Food Quality Assurance Technician

Morrisons; Knaresborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK food manufacturer is seeking a Quality Technician to ensure food safety compliance. The role involves monitoring production processes, investigating incidents, and supporting site management during audits. Candidates must have a keen eye for detail and experience in food manufacturing. This position offers career development, substantial holiday, and employee discounts.

Benefits

Six weeks holiday and a guaranteed day off

15% discount in supermarkets

Career progression opportunities

Subsidised staff canteen

Healthcare and well-being benefits

Qualifications

• Keen eye for detail required.
• Experience in food manufacturing or preparation is ideal.
• Good communication and team skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, control and audit the production process.
• Ensure conformity and non-conformity are communicated.
• Investigate food safety incidents applying root cause analysis.

Skills

Attention to detail

Proactive attitude

Team player

Effective communication

Good PC skills

Experience in food manufacturing

Education

HACCP qualification or willingness to work towards one

Job description

Our Technical / Quality team are a very important team when it comes to Morrisons Manufacturing. It's down to them to ensure we're legally compliant from a food safety point of view. Our sites are super busy, ever-demanding and our standards are high - keeping our Technical team busy every day.

Shift: 2 - 10pm working 5 days a week (including approx 1 in 4 weekend mornings)

Reporting to the Shift Technical Manager, you will:

• Monitor, control and audit the production process
• Ensure that conformity and non-conformity are communicated, followed up and closed off.
• Investigate any food safety incidents applying root cause analysis and ensure that the day to day site technical function is achieved
• Support the site management team during any external accreditation such as BRC and Morrisons manufacturing standards
• Ensure that the site production is supported during the launch of any new product line

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About you

As well as a keen eye for detail you will also need:

• The confidence to challenge with a proactive and ‘can do’ attitude
• To be a team player and an effective communicator
• Good PC skills (especially Google)
• Experience in food manufacturing or preparation (ideally in a technical or similar type of role)
• A HACCP qualification or a food safety qualification (ideally), or a willingness to work towards this

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays) and a guaranteed day off that's important to you - whether that be a birthday, religious holiday or a special occasion
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

Find out more about working in Manufacturing at Myton Food Group.

About us

You’ll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group - the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets.

At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.

We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.