ROSAN KOIRALA
Hillbank,SA
Summary
Skilled quality officer with abilities in determining, negotiating, and agreeing on quality procedures and specifications. Adept at writing technical reports and determining training needs. Proficient in monitoring performance and directing objectives to maximise profitability.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Food Technologist
Balfours Bakery, San Remo Company
2021.09 - Current
Food Technologist
San Remo Macaroni Company
2022.01 - 2022.04
- Training production operators on food safety, storage of allergens and GMP practices
- Performing Shelf-life testing
- Using FoodWorks to modify existing recipes and create NIP
- Investing customer complaints and responding accordingly
- Assisting with external audits SQF, RSPO, HALAL
- Performing environmental swabs (TPC, Listeria, Clean Trace)
- Updating production forms and SOPs
- Participating in daily toolbox meeting and quarterly management meetings
- Assisting in mock recall exercises
- Sending finished product for microbiology and chemical testing
- Performing heating and cooling validations of all products
- Managing calibration and verification of scales and thermometers
- Completing NIP, allergen and ingredient declaration information
- Performing Internal Audits (GMP, Glass and hard plastic)
- Raising NCR
- Contacting suppliers if there's issue with ingredients
- Generating COA and sending it to customer
- Checking artwork to see if it meets current regulation
- Investing production issues raised by management and production
- Liaising through management and laboratories to ensure all legal requirements of product are met
Quality Assurance Officer
Inghams Enterprises
2019.11 - 2021.08
- Performing Total Plate Count, Listeria and Protein swabs of environmental areas, including scheduled areas
- Performing oil-free Fatty Acid (FFA) titration test daily to ensure FFAs are within limit
- Performing Chemical test to ensure cleaning chemicals meet standards
- Investigating Code Red Incidents with Production Supervisors, Maintenance and Production Managers
- Calibrating equipment such as thermometers, scales, pH meters, and other processing equipment
- Completing Customer Complaint Investigations and ensuring prompt and adequate corrective action
- Doing sensory analysis of products
- Doing Internal Audits (GMP, Glass and Hard Plastic) regularly and reporting any issues to maintenance
- Assisting QA team during external audits
- Conducting pre-operational checks to ensure production line is clean before start of production
- Training Operators for pre-operational Checks
- Raising any Corrective Action Requests (CARs) to cleaners if non-conformances are found
- Responsible for keeping track of all retention samples
- Placing product on QA hold if there is any issue in production that affects quality and releasing product from QA hold status
- Inspecting all aspect of production areas
- Sorting out QC documents of all production areas, checking CCPs and signing document
- Assisting production with any quality-related issues
- Working alone on night shift as QA personnel with minimal to no supervision
Education
Bachelor of Food And Nutrition Science -
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, SA11.2023
Diploma of Food Science and Technology -
TAFE SA
Adelaide, SA11.2020
Skills
- Good Understanding of Food Standards Code Australia New Zealand
- Good knowledge in Food Safety and Pathogen Control
- Report analysis
- Advanced Excel spreadsheet functions
- Food quality assessments
- Quality processes
- Operational improvements
- Statistical analysis skills
- Familiarity with quality standards
- Packaging and labeling knowledge
Referees
Liz Pillman
Quality Assurance Coordinator
Balfours Bakery
Contact Details Available Upon Request
Charuni Manthriratne
Quality Assurance Supervisor
Inghams Enterprises
Contact Details Available Upon Request
Timeline
Food Technologist
San Remo Macaroni Company
2022.01 - 2022.04
Food Technologist
Balfours Bakery, San Remo Company
2021.09 - Current
Quality Assurance Officer
Inghams Enterprises
2019.11 - 2021.08
Bachelor of Food And Nutrition Science -
University of Adelaide
Diploma of Food Science and Technology -
TAFE SA
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