Food Materials QA Technician – Growth & Benefits

Years.com - More Years Together; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £30,000 PA

Annual learning & development budget £

Mental wellbeing support

Wellbeing budget £200 annually

Volunteer day per year

Team events & staff discounts

Casual dress

Job summary

Years is seeking a Raw Material QA Technician to oversee the quality control of raw materials entering our Nottingham site, from intake sampling to specification management. You will help ensure every material meets Years' standards before production and support cold store monitoring.

Responsibilities include sampling, testing, documentation, and liaising with suppliers, with audits and quality assurance as core facets of the role.

Qualifications

• Experience in a QA or technical role within food or feed manufacturing.
• Experience with raw material sampling, testing, or goods-in inspection.
• Comfortable working with specifications, certificates of analysis, and supplier documentation.
• Confident using Excel and internal systems for record-keeping.
• Good attention to detail and comfortable raising issues without prompting.

Responsibilities

• Sample and test incoming raw materials in line with agreed testing protocols and frequencies.
• Check raw materials on intake against specification, covering visual inspection, documentation, and any required physical or chemical checks.
• Create, maintain, and update raw material intake specifications, keeping them aligned with supplier data and current formulations.
• Record and check fridge and cold store temperatures across P1 and P2, escalating any deviations immediately.
• Identify and quarantine any non-conforming raw materials, raising holds and non-conformance reports as required.
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready intake and testing records.
• Liaise with suppliers and the wider technical team on quality queries, certificates of analysis, and traceability documentation.
• Support internal and external audits (SALSA, APHA, customer) with intake QC records and evidence.
• Flag recurring supplier quality issues to the Technical Manager.

Skills

QA experience

Raw material sampling

Specification management

Excel

Attention to detail

Education

GCSEs including English and Maths

Job description

Years is seeking a Raw Material QA Technician to oversee the quality control of raw materials entering our Nottingham site, from intake sampling to specification management. You will help ensure every material meets Years' standards before production and support cold store monitoring.

Responsibilities include sampling, testing, documentation, and liaising with suppliers, with audits and quality assurance as core facets of the role.