Food Technologist Graduate
Cape Herb & Spice
Maitland, Western Cape
Contract
Posted 11 August 2025
Job Details
Job Description
Reporting to: QA Manager
Location: Maitland
*Please note: This role is a fixed-term contract due to maternity leave coverage.
Purpose:
• To ensure that the quality and food safety systems in place are followed.
• To ensure that the Environmental Monitoring Schedule is adhered to.
• To report any failures in adherence to the QA Manager.
• To help maintain and develop the food safety systems at Cape Herb and Spice, driving continuous improvement.
Key Functional Areas:
• Environmental Swabbing and Testing: Conduct swabbing according to schedule and arrange testing with the relevant laboratories
• Assist the Food Technologist in Customer Complaints: investigations, log and report on customer complaints accurately and quickly
• Ensure that all internal non-conformances are logged and accurately described. Contact internal parties necessary to ensure that Non-conformances are communicated, and necessary action taken. Ensure that information is submitted for timeous close out of non-conformities.
• Conduct monthly glass and hard plastic trending.
• Technical day-to-day problem solving.
• Assisting in conducting Customer required Traceability, mock recalls and mass balances.
• In all cases report any non-conformances & problems noted with urgency to management to allow resolution. Suggest corrections and corrective actions when reporting non-conformities as far as possible.
• Projects – run and set up projects as required from time to time.
• Providing the Operational Department with support
• Support role – checking and passing freezer loggers
Education and Required Skills:
• Relevant Science-Based Degree e.g., B.Tech Food Technology/ BSc Food Science / Biotechnology / Microbiology. Copies of qualifications must be submitted with a CV
• Minimum relevant industry experience
• 0 – 1 Year of Industry experience
• Prior knowledge of HACCP and GMPs
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft programs (Outlook, Excel, Word)
• Own reliable transport will be advantageous, but not essential
Personal Characteristics:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (particularly in English)
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Proactive work ethic
• Strong attention to detail
• Sense of urgency in work performed – report faults promptly
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Strong multitasking ability with a focus on collaborative teamwork
• Ability to organize both yourself and others
• Adheres to rules and requirements; able to work within a structured framework
If you have not received a response within two weeks of your application, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
To consider any application for employment, we will have to process your personal information. The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), provides that when one processes another’s personal information,
such collection, retention, dissemination and use of that person’s personal information must be done in a lawful and transparent manner.
To give effect to the above, we are required to provide you with information regarding the processing of your personal information. This information is recorded under the HR Processing Notice, which can be accessed and viewed on the Company website at https://www.libstar.co.za/legal/. Printed copies of this Processing Notice can also be accessed from the HR department. We kindly request that you read the HR Processing Notice to ensure that you understand how Libstar uses and processes your personal information.
Location: Maitland
*Please note: This role is a fixed-term contract due to maternity leave coverage.
Purpose:
• To ensure that the quality and food safety systems in place are followed.
• To ensure that the Environmental Monitoring Schedule is adhered to.
• To report any failures in adherence to the QA Manager.
• To help maintain and develop the food safety systems at Cape Herb and Spice, driving continuous improvement.
Key Functional Areas:
• Environmental Swabbing and Testing: Conduct swabbing according to schedule and arrange testing with the relevant laboratories
• Assist the Food Technologist in Customer Complaints: investigations, log and report on customer complaints accurately and quickly
• Ensure that all internal non-conformances are logged and accurately described. Contact internal parties necessary to ensure that Non-conformances are communicated, and necessary action taken. Ensure that information is submitted for timeous close out of non-conformities.
• Conduct monthly glass and hard plastic trending.
• Technical day-to-day problem solving.
• Assisting in conducting Customer required Traceability, mock recalls and mass balances.
• In all cases report any non-conformances & problems noted with urgency to management to allow resolution. Suggest corrections and corrective actions when reporting non-conformities as far as possible.
• Projects – run and set up projects as required from time to time.
• Providing the Operational Department with support
• Support role – checking and passing freezer loggers
Education and Required Skills:
• Relevant Science-Based Degree e.g., B.Tech Food Technology/ BSc Food Science / Biotechnology / Microbiology. Copies of qualifications must be submitted with a CV
• Minimum relevant industry experience
• 0 – 1 Year of Industry experience
• Prior knowledge of HACCP and GMPs
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft programs (Outlook, Excel, Word)
• Own reliable transport will be advantageous, but not essential
Personal Characteristics:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (particularly in English)
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Proactive work ethic
• Strong attention to detail
• Sense of urgency in work performed – report faults promptly
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Strong multitasking ability with a focus on collaborative teamwork
• Ability to organize both yourself and others
• Adheres to rules and requirements; able to work within a structured framework
If you have not received a response within two weeks of your application, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
To consider any application for employment, we will have to process your personal information. The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), provides that when one processes another’s personal information,
such collection, retention, dissemination and use of that person’s personal information must be done in a lawful and transparent manner.
To give effect to the above, we are required to provide you with information regarding the processing of your personal information. This information is recorded under the HR Processing Notice, which can be accessed and viewed on the Company website at https://www.libstar.co.za/legal/. Printed copies of this Processing Notice can also be accessed from the HR department. We kindly request that you read the HR Processing Notice to ensure that you understand how Libstar uses and processes your personal information.
