Food Quality Assurance Specialist — GMP, Audits & Compliance

Hunter Selection Limited; Redditch; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Enhanced company pension scheme

Life assurance 4x annual salary

Employee benefits package

Job summary

Hunter Selection Limited is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist for a well-established manufacturing business in Redditch. You will maintain food safety, quality and compliance standards across a busy site, working with Technical, Production and Operational teams to ensure adherence to quality systems.

Responsibilities include internal audits, investigations into complaints and non-conformances, supporting validation activities and driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a food manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Technical or Production environment.
• Food Safety qualification (Level 2 or above).
• Internal auditing experience.
• Experience within a high-care or regulated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal audits covering GMP, hygiene, traceability, product quality, documentation and manufacturing processes, ensuring corrective actions are completed effectively.
• Investigate quality, food safety and compliance issues, including customer complaints, non-conforming products and process deviations.
• Support the management and verification of quality control equipment and systems used within production.
• Manage non-conformance, concession and quarantine processes, ensuring issues are resolved within agreed timescales.
• Support validation activities, internal audits, traceability exercises and continuous improvement projects.
• Provide guidance and support to operational teams to promote high standards of food safety, quality and compliance.

Skills

Strong communication

Organisational skills

Education

Food Science / Food Safety / Food Quality related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Hunter Selection Limited is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist for a well-established manufacturing business in Redditch. You will maintain food safety, quality and compliance standards across a busy site, working with Technical, Production and Operational teams to ensure adherence to quality systems.

Responsibilities include internal audits, investigations into complaints and non-conformances, supporting validation activities and driving continuous improvement.