Intern: Quality Assurance

About Premier FMCG

Premier FMCG is at the heart of South Africa's FMCG industry, delivering trusted, iconic brands across our Bakery, Milling, Confectionery, Home & Personal Care and Culinary divisions. We are driven by innovation, collaboration, and a high-performance growth culture. We empower our people to strive for excellence ensuring that our products and people make a difference in the everyday lives of our consumers.

What will you be doing?

We have an exciting learning opportunity for an Intern, which will include exposure, understanding and application of the following:

• Site internal audits & external audits
• Food safety & quality control
• Training of personnel on food safety
• Technical support / troubleshooting
• Management of external providers
• Support of the food safety culture plan on site
• On the job training

Essential Skills And Competence

• Good understanding of Occupational Health and Safety standards
• Good understanding of auditing principles and processes
• Proactive communication skills
• Strong numerical ability
• Strong teamwork ability
• Understanding housekeeping and ensuring proactive implementation thereof
• Taking accountability for tasks
• Analytical thinking
• Decision making ability
• Supportiveness
• Innovation / continuous improvements mindset
• Sense of urgency / results orientation
• Respect for self and others
• Learning aptitude

Requirements

• Grade 12
• In progress (3rd / final year) with their Diploma in: Food Technology/ Biotechnology
• Driver's license (advantageous)

Programme Information

• This is a 12-month graduate programme based at our East London Wheat Mill, working in the laboratory.
• One year workplace exposure and learning experience
• Working in a pressurised factory environment
• Working in the quality team on site across all manufacturing teams