Food QA Auditor — Drive Quality & Compliance

Humdinger; Quarrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days holiday entitlement

Pension plan 4% employer / 5% employee

Life assurance x4 base salary

Salary sacrifice schemes

Healthcare cash plan

Job summary

Humdinger in Heckington seeks a QA Auditor to uphold food quality, safety and continuous improvement across our manufacturing environment. You will help maintain an audit-ready site, identify improvement opportunities and support investigations that protect product quality and customer confidence.

The permanent full-time role offers a 36-hour week, 3 on 4 off shifts (18:00–06:00) with pay £16.17 per hour and 20 days holiday, plus pension and health benefits. Closing date 2026-08-21.

Qualifications

• Quality Auditor experience in a food manufacturing environment is essential.
• Strong focus on product quality and following procedures.
• Excellent attention to detail and clear communication.
• Team-oriented, supportive and able to work collaboratively.
• Confident in challenging non-compliance with solid problem-solving ability.
• Competent IT skills, including strong use of Microsoft Office.
• Food Hygiene Level 2 and HACCP Level 2

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal & external audits including GMP, hygiene, pest control, glass and hard plastics audits.
• Identify non-conformances and support corrective action completion.
• Complete environmental monitoring, hand swabs, rapid swabs and water sampling.
• Review product specifications, testing results and quality documentation.
• Investigate customer complaints and foreign body incidents using root cause analysis.
• Support traceability exercises and quality management system compliance.
• Participate in taste panels and finished product assessments.
• Work closely with Production, Engineering, NPD and wider business functions.

Skills

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Team player

Problem solving

Quality assurance

Education

Food Hygiene Level 2

HACCP Level 2

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Humdinger in Heckington seeks a QA Auditor to uphold food quality, safety and continuous improvement across our manufacturing environment. You will help maintain an audit-ready site, identify improvement opportunities and support investigations that protect product quality and customer confidence.

The permanent full-time role offers a 36-hour week, 3 on 4 off shifts (18:00–06:00) with pay £16.17 per hour and 20 days holiday, plus pension and health benefits. Closing date 2026-08-21.