DO YOU HAVE THE APPITITE TO GROW YOUR MAGIC?

Consumers everywhere are increasingly conscious of the quality of the food they eat. Puratos develops, produces, and distributes a unique range of ingredients for bakers, pastry-chefs and chocolatiers who demand the very highest quality.
Founded in Belgium in 1919, From humble beginnings to worldwide success, join us on our journey and discover our history and heritage.
We’ve evolved from a father-and-son start-up in Belgium, to a global group with more than 9000 employees, 93 innovation centers, and more than 65 manufacturing operations across 81 countries to date. It’s with great pride that we look back on this century of hard work, courage, and innovation. Thank you for making it all possible and let’s continue building the next 100 years of shared success!
Our passion for innovation, pioneering spirit, and core value our communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Based at our Head office in Johannesburg , in order to further strengthen our global Quality team, we are currently seeking an:
Test Baker – ( Johannesburg, South Africa )
Reporting directly to the QC Manager , the successful candidate for this key function will be responsible for:
Conducting tests (quality control) on premixes and all products received from the factory.
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- KEY TASKS

• Maintenance of baking equipment and machinery
• Carry out safety checks on oven, proofers and water temperatures and record temperatures on Testing Result Form.
• Check all bread moulding machines for cleanliness and set timers to oven and proofer.
• Check quality and quantity of premixes
• Record batch numbers and dates of manufacture of ingredients before mixing premises in accordance with recipes.
• Scale all premixes with consumables (flour, yeast) according to the recipe and record on Batch Testing Results Form.
• Select appropriate flour for each premix.
• Process dough mix
• Measure dough mix temperature, set the timers accordingly, and record both the temperature and the timer settings on the Batch Testing Results Form.
• Label tested batches appropriately
• Complete Approve/Reject/On Hold sticker as is necessary for all batches tested.
• Carry out test baking of all premixes from the factory.
• Evaluate all baked products by following QC specification.
• Communicate all non-conforming products to supervisor so they can be placed on hold.
• Other additional duties
• Verify all scales.
• Attend to customer complaints by baking retention samples and control.
• Cleaning up and maintain hygiene.
• Communicate raw material requests to QC Manager and decanting it in the respective containers.