Overseas  Health & Safety  

19/01/2010

The rpc Group of Companies

Sudan, Africa

Comp Ex Pats Package

Our Client and the Role:

Founded in 1957, our client has over 50 years of experience developing and operating customized supply chain and associated service solutions in demanding environments.

Supported by a world-wide network of resources including state – of – the – art warehousing facilities, bulk fuel installations and real time freight tracking capabilities, our client provides workable resolutions to complex client requirements in the areas of food logistics, catering, retail, aviation, transport and warehousing, camp services and fuel management.

Our Client is the Support Services Division of this rapidly expanding group and provides vital services in food logistics to remote sites in post conflict locations and remote areas.

They ensure essential items such as food and bottled water is delivered with minimal disruption, under the most challenging conditions.

Our Client manages a large food distribution contract from distribution centres located in Africa on behalf of a large peacekeeping force. They are currently seeking a QA Supervisor for a multi-temperature distribution centre based in Sudan, Africa.

Reporting into the QA Manager the successful candidate will be responsible for
managing and promoting continuous improvement of the food safety program throughout all of the catering and warehousing operations by maintaining and
implementing an effective training and audit program as agreed with senior
management.

You will provide technical guidance, support and training to all catering staff on all
aspects of food safety and hygiene.

You will monitor and ensure compliance with our clients food safety program through
internal auditing and report deficiencies to the Operations Controller.

You will oversee the training program with particular reference to deficiencies
raised from the audits and will report and maintain a detailed group training matrix.

You will ensure the development of the quality culture on site to increase employee awareness to factors that may compromise food safety through guidance and training

Finally you will control and conduct maintenance of the catering food safety program as required.


Knowledge and Skills:

To meet this unique challenge, you will ideally be an accomplished QA professional with your quality assurance experience ideally gained in an fmcg environment with a strong understanding of food safety programs, HACCP principles, inspection and audit programs.

Your practical experience should ideally be supported by a tertiary education with a qualification in a science discipline, ideally food technology.


You should have formal accreditation as an Auditor or Trainer in HACCP Food Hygiene / Handling and ideally experienced in implementing, developing and conducting food hygiene / food safety training.

Experience of having worked in a food manufacturing site and / or catering is highly desirable.

You should possess excellent communication skills in English and ideally in French and some Arabic, able to adapt to rapid changes in a positive manner and work to tight deadlines.

Superb communication skills and instant credibility are essential as you will be inter-facing with a number of people from different backgrounds, nationalities and religions.

You will be resourceful with a flexible outlook, have the ability to multi-task in order to handle competing priorities and be able to fit in to an international dynamic and multi-cultural environment.

Finally you should possess a Drivers Licence and be IT / PC literate.

This is an outstanding challenge for an accomplished QA and Food Safety professional looking for something different.

The basic salary is paid in Euros and is tax free for an Ex-Patriate employee. In addition there is an annual bonus payable after 12 month’s service which is also paid in Euros and tax free for an Ex-Patriate employee. Accommodation, laundry, local transport, permanent disability and death benefit, bereavement leave and meals are all provided free. In addition you will have the use of a phone to call family and friends and also use of the internet for e-mails etc.

Ex-Patriate employees will receive 40 days annual leave per year. In addition Ex-Patriate employees will receive 1 paid return economy flight in their first year of employment and thereafter 2 return economy flights per year. Mobilization and De-Mobilization flights are also paid for by our client.

Mike Stride

164A High Street, Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom

+44 (0) 23 8023 2804