Quality Assurance Technician, Oxfordshire, up to £24k

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Overview

We are currently recruiting a Quality Assurance Technician for a food manufacturer who are based in Oxfordshire.

You can expect to achieve a salary of up to £24,000 depending upon experience.

 

The Role

To complete all testing required on finished products in accordance with the agreed specification. To ensure food safety and quality agreed standards are met. To work with Shift Managers, Team Leaders and Supervisors to drive continuous improvement in the production areas. To provide all required technical support to enable operational areas of manufacture to meet food safety and quality agreed standards.

Duties:

  • To ensure there are measurable and quantifiable testing parameters for all finished product that are appropriate to the customer’s requirements
  • To complete all tests as required on finished products and raw materials using agreed documented methods and procedures. To keep retention samples and to report any out of specification results to NPD & Quality Systems Manager for further review
  • To follow the sampling schedule for all raw materials, finished product, swabs and water testing, including end of life testing ensuring that all schedules are adhered to. To arrange lab collections when needed and manage samples collection and delivery to be sent to the laboratory
  • To complete GMP audits and drive high standards of GMP within the area of responsibility, ensuring close out of any issues relating to GMP or audit failures. Continue to monitor performance to ensure sustainable corrective action. Significant shortfalls in areas likely to compromise food safety integrity to be highlighted to the Technical Manager and Quality Systems Manager
  • To generate hold, scrap and rework labels as required ensuring that any accompanying transactions and comments on the Tropos software are completed
  • To work with other departments, such as operations in investigating failures, assist in problem solving and promote ideas for sustainable solutions. To establish good co-operative internal relationships with relevant departments/colleagues
  • Record all process deviations and non-conforming products by raising non-conformances, concession, hold note and supplier non-conformances and follow through for proper corrective actions. All process deviation and non-conforming products must be recorded on the relevant logs
  • To create and send certificates of analysis for finished product for those customers required
  • To establish good co-operative internal relationships with relevant departments/colleagues
  • To ensure that sufficient consumables are available at all times to complete the testing required
  • Support all trials carried out on line, contributing towards setting appropriate quality standards and the QAS
  • Ensure effective handover among the rest members of the Quality department
  • To complete weekly and monthly glass audits

 

The Person

  • Communication skills – for confident and professional liaison with internal customers
  • Influencing and negotiation skills to bring about change and right first time approach
  • Determination to see a task through to the end, and challenge barriers.
  • Self-motivated and responsible for time management
  • A users knowledge of standard software systems
  • Level 2 Food Safety

 

JK Recruitment

Please be aware that we receive a high volume of interest for each of our roles and we cannot guarantee we will be in touch if you are not shortlisted for the position. At JK Recruitment we aim to provide the best possible opportunity to take your career forward, we will be in touch within the next seven days if your application is successful. Please continue to visit www.jkrecruit.co.uk to keep up to date with further vacancies.

We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.

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