SC QC Coordinator Job in Patiala at PepsiCo

PepsiCo is hiring for the role of SC QC Coordinator!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Ensuring that the quality of potatoes issued for production is as per the standard specifications
  
  • Frying the sample and conducting the COOK Test for checking various factors like % of undesirable color, internal defects, greening percentage, etc.
  • Providing status reports to the Agro Department and indicating the number of pickers that will be needed for the particular lot (whose responsibility)
  • Deciding whether the lot should be accepted or rejected
  • Conducting similar Cook’s Test every 15 days and whenever required for the potatoes stored in the warehouses under long-term storage
• Conducting online quality checks in the process area to ensure that all PepsiCo standards of quality are followed during the production process in shifts
  
  • Conducting visual inspection for;
  • Ensuring that all key operating parameters of machines are in the specified range
  • (Peelers, Fryers, Slicer for thickness average and range, Chip Conveyors, Seasoning Tumbler)
  • Ensuring after every hour that the potatoes in the trim and pare area are properly peeled
  • Checking slice thickness and free surface moisture every 4 hours
  • Deciding whether to introduce an anti-foaming agent in the process
  • Recording the dwell time from the operator’s logbook after every 4 hours
  • Checking the level of seasoning applied
  • Conducting analytical tests for
  • Deciding whether blanching is required - Hunter Color Test
  • Ensuring optimum utilization of fryer oil
  • Conducting 4 hourly checks on oil being used for frying for FFA, OV, PV, foreign materials, taste, odor, and specific gravity
  • Comparing test results against gold standards oil usage charts
  • Deciding the mix of fresh and blended oil to be used for frying operations
  • Checking the fried chips every hour for TPD parameters like PA, percentage oil in the chip, % of soft centered chips, blisters, dark flakes, clusters, etc.
  • Measuring parameters like bulk density, moisture, seasoning, and dimension for Non-PC products
•  Taking corrective actions to resolve problems thrown up by the tests
  • Providing feedback to operators on corrective actions that can be taken to rectify small problems
  • Communicating to the shift in charge the number of pickers needed for the process area on the basis of online checks
  • Asking the Agro department to change the potato lot in case there are no pickers and the number of potato defects is large
  • Communicating concern areas and corrective actions to the concerned shift in charge and production manager promptly
  • Informing the Quality Manager in case test results indicate a crisis situation, who will then conduct a complete trial run of that lot of potatoes to make an appropriate decision

Requirements: