Fragrance QC Technician: Day to Night Shift

CPL Aromas Ltd.; Brixworth; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

CPL Aromas Ltd. in the United Kingdom is seeking a QC Technician to support Production with quality control of incoming raw materials and fragrance batches, ensuring tests align with specifications and recording non-conformances where needed.

The role starts with daytime hours 8.30am–5pm and transitions to a night shift 10pm–6am toward the end of 2026, requiring careful data entry, problem solving, and close collaboration with production and customer services to keep batches on track.

Qualifications

• Excellent sense of smell and pass the Company smelling assessment test with a pass mark of >16.
• Experience testing and working practices within the fragrance or flavour industry.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure, in a team and as an individual.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to accurately record all data.
• Good time management and flexibility to cover shifts at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Smell and release raw materials, fragrance batches and laboratory batches after testing to specifications.
• Assist production with queries relating to raw materials or production batches.
• Proactive retesting of all batches and materials due.
• Problem solving and issuing clear rework instructions.
• Accurately reading and entering all data onto QC system with due regard for specification.
• Record all non-conformances, reworking and blending where possible.
• Obtain specifications from suppliers for raw materials and enter onto database.
• Keep QC system updated and clean.
• Release and maintenance of materials and batches in D365.
• Liaise with Customer Services in the event of delays to batches.
• Keep workspace clean and tidy.

Skills

Smell test

Fragrance industry

Data entry accuracy

Teamwork

Time management

Communication skills

Tools

D365

QC software

Job description

CPL Aromas Ltd. in the United Kingdom is seeking a QC Technician to support Production with quality control of incoming raw materials and fragrance batches, ensuring tests align with specifications and recording non-conformances where needed.

The role starts with daytime hours 8.30am–5pm and transitions to a night shift 10pm–6am toward the end of 2026, requiring careful data entry, problem solving, and close collaboration with production and customer services to keep batches on track.