QA Executive

QA Executive

Location: Chikkagubbi, Karnataka, India
Department: QA
Employment type: Permanent, full-time
Experience: 1–2 years in poultry or seafood processing, RTE/RTC or frozen-food manufacturing, or an industrial kitchen
Education: B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Food Technology, Microbiology, Life Sciences, or Fisheries

Role overview

Manage factory QA activities and support the QA team in maintaining product quality, food safety, and documentation throughout processing operations. The role involves working with fish, meat, seafood, and vegetables in a processing environment, with flexible working hours and occasional travel.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor product quality across the process flow and verify that process-control parameters are followed and documented.
• Implement and improve FSMS, SOPs, SSOPs, Quality Control Plans, HACCP plans, inline QA documents, and related records.
• Inspect products and processes to ensure compliance with food-safety standards, GMP, health and safety policies, and applicable legal requirements.
• Conduct process evaluations, internal audits, and testing; maintain documentation for raw materials, packaging, finished goods, GMP, COAs, and audits.
• Identify non-conformities and coordinate timely corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Monitor external microbiology testing, sampling, and reporting, and oversee calibration of measuring and testing instruments.
• Evaluate and audit suppliers and vendors, assess raw materials and finished products, and collaborate with procurement on supplier improvement.
• Support finished-product and raw-material release, regulatory inspections, corporate audits, and disposition of nonconforming materials.
• Deliver food-safety and quality training to factory, delivery, retail, and QA teams; prepare materials and maintain training records.
• Support customer complaint investigations, conduct root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and prepare review reports and QA dashboards.
• Track quality KPIs and food-safety performance, and report data and trends to management.
• Visit suppliers, hubs, and retail outlets for audits, QA implementation, and training; travel within the region and nationally as required.
• Identify process-improvement opportunities and work with the FSMS team to implement improvements.

Requirements

• Relevant experience in poultry or seafood processing, RTE/RTC or frozen-food manufacturing, or an industrial kitchen.
• Working knowledge of FSMS, HACCP, audits, food safety, and manufacturing.
• Basic MS Office skills.
• Proficiency in a regional language, English, and Hindi.
• Willingness to work with animal and vegetable products, work flexible hours, travel at short notice, and learn and document quality procedures.