Associate Consultant (Guideline Development on Safe Fish Feed Production)

Job Description

Title: Associate Consultant (Guideline Development on Safe Fish Feed Production)

Company Name: WorldFish

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Science in Aquaculture, Marine Science, Animal nutrition or related subject.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assist the lead consultant to review the EMMP of the Activity, existing fish feed rules of Bangladesh, product regulation of The Food and Drug Administration (FDA/USA), FDA's animal feed safety system (AFSS), Good Practices for the Feed Industries (FAO/IFIF), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) manuals, international certification manuals and other manuals relevant to this assignment.
∎ Assist the lead consultant to list down and illustrate each of the individual steps of the production system viz. managing raw materials, feed processing and packaging, and storing finished products.
∎ Assist the lead consultant to develop checklists to identify sources of contamination (including personal hygiene issues) at each of the individual steps of the production system.
∎ Assist the lead consultant to conduct a thorough and in depth practical investigation at each of the individual steps of the production system of several feed mills.
∎ Assist the lead consultant to identify the critical control points (CCPs) (with sufficient number of photographs to visualize the scenario) for contamination and personal safety and hygiene issues at each of the individual steps of the production system.
∎ Referring to the identified CCPs, determine the effective mitigation actions (with sufficient number of photographs to visualize the process) in order to avoid contamination, and to ensure personal safety and hygiene issues at each of the individual steps of the production system. The mitigation actions must come up with:
∎ a) The process and/or method by what the actions need to be done.
∎ b) What chemicals and/or materials will be needed for what purposes; please note that the chemicals must be approved by the FDA.
∎ c) How the waste and/or residue, that would be generated following the day-to-day activities and/or as a result of the mitigation actions, will be managed.
∎ d) What personal safety and hygiene protocol needs to be followed for what purposes and/or to take what mitigation actions.
∎ Referring to the identified mitigation actions, illustrate explicitly how the mitigation actions will be monitored and reported at each of the individual stages of the production system; please note that required log-sheets need to be developed for record keeping/reporting in this connection.
∎ Referring to the identified mitigation and monitoring actions, determine explicitly who will take what mitigation actions, who will fill out the log-sheets, who will monitor and oversee what; please note that each of the aforesaid tasks must be stated along with schedule/time table.
∎ The guideline should have two parts: narrative and summary tables. The narrative part should be illustrated with flow charts, diagrams, etc. as and where necessary.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years of work experience in fish feed sector out of which at least 2 years of practical work experience in fish feed production, and located in any feed mills/plants as a full time employee.
∎ Experience in Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), and other certification systems would be an advantage.
∎ Familiarity with Bangladesh Fish Feed Rules, regulations of FDA/USA, FAO standards would be an advantage.
∎ Excellent documentation skill in English is a must.

Application Deadline: December 31, 2019

Company Information:
∎ WorldFish

Category: NGO/Development