Quality Assurance Technician

Job Introduction

Do you have experience of working in a food manufacturing environment? Are you looking for your next career move? If yes, this could be the role for you!!!!

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Technician to join our team based at Tillery Valley Foods. As the Quality Assurance Technician, you will be responsible for the monitoring of site-wide compliance to ensure food is manufactured to all food safety, quality and legality standards. This includes continual internal auditing of systems to ensure adherence to second and third party standards.

You will be required to work a shift pattern of Mon-Fri 6am-2pm, Mon-Fri 2pm-10pm and Sun-Thurs 10pm-6am.

Role Responsibility

• Ensure that the QA service provided is meeting the needs of both internal and external customers
• Review all opportunities to ensure that you are driving standards and maximising your benefit to the business
• Produce performance data as requested by Technical Manager
• To support all external audits and customer visits as required.
• To conduct fabrication audits, GMP audits, Glass & Perspex audits in a timely manner and to report any incidents of non-conformance to the Technical Manager
• To conduct regular monitoring throughout the shift of compliance of all production paperwork, operational standards, product status, production environment and critical equipment standards.
• To liaise with production management and to provide an advisory role regarding product quality and safety incidents
• Support the technical team in conducting product / complaint investigations and traceability exercises for both raw materials and finished products
• To take and record accurate readings of temperature controlled storage environments at intervals throughout the shift.
• Comply with all site policies, rules and statutory regulations relating to food safety, Health & Safety, Safe working practices, hygiene, fire and COSHH to include awareness of any specific hazards in the workplace. Also comply with personal hygiene, conduct and absence reporting procedures
• Coordinating projects/other QA tasks as guided by the Technical manager

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Previous experience working in a food manufacturing environment in a similar role
• Computer literate
• Good Communication
• Accurate data handling, recording and reporting

Desirable

• Auditing background
• Experience / knowledge of labelling information
• Experience / knowledge of product specifications
• Experience / knowledge of CCP monitoring (HACCP)

Package Description

Competitive Salary + bonus

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, Defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to further engage ex-forces personnel and reservists.  Those applying for roles with us who meet the essential criteria advertised under the ‘ideal candidate’ on the vacancy advertised are guaranteed to progress within the selection process.