Abdulla Kovval Peedikayil, Senior QA/ QC Officer

Abdulla Kovval Peedikayil

Senior QA/ QC Officer

Elite Agriculture Management

Location
United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
Education
Master's degree, Microbiology
Experience
11 years, 4 months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 4 months

Senior QA/ QC Officer at Elite Agriculture Management
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • My current job since March 2022

-Oversees the Quality assurance, Quality control, compliance, certification and HSE in multiple post harvest and farm projects.
-Develop SOPs, PRPs and specifications for fruits and vegetables.

Senior QA/ QC officer at Al Dahra BayWa agriculture
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • June 2019 to January 2020

-Manage all aspects of Quality, Health Safety and Environment of the pre harvest and post harvest operations of Al Dahra BayWa Farm.
-Ensure compliance to local regulations and established standards
-Develop the Global GAP and HACCP standards and certify the site.

Assistant Manager-Food Safety & QA at Al Ghalia Group
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • May 2015 to June 2019

• Manage food safety, quality control, Health Safety & Environment systems in Al Ghalia Restaurants and farm
• Provide regulatory and compliance advice to the management
• Maintain ISO 9001, BRC Food, GlobalG.A.P., LEAF and Sedex certifications of the farm
• Implemented and maintaining HACCP food safety system in restaurants
• Responsible for continuous improvement of the system
• Conduct food safety internal audits in restaurants and farm, supplier audit and approval
• Monthly HACCP team meeting to be conducted with operation team to discuss and rectify the audit findings
• Review the manual and run the latest updates in the system
• Conduct staff health & Safety, welfare meeting and supported daily in tool box talks
• GAP analysis to assess the food safety and HSE programs in the work place and to comply maximum with system
• Reviewing the schedules and assess the working conditions of field staffs in farm
• Conduct staff training about food safety, HSE, Fire Safety, mock drill and evacuation programs
• Conduct annual senior management review meeting

Senior HSE Officer (For Catering & Restaurants) at Integral Food Services WLL
  • Qatar - Doha
  • June 2012 to October 2014

Responsible to establish, manage and monitor Food Safety & HSE standards, processes, communications, training and systems in catering, retail outlets and an external body audit in a 5 star hotel. Major responsibilities include;
 To comply strict QP- Mesaieed Industrial City Food Hygiene and HSE policies at IFS Mesaieed catering
 To ensure existence and awareness of a suitable and relevant health and safety policy at each site to create a safe work place without risk to health
 To understand the work conditions, training need analysis and develop of training modules, suitable to company work culture and successfully implement the same so as to upgrade the QSHSE standards of both retail and catering operations
 To ensure that adequate provision of emergency procedures, first-aid facilities, safety signs, relevant protective safety gears, equipments and clothing are provided to staff and implement effective incident reporting systems to the relevant authorities
 To prepare training calendar, coordinate with respective Operations Manager, understand their requirements and provide hands-on HSE training to respective staff
 To implement HACCP, ISO 22000 and HSE standards in the kitchen and surrounding areas and conduct health & safety audit at Food Services Operations
 To provide suitable and current information, supervision concerning health & safety policies and practices and implement HSE training at each site
 To conduct Health and Safety audit at each operations
 To ensure that proper and timely assessment of risks to Health and Safety in completed, preventive measures and arrangements are implemented as necessary
 To ensure that the work place satisfies HSE requirements and all staffs meets the municipality health (Food Handlers) regulations and health requirements as per client’s operational standards
 To train the supervisors and cooks on proper storage procedures of the raw material and cooked items so as to control wastage and spoilage due to mishandling and minimize the losses, achieve the budgeted food cost, control wastage and spoilage
 To coordinate as necessary with clients representative, suppliers and relevant authorities for assistance and cooperation concerning audits and remedial actions
 To ensure prevention and precautions against, or adequate control of, exposure to hazardous substances and danger from flammable, explosive, electrical, noise, radiation and manual handling risks
 To coordinate and assist the Operations Managers during mobilization of new business operation and project
 To maintain ISO 9001 records by auditing each site and ensure the documents and control numbers are followed
 To have close observation and reporting on QSHSE, HACCP, ISO 22000 practices and systems, Manage HSE data, completing trend analysis and assist HSE Manager on required action
 To prepare and submit day-wise weekly progress reports, on each business operation.
To assist COO and HSE Manager to develop and implement an annual HSE improvement plan for the sites

Food Safety and Quality Control Officer at Albaik Food Systems Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2010 to June 2012

 Qualitative and Quantitative sensory evaluation of Cooked and Uncooked Albaik Chicken products like Albaik broast, Nuggets, sandwiches and sea foods
 Conduct Food Safety and Quality auditing as per the standards of HACCP and USFDA
 Verifies pre opening cleaning standards and sanitary facilities SOPs
 Monitor and verify the personal hygiene, hand washing and sanitation practice is in effect
 Verifies construction, design and surroundings are well maintained by using PRPs checklist
 Verifies chemical handling, using and storing as per established standards
 Verifies restaurants have effective Integrated Pest Management programs
 Personal hygiene and cleanliness of employees by PRPs checklists and Disease control SOPs
 Ensure all the food contact surfaces, portable equipments and utensils are stored and protected from any source of contamination and it is maintained as per standards
 Verifies all the materials are received and stored as per standards
 Verifies Time & Temperature controls are followed and Non Confirmatory Products are discarded as per standards
 Monitor the production process and verify the Cooked Product Acceptance
 Verifies CCPs are monitored and cross contamination is prevented effectively as per standards
 Ensure all the food safety system verification check lists are followed and are documented properly including NCM, NCS and IRs
 Compare the customer satisfaction about Safety, Quality and Service by daily, weekly and monthly basis regarding customer complaint card and phone call
 Verifies all the employees and management teams are trained on SOPs also train them and communicate updates about food safety and quality standards, policies, values, ethics and terms to be followed in the organization
 Check for cross contamination on food contact & work surfaces by swab test (rapid detection method)

Education

Master's degree, Microbiology
  • at Bharathiyar University
  • May 2009

 National conference on “Food and Agriculture Microbiology”  National conference on “Pharmaceutical Microbiology” NCPM-08

Specialties & Skills

Food Processing
Food Safety
Quality Assurance
Hygiene
Penygon Inventory System
MS word
MS Excel
MS PowerPoint
Food Safety Training
Food Inspection
Supplier Auditing
HACCP expert
Hygiene specialist
Cleaning & Sanitation Specialist
quality assurance

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Tamil
Expert

Memberships

Food Safety Professional
  • Active member
  • May 2010

Training and Certifications

ISO 9001:2018 transition training (Training)
Training Institute:
Infovision consultants, Bahrain
BS OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor (Training)
Training Institute:
BSI
Food Hygiene Level-3 PIC (Training)
Training Institute:
HABC
Level 4 Award in Food Safety Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Fire Fighting Training Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Civil Defense School
Date Attended:
June 2016
Duration:
10 hours
First Aid Certificate (Training)
Training Institute:
Bahrain Red Crescent Society
Date Attended:
October 2016
Duration:
16 hours
Basic Food Safety (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999
Basic Supervisory Skills (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999
ServSafe Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Valid Until:
March 2017
HACCP Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2009
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Travelling, Stamp collection and reading
    Traveled different states in India and GCC countries, adventurous trips to different forests,valleys & mountaineering etc. A good collection of stamps from different countries I hold a good General Knowledge and use reading different books also updating the current affairs