Olwal Hillary
Food Technologist, Quality Controller
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About
A dedicated and reliable Food Technologist, quality controller with over 5 years' experience working for an international food manufacturing company. Competent in various aspects of quality control, laboratory techniques and able to operate wide range of laboratory equipment. Strive to deliver quality results by maintaining high level of focus.
Excellent documentation skills including ISO 9001:2008 QMS, ISO 22000:2005, FSMS, evaluation and comparing data as well as report writing. A self – motivated Chemist with a high regard for customer focus and respect for people. Highly ambitious and honest in implementation of personal, learnt and work place goals.
Experience
Quality Inspector - PUNTITE FISHERIES LIMITED
(2025-03 - 2026-03)
Fish and sea food processing
- Establishment, effective implementation and improvement of the ISO 9001:2008 quality system, ISO22000:2005 Food safety Management ensure preparedness for internal and external audits.
- Ensure implementation and updating of HACCP plan.
- Assist and support HOD's and customers come up with quality specifications/requirements.
- Prepare, implement and monitor control plans.
- Assist and support HOD's to detect non-conformities from inspection and testing reports.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop new products and improving existing ones.
- Ensuring the cold rooms are well maintained and meet the required hygiene standards.
- Acting as the health and safety vice-chair.
- Providing training to production and quality control staff on quality assurance procedures, best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Addressing and resolving any quality-related issues that arise during the production process, including customer complaints and non-compliance with quality standards.
Quality Inspector - EAST AFRICAN SEA FOOD LIMITED
(2022-11 - 2025-02)
Fish and sea food processing
- Establishment, effective implementation and improvement of the ISO 9001:2008 quality system, ISO22000:2005 Food safety Management ensure preparedness for internal and external audits.
- Ensure implementation and updating of HACCP plan.
- Assist and support HOD's and customers come up with quality specifications/requirements.
- Prepare, implement and monitor control plans.
- Assist and support HOD's to detect non-conformities from inspection and testing reports.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop new products and improving existing ones.
- Ensuring the cold rooms are well maintained and meet the required hygiene standards.
- Acting as the health and safety vice-chair.
- Providing training to production and quality control staff on quality assurance procedures, best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Addressing and resolving any quality-related issues that arise during the production process, including customer complaints and non-compliance with quality standards.
Quality Inspector - EAST AFRICAN SEA FOOD LIMITED
(2022-11 - 2025-02)
- Developed new products and improved existing ones.
- Reduced cases of customer complains.
- Prepared, implemented and monitored control plans.
- Implemented ISO 22000:2005 FSMS successfully by formulating all the required documents.
- Reviewed all work instructions
Laboratory technologist-intern - KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(2021-02 - 2021-07)
- Fish feed formulation and production
- Laboratory management, safety and sop implementation.
- Calibration of weighing balances and scales.
- Determination of water activity of foods.
- Microbial water analysis.
- Estimation of total volatile basic nitrogen ((T-VBN) in different fish frozen at different time.
- Identification and Classification of fish larvae.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Food Technology and Quality Assurance - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MOMBASA
Certificate - computer studies and information Technology - SHIRIKISHO SCHOOL OF COMPUTING
Kenya certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) - ORERO BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
