Chief Grader at Kenya Meat Commission

Job Details

• Ensure consistency in grading in accordance with regulations.
• Consider and determine all appeals made to him/her under regulations.
• Identify grading problems and recommend remedial action.
• Work together with Production superintendents, veterinary office and livestock department to ensure attainment of departmental targets
• Participate in continuous review of the Standard Operating Procedures and production Work Instructions
• Supervise the work of graders.
• Submit daily grading reports

Qualifications

The ideal candidate shall possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science/ Veterinary/ Animal health courses
• Diploma in meat technology or any other higher level from a recognized institution
• Certificate in meat inspection and grading from recognized institutions
• Five (5) years’ experience in meat grading
• Conversant with Grading Regulations
• Conversant with hygiene requirements in meat processing.
• Advanced computer skills

Key personal attributes / functional skills

The ideal candidate should:

• Be honest, trustworthy and possess a high degree of personal integrity and professionalism.
• Be a team player with ability to motivate staff.
• Demonstrate ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with varied stakeholders.
• Be able customer centric and resourceful in problem solving.
• Able to prevent zoonotic and food borne diseases
• Be able to advise on hygiene and quality of meat meant for human consumption
• Be able to inspect meat meant for human consumption
• Able to grade carcasses correctly and advise farmers, livestock traders and animal transporters on how to handle and produce high quality animals for slaughter
• Be able to instruct ,supervise and advise on all slaughterhouse operations
• Able to control hygiene in slaughterhouse, meat processing establishments and meat transport containers and activities.
• Able to facilitate local and international trade of animals and meat products.