Nithish M

• Commissioned packaging plant operation, fresh and frozen fish
• Developed and Implemented HACCP and company policies
• Developed and implemented procedure as per requirement of Ministry of agriculture, fisheries and water resources, Oman
• Optimized production by efficient planning, managed overall plant operation from raw material receiving to final dispatch
• Increased packing efficiency by 40% (2 ton per hour to 2.8 tons per hour)
• Achieved savings of 20% on packaging cost by optimization.
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Develop, implement and ensure compliance with all applicable international standards such as: 9001:2015, 14001:2015, FSSC 22000, BRC FOOD VER.8, SMETA, FAIR TRADE USA, MSC-COC, Dolphin Safe, Halal, and Kosher, organic certifications, Customers code of practice such as MNS, TESCO, Waitrose, and legal requirements such As compliance to MFDA, USFDA, EU etc

• Coordinating & Conducting Third party audits and Customer Audits
• Plan and execute internal audits
• Member of sites emergency response team, responsible to communicate with supplier and customers in case of any emergency situation
• Conduct health and safety risk assessment with sites safety officer act as member of health and safety committee
• Control of Management system Records - Document & Data control
• Identify corrective action requirements against KPIs & monitor Corrective action
• Food Safety/HACCP Team Leader Coordinating HACCP team meeting, HACCP review, HACCP plan preparation, Verification and validation
• Conduct hygiene audit for factory, Kitchen and accommodation responsible to communicate with suppliers and customers in case of any emergency situation
• Act as fair trade contact person –visit fishermen communities with project manager for general assembly meeting, implementing standard requirement and assist auditors visit to community during fair trade audit.
• SID filing for products for US Market.

Quality Assurance of Ready to eat (Canned Tuna, Tuna in pouch) Cooked & Frozen tuna loins, Frozen Tuna products, Chilled Tuna products, Fish meal, Dried and Smoked Tuna products

• Food Safety/HACCP Team Leader - Coordinating HACCP team meeting, HACCP review
• Shipment Documentation through web-based veterinarian certification tool TRACES (EU exports)
• Supplier approval and monitoring, risk assessment, raw material, ingredients and packaging material risk assessment
• Implement and maintain - Hygiene and sanitation of processing plant, premises, staff accommodation and staff kitchen
• Conduct Root cause analysis, corrective action and preventive actions for customer complaints, nonconformances/deviations in product or process
• Communicate with customers and suppliers regarding; Label and Packaging material artwork approval
• Implement Pest prevention techniques – Integrated pest management, pest proofing audits/inspections of processing facility and site
• Conduct and maintain risk assessments related to Allergen, TACCP, VACCP, Legionella sp., foreign bodies and implementation of controls, including training
• Training and development of QA/QC team - Food Safety aspects, CCP, Monitoring and implementation
• Create awareness on customer requirements inside organization & among business partners
• Managing Supplier approval, assisting procurement team in finalizing supplier
• Customer communication with regards to new product development and labeling requirements
• Conducting verification of heat distribution and heat penetration studies for retort and product respectively
• Monitor trends related to microbiology, CCP deviation, External test results and pest control
• To assist process owners in identifying training needs associated with management systems and take necessary actions for meeting needs.
• Identification of improvement opportunities by proposing continual improvement projects
• Review of ingredient, raw material and finished good inspection on site
• New product development in liaison with customer and sales team
• Developed canned tuna in 4 different flavors for local market
• Developed Mashuni (Maldivian Dish) in cans for local and German market
• Developed pouched tuna for US market
• Maintain testing plan of products, food contact surfaces, water as required
• Calibration and verification of monitoring and measuring devices
• Conduct Heat distribution and heat penetration studies for retorts and products.

• Managing QC inspectors and plant and island sanitation inspectors
• Office documentation – Online and administrative records
• Staff management – Duty schedule, staff monitoring, performance monitoring
• CCP verification and record keeping
• Supervision of Online QC works
• Shipment Documentation - Health certificate-declaration as per customers contracts
• Verification of laboratory analysis – microbiological, chemical and organoleptic
• Training of Online QA staff.