Quality Lab Supervisor – Durban EThekweni:
R35K CTC Per Month

Purpose: To ensure that all relevant testing is done on manufacturing materials in each process and to ensure that non conforming material is marked and reported in each process

Operational Environment & Dimensions of Role
• To ensure that only A grade material is booked into stock and to ensure that production understand the process quality requirements at all times
• Operational Work and Trouble shooting MVTR and OTR analysis to be done on all metallised batch
• Meet or exceed the customers (both internal and external) expectations
• Communicate orally and/or in writing to other departments for resolution of mechanical problems, reporting defective
• Ensures the QA lab climate parameters are correct
• Ensure that the technician understanding and methodology are correct
• Logging and investigation of customer complaints on time
• TQM and daily management to be updated and monitored
• Perform any testing required on any customer samples or material provided by sales for analysis
• Daliy reports to be prepared and circulated to the management team
• Maturation studies on material to be done
• Maintain consumable inventory
• Ensure that all export containers are checked and conform to DA instructions and quality standards
• Training of lab staff on defects and SOP's
• Ensure that lab machinery is always within calibration timeframe and that factory calibration schedule is maintained
• Ensure all incoming Raw materials are checked and results documented. Supplier to be held accountable for poor quality of material
• Input for monthly report to be done

Qualifications
• Matric; Diploma in Polymer Chemistry, Packaging Polymers or Related Technology
• 3 years of experience in a QA test lab environment, physically testing the films, wrapping
• 5 years experience in a similar position
• Ability to be self-manage and multitask
• Ability to follow directions
• Ability to lead and manage the performance of others
• Time management
• Good interpersonal & Communication skill
• Good Team player & Co-Ordination Skill
• Knowledge of Quality Systems

Documentation & Inventory Management
? Daily Reports to be completed
? Daily Shift Handover to be completed
? Daily logging of process non-conformances to be completed
? Daily CAPA forms to be generated
? Daily packing checks to be recorded
? Daily incoming Raw material checks to be completed and documented
? For all these, reports to be done daily and emailed to the team before 12pm

Manpower/Shift Handling
• Co-ordinating shifts & ensuring the staff compliment are available & competent to perform their duties
• Shift schedule to be available in the lab and common drive.
• Leave and cover for absent technicians to be managed
• Ensure that all shifts are covered
• Supervision of Housekeeping and 5S
• Execute the process on shop floor with 5s & safety precaution.
• Monthly 5 S audit scores and spot checks

Checkpoints for Responsibilities
• Results to be filed per batch - should be easily retrievable
• Score on customer CSI for quality to improve annually
• Maintain and distribute the Internal Alert Register
• Correct performance of lab equipment and climate control for testing
• Random rechecking of QA Technicians Output
• All information and samples to be filed daily and reports submitted
• Boards to be updated on time, and Kaizens managed monthly
• Quality and time of feedback to be monitored. No redo's
• Daily emails to be sent to team with updates
• All materials to have maturation history available on the common drive
• The lab must never run out of stock of any consumables
• All documentation must be signed off and filed for every container
• Updated training records to be available at any time
• Calibration certificates and schedule to be readily available when required by anyone
• CAPA's to be submitted to supplier for non conforming material. Records to be maintained
• To be submitted by the 2nd of each new month