Quality Assurance Technologist - Days
Overview
Join our team as a Quality Assurance Technologist and play a crucial role in ensuring compliance with food safety and quality requirements. You will be responsible for conducting internal audits, monitoring process control, supporting product development, and collaborating with various teams to maintain high standards of food safety and quality.
Responsibilities
Internal Auditing
Conduct scheduled internal audits to verify compliance to the HACCP plan, certification, and customer standards
Complete Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) Audits against defined standards
Conduct Glass, brittle and hard plastics (GBHP) audits
Ensure quality control (QC) checks are being completed as per requirements against defined standards
Process Control
Complete routing monitoring activities (e.g., product and area temperature monitoring)
Control the product quarantine procedure
Conduct chemical titrations to ensure requirements and parameters are adhered to
Control and maintain equipment calibration records (e.g., scales, labellers, temperature probes)
Complete raw material and ingredient intake checks
Continuous Improvement
Ensure product quality and site standards are maintained through scheduled activities and spot checks – monitor, identify and correct deviations
Complete and support with Corrective Action investigations and conduct root cause analysis
Support other teams with investigations and root cause analysis
Verify the effectiveness of corrective and preventative actions
Sampling and Testing
Coordinate and fulfilment of testing and sampling activities (e.g., sample submissions, sample despatch, assisting with shelf life and production trials)
Conduct environmental and utilities testing for both scheduled and ad hoc samples (e.g., environmental swabbing, water testing)
Support the Product Management function with trial samples
Assisting with and undertaking site taste panel and organoleptic assessments against specifications
Product Development
Support the Product Management function in EPD and NPD tasks (e.g., sample collation and despatch, photo standards)
Documentation
Verify Production records verification
Ensure the issuing and use of the latest versions of controlled documents via the QMS (Quality Management System)
Support and Collaboration
Represent the Technical Department as required and champion a positive Food Safety and Quality Culture
Support Technical Management in customer visits and third-party audits
Provide support to the business where appropriate during peak production periods
Any other reasonable duty as requested by Technical Management
Qualifications
Food Safety Level 2
Sound understanding of HACCP
Excellent organisational skills
Excellent communication skills
Competent IT skills
Ability to work as part of a team
A focus on food safety culture will be a key value to ensure compliance with food safety and quality requirements. To maintain a high standard of food safety and quality throughout the factory through monitoring activities and investigations.
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