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Mahlatse Trevor Muila

Mahlatse Trevor Muila

Food Technologist
Tulbagh,Western cape

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Full Time

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Important To Me

Career advancementWork-life balanceCompany CulturePersonal development programsFlexible work hoursTeam Building / Company RetreatsHealthcare benefits

Summary

Food technologist with 5 years' experience in FMCG Industry, Ready meals, Meat and vegetable canning plant and Fruits canning plant. Have vast experience in Hygiene, Food Safety, conducting factory trial and Quality Management, internal Auditing. Dynamic and motivated with a proven track record of managing projects and assisting in trial reports and process improvement resulting in higher efficiency and continuous cost-cutting. Experienced with quality control and assurance techniques, ensuring product reliability and compliance. Utilizes strong analytical skills and methodical approaches to identify and resolve issues. Track record of effective teamwork and adherence to industry standards.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Quality Assurance Technologist

RFG FOODS
11.2023 - Current
  • HACCP Team member
  • Coordinating the Food Safety Culture Program where applicable
  • Ensuring site compliance to quality and food safety management system.
  • Assist in implementing hygiene and sanitation program including pest control.
  • Assisting in implementing and maintaining the calibration schedule.
  • Assisting in validations and verification of process controls and sanitation controls.
  • Investigating customer complaints and ensure that corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
  • Assisting in reviewing of system documents where required
  • Verifying of quality control records
  • Conducting training on site as required
  • Conducting Internal Audits and ensure closure of nonconformances raised. Trend where applicable
  • Assisting the Technical Manager in External Audits ensuring that all systems documents are up to date and assist in closing out non-conformances raised during these audits.
  • Completing projects as assigned by the Technical Manager
  • Conducting cleaning validations

Food Technologist

RFG FOODS
09.2020 - 10.2023
  • Customer complaint investigation
  • Conducting trial for new products and writing reports
  • Carry out GMP, Internal Audits and write reports, do follows up on corrective actions and preventative actions.
  • Supervision of WIL students
  • Train staff on food safety and culture transformation
  • Responsible for internal pest control and communicating with external pest control service provider.
  • Conduct validation of CCP annually and on new products
  • Conducting mock recall exercise of products
  • Sending final products for analysis as required
  • Sign -off daily quality control documentation
  • Complete daily checklist as needed
  • Conduct daily sensory evaluation
  • Report any non-conformance to management
  • Isolate and release product on holds
  • Ensuring that allergen management at processing areas and spice room is adhered to.
  • Prepare management reviews, to enable management to make informed decision on quality issues.
  • Conducting daily cleaning inspection
  • Conducting daily housekeeping and cleaning inspection
  • Responsible for managing CIP cleaning.
  • Take environmental swabs and hand swabs as per schedule weekly.
  • Sampling of raw materials as per schedule for micro analysis
  • Interpreting all micro results from the lab and reporting deviations to the Quality manager
  • Monitoring pests and rodents and reporting activities to external pest control service provide
  • Conducting trial and writing reports

QC Supervisor

RFG FOODS
07.2022 - 12.2022
  • Managing online QC inspector
  • Conduct weekly organoleptic testing of final products and compile report to all departments.
  • Compliance to food safety legislation, regulation, and HACCP certification.
  • Ensure quality products are produced through regular checks on packaging against pre-determined standards.
  • Ensuring that all final products produced, raw and packaging materials are within specification.
  • Assist in root cause analysis and problem solving with regards to quality and food safety issues.
  • Ensuring adherence to all Health and Safety related requirements
  • Conduct on the job training of department staff and deem competent.
  • Sign off daily quality control documentation.
  • Complete daily checklist as needed.
  • Report any non-conformance to management in a timely manner.
  • Conducting a test panel of the final product before being released to the market
  • Conducting test panel

Intern Quality Control

Papa's food
Killarney Gardens
06.2017 - 06.2018
  • Cleaning inspection
  • Cleaning verification swabs
  • Random Temperature checks during production
  • Monitoring adherence to Good Manufacturing Practice, food safety and product standards
  • Daily plant inspection
  • Checking final products if they conform to specification.
  • Scale calibration and verification
  • Final products Sampling
  • Refrigerator checks
  • Supervision of raw material movement from receiving to storage area
  • Ensure adherence and maintenance of QMS/ Food management system/HACCP
  • Customer complaint investigation
  • Conducting trial for new products and writing reports
  • Ensure compliance with food safety protocols, legislation, and customer requirements.
  • Part of Food Safety team.

