Lead Auditor – Food Safety

Job Description

Lead Auditor – Food Safety
Cotecna is a leading provider of testing, inspection and certification services. Founded in Switzerland in 1974, Cotecna started off as a family business and has now grown to become a world-class international player with over 7000 employees in more than 140 offices across 50 countries.
Mission of the Role
The position will have the responsibility for execution of Food Safety Audit/Training.

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

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