muneer karuveetil, QHSE and Food Safety Manager

muneer karuveetil

QHSE and Food Safety Manager

SADAFCO

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Microbiology
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

QHSE and Food Safety Manager at SADAFCO
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since November 2016

As QA-HSE Manager, the main responsibilities include:
Participated/leaded improvement initiatives across the departments and factories in coordination with continual improvement team.
 Planning and driving QHSE system to achieve the company goals as per international/ national standard requirements
 Ensuring the HSE requirements regarding the maintenance and projects work.
 Toolbox training and file and file management
 Customer Complaint Management
 Coordination HSE audits, procedures, manual preparations etc.
 Coordinating safety inspection, calibration etc.
 Leading the team with motivation and target oriented
 Involved in SADAFCO “Digital Manufacturing project “(zero paper system for manufacturing)
 Established and updated formula and process specifications and instructions in conjunction with NPD department
 Involved in process verifications and validation processes to ensure the desired quality of final product
 Supported in development and review of quality and safety, environmental and food safety plans, procedures, work instructions, hygiene, and sanitation programs etc.
 Participated in organization’s control measures validation and verification Programs.
 Laboratory equipment’s calibration, safety, and other inspections coordination
 Attending various team meetings like the raw materials, packaging materials and machinery suppliers.
 Statutory and regulatory requirements compliance evaluations
 Responsible for training the management teams regarding quality, food safety, health, and safety and environmental and HALAL Assurance systems.
 Identifying, establishing, and maintaining the procedures, instructions, specifications, and other process parameters in line with the applicable standards and practices
 Conducting internal audits across different factories and sites departments
 Logging of the NCR’s raised for the trend analysis
 NCR’s investigation and follow up (internal and external), NCR trend analysis
 Well acquaintance with UHT processing and filling operations
 Supplier Management (audits, vendor rating etc.)
 Pest control management

Lead Auditor/ Trainer/ Consultant at TUV NORD
  • Saudi Arabia
  • August 2010 to November 2016

As Trainer, the main responsibilities include:
 Establish and define the structure of the learning context
 Guide the learner by providing philosophical overview of training content, process, and context
 Usage of variety of training strategies and learning experience such as GD, Group Exercises, Role-plays, simulations etc.
 Facilitate group process by
 introducing members to one another, supporting collaborative relationship in the group and guiding cooperative learning and problem solving
 Serving as content resource person providing basic content for learners, which is complete and up to date.
 Respond to questions positively, guide group discussions
 Observing and tracking learning process
 Incorporate and integrate the talents and resources of all of the individuals in the group.
 Elicit feedback and modulate training based on feedback and learning gained in training process.

As Consultant, the main responsibilities include:
ISO 9001.ISO 22000, ISO 14001, 18001-OHSAS, HACCP, BRC certifications.
 Assist in populating and manipulating the document control management tool.
 Assisted in developing Management System - processes, procedures, objectives, Quality Manual, controlled documentation, records, functions and services to lead to ISO 9001, 22000, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, HACCP.BRC
 Assisted in identifying and fulfilling all requirements of the above listed standards.
 Assisted to identify Environmental Aspects from all activities and to determine significant environmental impacts from them. Also, to identify Safety Hazards and to determine Risk Assessment in OHSAS 18001:2007 Standard.
 Assisted to set quality objectives, Environmental/Safety Objectives, Policy.
 Assisted to conduct Internal Audits, Data Analysis and Management review and to implement corrective and preventive actions.
 Develop an internal auditing program that leads to better operational performance, compliance with governance, and visibility of possible certification shortfalls.
 Identify and address, with the senior leadership,
 organizational issues that hinder the development of a certified process-centric organization
 Assist in developing appropriate in-process inspections and peer reviews to include criteria and recording.
 Assist in building customer satisfaction performance measurement system to include collection, analysis, and process improvement.

As Lead Auditor, the main responsibilities include:
 Preparation of Audit plan which include the scope, objective of audit.
 Identification of functional unit and process to be audited in organization.
 Roles and responsibility of audit team member is assigned.
 Identify Auditee representative for audit and reporting language is set
 Assigning and distribution of Audits in audit team taking role of a Lead Auditor.
 Review information relevant to audit assignments and preparation of audit documents
 Lead the opening meeting, presentation of the plan, purpose, and procedure of the audit in opening meeting.
 Fine tuning of plan in the opening meeting.
 Collection and verification of information - for appropriate sample audit evidence to be recorded.
 Generation of audit findings based on audit criteria. Categorization of such findings to different levels like Major and Minor Nonconformities, Potential improvements, good points etc.
 Preparations of audit conclusions by reviewing audit findings as per appropriate data collection and discuss audit follow up.
 Conduct closing meeting, concluded by presenting audit findings such that its understood and acknowledged by the Auditee and the Organization
 Preparation, approval and distribution of the audit report and declaration of result & decision of the audit team.
 Planning and conducting follow up audit or follow up of all findings if required.

QA at NATIONAL COMPANY FOR ICECREAM PRODUCTS
  • Saudi Arabia
  • August 2006 to August 2010

Reporting to the QC manager on day-to-day quality control and quality assurance activities
• Developed the Quality plan, procedures, and work instructions etc.
• Supported in the preparation of Company sanitation and Hygiene Programs.
• Monitoring of pest control, cleaning procedures effectiveness
• Participated in Laboratory inspections and sampling procedure.
• Industrial hygiene Report preparation
• Providing Training on food safety and quality systems- raw material, in process and finished goods inspection.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Microbiology
  • at University Of Calicut
  • January 2006

- Completed in 2006

High school or equivalent, Food And Life Sciences
  • at University Of Calicut
  • January 2006

Major Positions Held Major Positions Held

Specialties & Skills

Enviromental
Food Safety
Food Quality
AUDITING
CLOSING
CONSULTING
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA COLLECTION
DOCUMENTATION
FUNCTIONAL

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

IRCA Lead Auditor-ISO 9001.2000,14001,45001 (Training)
Training Institute:
IRCA
Date Attended:
January 2013
Duration:
40 hours
Nebosh (Training)
Training Institute:
NEBOSH Institute
Date Attended:
June 2021
Duration:
80 hours

Hobbies

  • Fishing
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