Quality Assurance Operative

TN United Kingdom; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable agriculture is seeking a Quality Control Specialist to ensure food safety and quality standards in their innovative glasshouse. The role involves conducting inspections, maintaining records, and supporting daily operations in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Charitable Giving via Payroll

Qualifications

• Previous experience in quality/technical roles within fresh produce preferred.
• Flexibility regarding shift patterns due to seasonality.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out QC checks on fresh produce strawberries.
• Ensuring food safety and quality in the work area.
• Supporting the Glasshouse Supervisor with daily operations.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Organizational Skills

Proactive Attitude

Education

Experience in Quality/Technical Roles

Job description

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About Dyson Farming

Dyson Farming is a family-owned business with a vision to benefit future generations through a commitment to commercially viable and environmentally sustainable food production at scale. We aim to be industry leaders in efficient, carbon-neutral, high-technology agriculture, employing highly skilled, pioneering people supported by research and development in partnership with our sister company, Dyson. We see the future of agriculture as an exciting opportunity to improve the nation’s food security, health, and economic growth.

Recent Developments

The latest addition to Dyson Farming’s circular farming system is a 26-acre glasshouse in Carrington, Lincolnshire. It supports high-tech, sustainable farming in the UK, reducing food miles by producing strawberries locally, avoiding imports at this time of year.

Powered by renewable electricity and surplus heat from Dyson Farming’s adjacent anaerobic digester, the glasshouse is 760m long with 1456 rows of strawberries and 1,225,000 strawberry plants, producing approximately 1,250 tonnes of strawberries annually for British consumers.

Requirements

1. Carrying out QC checks on fresh produce strawberries.
2. Ensuring food safety and quality in the work area.
3. Assisting with the site auditing programme.
4. Supporting the Glasshouse Supervisor with daily operations to meet food safety and quality standards.
5. Conducting hygiene inspections and daily checks.
6. Maintaining process records accurately.
7. Reporting any quality or food safety issues daily.
8. Assisting with waste control and reporting.
9. Performing other duties as assigned by the line manager.

Person Specification

1. Proactive attitude and commitment to food safety, quality, product integrity, and health and safety.
2. Excellent attention to detail.
3. High standards of compliance.
4. Previous experience in quality/technical roles within fresh produce preferred.
5. Flexibility regarding shift patterns due to seasonality.
6. Willingness to undertake ongoing training and development.
7. Good organizational skills.
8. Professional manner.
9. Benefits include life assurance and charitable giving via payroll (Give as You Earn).