Quality Assurance Technologist

Job description

Quality Assurance Technologist

An exciting position has become available for a full time Quality Assurance Technologist to join a friendly team based in Bolton. The successful candidate will earn £22,000-£23,000.

Core hours of work are Monday to Friday, 10am – 6pm. Flexibility is fundamental to carry out this role as the candidate will be required to cover holidays and absence, within a reasonable notice period, across all shifts.

This will include work across all shifts in a 24-hour period (06:00-14:00, 14:00-22:00, 22:00-06:00) and weekend working during peak operational periods, to support holiday cover and implementation/maintenance of Technical standards.

Role Requirements

• Previous Technical experience or relevant degree is essential. Experience of working in a bakery or a high care/high risk/ready-to-eat environment will be advantageous, as would HACCP, Auditing and Food Safety qualifications. An understanding of HACCP, microbiology and Technical Standards and KPIs are required.

You will have:

• A self-organised approach, with strong time management and prioritisation skills
• Good work ethic
• Flexible approach and be willing to adapt ways of working to support team requirements
• Able to communicate clearly at all levels within the business
• A Can-Do attitude with a right first-time approach to ways of working
• An ability to solve problems and be part of a team to present and deliver solutions
• Good standard of spoken and written English
• IT literate, minimum word, excel and PowerPoint
• The ability to challenge factory standards and provide support for corrective action
• A proactive approach to prevent issues from occurring, with innovative thinking

Role Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for ensuring that all product and process comply with food safety, legality, and quality requirements throughout all stages of the production process. In addition, you will:
• Conduct sampling of raw materials in low risk/ high care, finished product, shelf life samples, environmental swabs, listeria swabs, hand swabs, air plates and water samples as per defined frequency
• Assess the quality of raw materials to define the accuracy of intake checks
• Conduct audits against Quality Management Systems, GMP, HACCP, fabrication, and hygiene, reporting findings and monitoring corrective actions to ensure the site remains complaint
• Conduct daily paperwork audits to ensure all due diligence parameters are met. To identify, report and establish corrective actions to all non-conformances
• Conduct a daily factory walkaround to support production team to ensure products are manufactured in a smooth flow
• Observe and ensure good personal hygiene and GMP standards are maintained in the factory
• Monitor product quality through taste panels and factory observations
• Complete investigations for out of specification results and complaints and support the operations team in completing incident investigations
• To support the Factory teams by providing technical support and advice on a daily basis

Company

Our client is of the UK’s leading manufacturers of retailer branded cakes, producing ambient cakes for multiple retailers. It’s a fast-paced production environment where you will be driving the highest possible standards of food safety, quality, and legality.

Why should you apply?

• To join a fantastic company
• To become part of a great team
• To showcase your knowledge and skill set
• Free Parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Staff Shop
• Pension Scheme
• Discount scheme on purchases from high street retailers
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

If you’re the ideal candidate our client is looking for, please send your CV by clicking the APPLY button

Keywords: Quality Assurance Manager, Food Safety, Hygiene, Product Quality, Fabrication, Quality Management Systems, GMP, HACCP