Food Quality Assurance Technician - Detail-Driven

INSPIRED pet nutrition; Thirsk; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Enhanced pension

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity, paternity, sickPay

Holiday buy options

Healthcare cashback plan

Hertility at-home fertility testing

Pet food and lifestyle discounts

Retail and gym discounts

Electric car scheme

Free onsite parking and charging

Onsite canteen

Job summary

INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is a fast-growing pet food manufacturer with a Thirsk site. We seek a Quality Assurance Technician to join our Technical team, performing production audits, material checks and traceability tasks to uphold top product standards.

You will work closely with Operations and Technical teams, calibrate equipment daily, and investigate non-conformances to support safe, compliant manufacturing across site.

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent standard; numerate and literate.
• Health and Safety - level Two.
• Food hygiene - level Two.
• CCP training including HACCP principles for Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Conduct production line and operator compliance audits.
• Conduct area and paperwork compliance checks, escalating any issues or trends identified.
• Management and investigation of non-conforming materials and products (hold / quarantine process).
• Conduct composition checks on blended kibble finished products to ensure compliance to specification.
• Daily calibration of water activity equipment.
• Management of retained sample storage.
• Carry out NIR analysis on defined raw materials and finished product samples.
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that the department meets the safety, health and environment policy.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Food Safety

GMP

HACCP

Auditing

Attention to detail

Education

GCSE or equivalent

Health and Safety Level Two

Food Hygiene Level Two

CCP Training

Tools

NIR Analysis

Job description

INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is a fast-growing pet food manufacturer with a Thirsk site. We seek a Quality Assurance Technician to join our Technical team, performing production audits, material checks and traceability tasks to uphold top product standards.

You will work closely with Operations and Technical teams, calibrate equipment daily, and investigate non-conformances to support safe, compliant manufacturing across site.