Quality Assurance Technician

The Company

Out client is a market leader in the food and drink manufacturing sector. Due to growth, they now require a QA to work on a 3 shift system.

The Role

• You provide expert quality and technical support and direction, to all departments within ensuring that quality standards, objectives and procedures are complied with, maintained and improved.
• The person will ensure that the end product from Production meets all company and customer quality requirements and standards.
• You will provide support, guidance and training as required to production teams.
• Plan, prepare and conduct audits on the Quality Management and Food Safety systems ensuring that appropriate corrective actions are identified, implemented and re-audited.
• Ensure that all equipment and services required for quality purposes are maintained, and calibrated.
• Microbiological analysis on site, materials and complete products.
• Support trials of new products, materials and processes.
• Helo drive for continuous improvement ensuring that quality and food safety standards are driven forward using the most cost-effective methods.
• Represent the site as required on quality issues with customers, suppliers and statutory bodies as well as relevant site meetings.
• Coach production against regarding quality systems and standards.

The Person

• You will ideally hold a Food safety qualification-level 3 or 4 ideally.
• Must have previous QA experience within the food sector.
• An awareness and understanding of HACCP and audit exposure will be a definite advantage.
• Flexibility and a positive can do attitude is essential as the business is fast paced and ever changing.
• The role demands a people person with effective communication skills and IT literacy.

The Benefits

• The role offers and attractive salary and the chance to work for a market leader in their sector.
• You will be working for a well-established secure employer.
• A competitive salary.
• A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.
• The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.

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