PQA Specialist
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
In PersonTravel required 0%–25%.
Manufacturing Quality & TestValidation, Compliance & Quality Systems
About the job
Requirements
- Requires 1–3 years of experience.
- Requires a degree in a technical discipline, Food Science, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, or Science.
- Requires awareness of quality and the food industry.
- Requires a background in statistical quality control techniques.
- Requires basic knowledge of quality and food safety standards.
- Requires good communication with different levels of the organization.
- Requires basic knowledge of digital tools and applications.
- Requires proficiency in English and Arabic.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and execute key quality assurance functions related to governance, culture sustainability, and organizational quality and food safety maturity.
- Deliver quality and food safety, Good Manufacturing Practices, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, and food safety training to technicians and plant personnel; assess training effectiveness against competency development plans and quality management system requirements.
- Lead deployment and promotion of the quality and food safety Near Miss program, including reporting, investigation, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, and effectiveness verification.
- Conduct behavior-based Gemba walks and coach personnel to strengthen quality ownership and compliance across operational areas.
- Coordinate and drive quality and food safety awareness campaigns and initiatives throughout the plant.
- Maintain and continuously improve Good Manufacturing Practices standards across plant facilities and manufacturing areas.
- Monitor and verify implementation of Good Manufacturing Practices programs by production teams and outsourced service providers.
- Conduct Good Manufacturing Practices inspections, audits, and performance assessments, and communicate results to stakeholders.
- Ensure effective execution of pest control programs, including contractor management, trend analysis, and availability of required tools and consumables.
- Follow up on Good Manufacturing Practices corrective actions and verify timely, effective closure.
- Execute process quality assurance plans and verification activities across manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, and distribution in compliance with KORE, CPS, applicable regulatory requirements, and ISO standards.
- Lead and participate in quality and food safety risk assessments, ensuring mitigation actions are effective.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the Food Safety Management System, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans, prerequisite programs, and food safety controls.
- Validate and verify Food Safety Management System effectiveness through audit results, verification activities, performance reviews, and management reporting.
- Analyze quality and process performance data using trend analysis, statistical process control, and process capability tools (Cp/Cpk) to identify improvement opportunities.
- Facilitate root cause analysis and problem-solving using structured methodologies, and ensure sustainable corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
- Manage non-conforming materials, products, and processes, including investigation, disposition, and corrective action implementation.
- Conduct corrective and preventive action effectiveness reviews and ensure long-term closure of identified issues.
- Perform routine verification of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans, allergen management programs, food safety training plans, and other Food Safety Management System elements.
- Monitor temperature and relative humidity compliance for inbound, in-process, and outbound materials and products.
- Track, analyze, and report quality key performance indicators and process capability indicators to support operational excellence and continuous improvement.
- Support internal, customer, certification, and regulatory audits and ensure findings are followed up and closed.
- Participate in cross-functional project teams and support quality requirements for new projects and process changes.
- Lead validation and verification activities for new products, ingredients, equipment, packaging materials, technologies, and manufacturing processes.
- Develop, execute, and document validation protocols, trials, and reports to ensure compliance with quality and food safety requirements.
- Manage change control activities and ensure changes are assessed, approved, validated, and implemented according to established procedures.
- Ensure compliance with company food safety policies, regulatory requirements, customer standards, KORE requirements, and applicable certification schemes.
- Support traceability exercises, mock recalls, food defense, and food fraud prevention programs.
- Participate in food safety incident investigations and ensure appropriate corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
- Promote continuous improvement of food safety performance through risk-based thinking and proactive management of food safety risks.
- Encourage positive attitudes toward EOHS and apply relevant EOHS policies and procedures.
- Participate in near-miss reporting, EOHS inspections, audits, and risk assessments.
- Ensure hazards and incidents are reported and investigated appropriately and that suitable controls are implemented.
- Stop any activity that violates the company EOHS management system.
- Participate in the Behavioral Based Safety program.
- Comply with the food safety policy and continuously improve the food safety system and framework.
- Stop any activity that violates the company quality and food safety management system.
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of concentrate and beverage base manufacturing processes is an advantage.
About the company
The Coca-Cola Company owns and markets beverage brands sold around the world, including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Dasani, Powerade and fairlife. Its flagship cola has been sold in the United States since 1886 and anchors a portfolio spanning sparkling drinks, water, sports drinks, coffee, tea, juice and dairy. Rather than bottling most drinks itself, it sells concentrates and syrups to a franchised network of independent bottlers, which package and distribute finished beverages. It earns most revenue from those concentrate sales, plus finished drinks from bottlers it owns. The company was incorporated in 1892 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
Founded
1892
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Sales momentum is building: global unit case volume rose 5% in the quarter ended July 2026, led by Asia Pacific.
- Partners multiply Coca-Cola's reach: about 700,000 people worked across its bottling system in December 2025.
- Coca-Cola promotes from within: Henrique Braun, who joined in 1996, became CEO in March 2026.
What critics are saying
- Corporate jobs are being trimmed: Coca-Cola cut 75 Atlanta headquarters roles in February 2026, with more waves planned.
- Costa Coffee staff face an uncertain owner: Coca-Cola again sought a buyer in October 2026 after weak earlier bids.
- Divestitures shrink Coca-Cola's own payroll: headcount fell to about 65,900 in 2025, mainly from selling businesses.
What makes The Coca-Cola Company unique
- Coca-Cola sells only drinks, from sodas to coffee and dairy, while its main rival PepsiCo also sells snacks.
- Coca-Cola also runs coffee shops: its Costa Coffee chain has about 2,700 UK and Ireland outlets and 20,000 staff.
- Coca-Cola keeps building big brands: it added over 10 billion-dollar brands during James Quincey's nine years as CEO.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- 401(k) Retirement Plan