Overview

To ensure that the appropriate due diligence, food and feed safety and quality assurance systems are operating effectively through the use of an internal and supplier audit process.   To contribute to the continuous improvement processes through participation in the HACCP food and feed safety teams with the emphasis on an effective implementation of the manufacturing pre-requisite programme.

The Role

The Quality Assurance Technician is a member of the factory technical team reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager. This role is part of a 12 strong technical and laboratory team.  The role holder will need to build a strong, collaborative and trusting working relationship with the technical, manufacturing and internal audit teams.  Strong relationships with the customer facing technical teams at Head Office and the wider supply functions at different sites are required.

Duties will include:

• Delivery of effective internal and supplier audits
• Management of associated non-conformances and corrective actions
• Complaint investigation and reporting
• Document management

Key Performance Measures:

• Audit delivery on-time and in full
• Compliance to quality standards within audits
• Complaint investigation and resolution within agreed time scales
• Accurate up to date documents

The Person

• Minimum 5 years work experience in a technical supervisory or management role within the food industry (and preferably dairy).
• Experience with food and feed safety management systems and with dealing with customer audits and external certification audits (eg. BRC, ISO22000, PAS220, ISO9001, UFAS, FEMAS)
• Qualifications: Lead Auditor Preferred but internal auditor as minimum requirement
• Minimum basic HACCP or equivalent
• Experience of electronic document management and audit systems

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.