Microbiologist at Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (KWAL)

Job Description:

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Overall management of Microbial lab
• Microbial analysis of Raw materials, intermediate and finished products (RTD, Wine, juice):
  • Process microbiological analysis- i.e., Process Tanks, QC Tank Final Product, Surfaces wabs, piping swabs, packaging material swabs, general process microbiology and Personnel Hygiene hand Swabs.
  • Production line hygiene swabs and micro-analysis – i.e., fillers, bottles, CIP final rinsate on L1 &3, personnel hands swabs
  • Finished Products Microbiological analysis – i.e., RTDs, Wines post bottling or tetra(line 1 & 3).
• Contract packaging – Tetra Pak juice routine microbiological analysis and COA development.
• Develop hygiene standards based on periodic environmental microbial analysis.
  • Environmental microbial Monitoring –Cellars, Process area, Filling Area (fillers on L1 3), Water processing area, Canteen etc
• Daily water microbiological analysis- Process Water, Canteen water and Raw water.
• Bulk wine & Juice receiving- Initial micro load analysis.
• Support ILEC analysis -microbiology test.
• Ingredients micro analysis- Flavors, concentrates, colors, preservatives, stabilizers etc.
• Handling Customer/ Consumer compliant involving micro-analysis.

Qualification :

• BSC. IN MIRCOBIOLOGY (FOOD TECHNOLOGY OR BIOTECH)