Education

BSc - Molecular and Life sciences

University of Limpopo

B-Tech - Food Technology

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Skills

  • Excellent technical skills
  • Good numerical skills
  • Understanding of statistics
  • Leadership and coaching skills
  • Planning and organisation skills
  • Communication and interpersonal skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Meeting deadlines
  • Communicate with Service providers
  • Training of Staff & WIL students
  • Team Player

Teamwork and collaboration

Time management

Attention to detail

Problem-solving abilities

Cleaning and sanitizing

Reliability

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Quality issue identification

Adaptability and flexibility

Decision-making

Safety compliance

Relationship building

Safety procedures

Computer proficiency

Quality control data compilation

Reporting skills

Finished goods inspection

Self motivation

Product knowledge

Technical troubleshooting

Professionalism

Staff training

Laboratory equipment calibration

Corrective actions

Record keeping

Continuous improvement

Quality assurance

Calibration

Sampling procedures

Equipment calibration

Root-cause analysis

Leadership Experience

  • Mentoring of staff and WIL students
  • Motivating team
  • Training team
  • Providing guidance and training on hygiene and food safety procedures
  • I serve as a team leader in the labelling area

Professional Courses

  • Complete course in Canning
  • Double seam Evaluation
  • IBL Woolworths virtual Hygienic Design Workshop
  • Pest control training certificate
  • Implementing and Maintaining HACCP (Codex Alimentarius) using ISO 22000:2018, SANS 10330:2020 & BRCGS your food safety culture
  • Understanding & Implementing Environmental Management systems: ISO 14001

Professional Development Plan - Activities

  • Visited the RFG Fruit Products facility in Eswatini to enhance understanding of food canning processes, spending a week immersed in learning about fruit processing techniques.
  • I want to further my studies next year 2025.

Personal Development Plan - Activities

  • Joined Tulbagh Parkrun
  • Participated in 10 Km Rhode marathon
  • Reading personal development Books

Personal Information

  • Title: Quality Assurance Technologist
  • Driving License: C1

Certification

Double seam evaluation

  • Principle of internal Auditing
  • Pest control
  • Implementing and Maintaining HACCP
  • Double Seam Evaluation
  • A complete course in Canning

Accomplishments

  • Led succcesful implementation of food safety culture programs across multiple production sites, improving staff engagement and complience
  • conducted and documented factory trial for new products contributing to process optimization and cost reduction
  • played a key role in internal and external audit readiness -ensuring systems were up to date and non-conformances were resolved efficiently
  • Managed hygiene and sanitation programs, including pest control and cleaning validation, resulting in improving Audit scores and reduced contamination
  • Visited RFG Fruit products in Eswatini for hands on learning in fruit canning process , expanding technical expertise
  • completed multiple industry-recognized certifications , including HACCP,ISO2200, 14001 , Hygiene Design workshops, Principle of Internal Auditing and A complete course in Canning

Quote

"The illiterate of the twenty first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn,unlearn, and relearn" Alvin Toffler

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Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Tshivenda
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Xitsonga
Upper intermediate (B2)
Sepedi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Setswana
Upper intermediate (B2)
SeSotho
Upper intermediate (B2)
isiXhosa
Upper intermediate (B2)
isiZulu
Upper intermediate (B2)
Afrikaans
Elementary (A2)

Timeline

Quality Assurance Technologist

RFG FOODS
11.2023 - Current

QC Supervisor

RFG FOODS
07.2022 - 12.2022

Food Technologist

RFG FOODS
09.2020 - 10.2023

Intern Quality Control

Papa's food
06.2017 - 06.2018

BSc - Molecular and Life sciences

University of Limpopo

B-Tech - Food Technology

Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Mahlatse Trevor MuilaFood Technologist