications, and documentation control
• Support factory trials in line with customer and best-practice standards
• Participate in raw material management, including sensory evaluations
• Assist with investigation of customer complaints and rejections using root cause analysis
• Support audits and regulatory inspections alongside the Technical Manager
• Assist in maintaining supplier quality assurance systems
• Support training and development initiatives within the factory
• Ensure all manufactured products have the required technical documentation in place

• BTech or BSc in Food Technology or Food Science
• ISO 22000 Internal Auditor certification (Lead Auditor advantageous)
• Training in HACCP, PRPs, and Food Safety systems
• 2–3 years’ experience in a similar technical or food safety role (advantageous)
• Good understanding of microbiology and food manufacturing processes
• Experience in the meat industry would be advantageous
• Strong attention to detail and documentation control skills
• Good communication, teamwork, and time management abilities
• Training in OHS and firefighting would be advantageous