Lead Auditor – Food Safety

Mission of the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Execution of food audits as per-standard procedure for various standards (GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, FSSAI, 2nd party audits etc)
• Execution of trainings as per-standard procedure for various Food Standards
• Submission of audit reports, trainings packs as per defined TAT.
• Developments and executions of new audits/ trainings modules as per requirements
• Acting for compliance against accreditation requirements
• Supporting Sales team with customer referral and business meeting

Qualifications, Experience and Technical Skills

• The auditor has a degree (or equivalent qualification) in a food or bio science related discipline
• Experience in the food or associated industry including at least 2 years’ full-time work in quality assurance or food safety functions in food production or manufacturing, retailing, inspection or enforcement or the equivalent. (For food safety and quality consultancy experience in a food or associated industry can be used to meet a maximum of 6 months of the work experience requirement. The number of man-days of consultancy provided shall be equivalent to the duration allocated towards work experience). 3rd party audit experience within the food industry will be considered as relevant work experience.
• The auditor has completed Food Safety Management System Lead Auditor Training – minimum duration of 40 hours (5 days); or ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training (minimum 40 hours) and ISO 22000 or FSSC 22000 conversion course or ISO 22000 Foundation Self-study course.
• Successful completion of minimum 2 days (Minimum 8 hours in a day) HACCP training along with exam
• Successful completion of Food Fraud and Food Defence training including an exam (Specific to FSSC)
• Knowledge on applicable Country specific Food regulation