Amandeep Kaur Toor
Victoria Park,WA
Summary
Skilled in ensuring product quality and compliance with BRC, AIB, HACCP, and RSPO standards. Experienced in drafting SOPs, conducting audits, and managing corrective actions. Proficient in traceability, recall exercises, and preparing for both internal and external audits. Strong focus on process improvements, documentation accuracy, and maintaining high-quality production standards.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Technician
Noonans Bakery
04.2023 - Current
- Verifying all the production paperwork
- Draft and implement SOP's, work instruction and production paper work with each change or introduction of new process
- Participate in the close-out of Corrective Action Reports (CAR's) and implement corrective action.
- Coordinating and participating in traceability, recall and withdrawal exercises
- Raising corrective action, maintenance request, and non- conformances as required
- Conduct GMP audit, Glass and brittle plastic audit and Sharp metal audit
- Verification of COA or COC
- Conduct internal audits and prepare for external audits, ensuring the facility meets required standards
- Handled site alone for 6 weeks and Unannounced BRC audit ( QA Manager on annual leave)
- Helped uncover and fix production problems in order to reduce overall defect rates
- staff training
- Evaluated samples against standards by completing measurements, visual inspections, and other established tests
- Prepare the trend analysis for pest reports
- Conduct the swabbing for microbial testing
QUALITY CONTROL OFFICER
Mt. Barker Chicken
07.2021 - 03.2023
- Conduct pre-operation inspections and perform microbiological swabbing to ensure production areas are cleaned and ready for production to start
- Ensure refrigeration and product temperatures are met or exceed expectations
- Test and record water temperature and chemical levels
- Inspect incoming goods including chicken and pork carcasses and value adding materials for compliance to specifications and temperature limits
- Conduct food quality inspections through visual and organoleptic evaluation of meat samples against standards for colour, aroma, texture and appearance
- Ensure Critical Control Points (CCPs) are met for critical process, including monitoring of cooking and cooling temperatures
- Conduct internal audits and assist management team with external audits
- Conduct shelf life assessments and extend shelf life based on organoleptic and microbial assessments
- Assist with launching of new products and provide training to food handlers for GMP and HACCP
- Conduct loose item bag audits as scheduled
- Ensure all KPI’s are recorded daily
- Ensure all products are made to the correct specification as per finished product specifications, including testing of pH, Modified Atmosphere Gas concentrations, temperature, weight, and seal integrity
- Conduct and issue daily reports for Pre-operational Hygiene and GMP
- Label inspections (customer and legislative requirements are met)
- Inspect WIP product
- Perform calibration checks on thermometers, ray guns and other monitoring equipment
- Assist in the investigation of customer complaints and verification of corrective action
- Other Quality department duties as required.
Quality Assurance Officer
Packing Station
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Inspect raw materials to ensure consistency and integrity
- Creating and managing the labels according to customer specifications and FSANZ
- Checking GMP on site and daily inspection
- Maintain a “Floor presence” as an auditor of quality throughout the processing facility
- Doing quality checks on the outgoing products to confirm the safety and hygiene
- Make decisions concerning product quality, including shutting down line when processes do not confirm to specifications
- Checking and keeping the record of retention samples
- Doing online assessments on muddy boots for customers and suppliers
- Calibration of equipment’s including thermometer and weighing machine
- Ensure product confirms to specifications.
Quality Assurance Assistance
Granny’s Pies and cakes
06.2019 - 07.2019
- HACCP development for savory products
- Contacting the suppliers
- Checking on site and daily inspection
- Prepared allergen charts
- Checking the best before and shelf life of raw materials
- Checking the temperatures of all freezers and chillers
- Risk assesment
Quality Assurance officer
Milk plant, S.A.S Nagar
06.2016 - 12.2016
- Sampling of milk and milk products for various analysis
- Microbial and chemical analysis of milk and milk products
- Packaging material sampling and its analysis
- Final product testing to meet the finish product requirements
- Check on site, in process product to meet the labelling and weighing requirements
- Supervising operation team in day to day production activities and on job training to them for effective operations
- Co-ordination with QA manager and production manager in quality management system implementation process and ensure existing
- Reporting daily and weekly reports with quality manager for learning outcomes
- Providing in house training to workers regarding food safety, maintenance of hygiene and GMP for better productivity and quality.
Education
Master of Science - Food Sciences And Technology
Curtin University
Perth, WA05.2020
Bachelor of Science - Food Technology
Lovely Professional University
05.2016
Skills
- Computer skills - proficient in Microsoft Office applications including advanced EXCEL skills, creating presentations and word documents
- Creative thinker- as demonstrated by working as quality technician and quality control officer
- Communication skills - excellent oral and written communication skills achieved during work
- Leadership skills - developed through experience in staff training
- Teamwork - successfully worked with a variety of teams
- Analytical skills - Developed through working in food industry and study
- Ability to adopt new things in short time
- Proactive approach
- Can do attitude
- Quality Management Processes
Languages
English
Full Professional
Punjabi
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Hobbies
- Cooking
- Travelling
- Reading
Certification
Participate in a HACCP team
Timeline
Quality Technician
Noonans Bakery
04.2023 - Current
QUALITY CONTROL OFFICER
Mt. Barker Chicken
07.2021 - 03.2023
Quality Assurance Officer
Packing Station
05.2021 - 07.2021
Quality Assurance Assistance
Granny’s Pies and cakes
06.2019 - 07.2019
Quality Assurance officer
Milk plant, S.A.S Nagar
06.2016 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science - Food Technology
Lovely Professional University
Participate in a HACCP team
Master of Science - Food Sciences And Technology
Curtin University
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