Quality Auditor

Quality Auditor - Drayton Site

About the role
Are you an experienced Quality Auditor looking for a fresh challenge or do you have Manufacturing / Production experience want to start a career in Quality/Technical?

We have an opportunity for a full time Quality Auditor to join our team in Drayton

Location
Drayton site, Natures Way Foods Ltd, Chichester Food Park, Bognor Road, PO20 1NW

A day in the life of a Natures Way Foods QA
We make delicious salad meals, coleslaw, potato salad, bagged salads and leafy salad bowls. Our products are stocked by leading Retail supermarkets & restaurant chains and consumed by millions of customers in the UK, so you may well have eaten something made by us!

As a core member of the Quality Auditing team you will be responsible for ensuring the highest food safety and quality of our products. Our products have a short shelf life and raw material can be impacted by the weather, seasons and many other factors.

You will be responsible for monitoring and enforcing product food safety and quality, systems, processes, procedures & GMP to ensure they comply with internal and customer requirements and specification, including auditing and closure of non-conformances. You will be carrying out GMP swabbing, DQA, shelf life and other assessments to ensure our products are safe and of high quality.

Shift Pattern
2 week rolling Panama Shift Pattern:

Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 6am - 6pm
Week 2: Only working on Wednesday and Thursday 6am - 6pm
Week 3: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 6pm - 6am
Week 4: Only working on Wednesday and Thursday 6pm - 6am

Repeat

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the product quality & safety standards are maintained at all times and that the product that is manufactured meets the customer’s specification and is legally compliant in all aspects.
• Ensure that our factories are audit ready at all times and the strict GMP standards are maintained throughout the manufacturing site.
• Conduct scheduled auditing of safety, legality and GMP standards of the site
• Carry out regular documented checks on all areas and lines of manufacture and packing, including paperwork checks to ensure correct completion.
• Carry out validation and verification of processes according to schedule
• Monitor lines during production and report any issues in relation to quality or product safety.
• Carry out sampling, checks, tests, swabbing and other conformance requirements according to required schedules, including logging of samples into laboratory system.
• Conduct documented investigations and close out non-conformances, using Root Cause Analysis.
• Complete records and logs for all activities according to procedure.
• Prepare, audit and file paperwork for lines & mixing process.
• Pest control checks where required.
• Carry out specified projects.
• Follow safe ways of working & site procedures, reporting near misses & any accidents or incidents when they occur

About you
Previous experience of working in a Quality Auditing role in food manufacturing is very desirable however we would also be interested in hearing from people with a knowledge and understanding of food safety from a production, logistics or hygiene background.

Your journey with us
You’ll have full support and on the job training from your Manager to help you develop your knowledge of the Quality Auditor role at Natures Way Foods.

There’s plenty of training opportunities and you’ll be able to undertake internal and external training courses to build your skillset from soft skills to training in your area of expertise like Food safety Level 3.

You will be spoilt for choice with future career development opportunities at Natures Way Foods, whether you decide to climb the ladder in the Quality team or want to be the best in your area of knowledge, we will help make your career ambitions a reality.

Interested?
We’re a fast-moving business looking to fill these vacancies as quick as we can – so click the Apply Now button or contact cherylaudin@nwfltd.co.uk