Unilever: Internships (Food Technology, Biotechnology, Food Science, Microbiology)

Positon Title: Packaging Warehouse and Raw Material Inspection Internship

Unilever is currently hiring for Packaging Warehouse and Raw Material Inspection Internship

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. The  Inbound Raw and Packaging Material Inspection Intern  will assist with the quality assurance service to the business in order to ensure that products produced by the company are fit for use by the consumers according to Company’s specifications and standards.

Responsibilities:

• Analyses chemical Raw and Packaging Materials and ensure conformity to specification and to report when off specification occurs
• Preparation and standardization of Laboratory Reagents
• Create a system to receive waybill from Warehouse for every receipt of raw materials and document • Inspect offloading of raw materials and weigh representative samples to confirm declared weight
• Take samples and analyse against specifications
• Record your readings, release good materials and reject if it failed the confirmatory tests  when defective RM’s and PM’s are received and act with speed to ensure a resolution
• Provide feedback to the shop floor on RM/PM related quality issues
• Raising of E incidents and follow up on corrective actions
• Conduct supplier audits and coordinate meetings with suppliers and procurement
• Conduct internal audits of the warehouse and laboratory results 
• Implement a quality assessment of pallets and audit the warehouse
• Trend and analyse all raw material results
• Ensure all shift analyst are trained on testing procedures on raw and packaging materials
• Ensure all rejected RM/PM are written off, SMA raised and coordinate the movement of the stock back to supplier
• Timeous input or results and release of materials off SAP
• Batch management system of new materials arriving on site
• Active involvement in any changes and introduction of new raw and packaging materials on site including inspect all trial material prior to a trial
• Finished products line inspection for assigned lines when required • Report any non-conformance on the shop floor
• Daily factory walk about and record quality issues
• Ensure that all jobs are done safely, without negative impact on the environment
• Ensure all RM and PM specs are current an available at point of use
• Top RM and PM losses to be identified and collaborative work with R&D and procurement
• Support with trials 

Requirements:

• Grade 12 with 50% pass mark for Core Mathematics & Physical Science
• National Diploma in Food Technology / Diploma in Biotechnology or BSc in Food Science / Microbiology
• Understanding of HACCP requirements
• Working knowledge of SAP (Purchasing, Release and blockage of stock) will be an advantage
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)

Skills

• Laboratory operations
• Microbiology Laboratory
• HACCP Management
• Contamination Control
• Consumer focus