Front-Shift Food Quality Assurance Technician

Dunbia Group; Clitheroe; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunbia Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician for the front shift (Mon–Fri, 5.45am–2.15pm). This role sits within the Technical Department and offers development through coaching and mentoring in a busy production environment.

You will maintain QA standards, monitor PRP/OPRP controls, and support continuous improvement in food safety and quality across slaughter and boning hall operations.

Qualifications

• An understanding of production processes onsite.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisation skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work as a team with a professional enthusiastic attitude.
• Able to maintain a professional manner with a high attention to detail.
• Committed to working within the Company Mission, Vision & Values.
• Able to read, write and speak English.

Responsibilities

• Maintain quality assurance standards in production areas to deliver compliance to product and customer specification.
• Monitor OPRP's and within production areas.
• Maintain product specification and manufacturing documentation.
• Schedule intake temperature and contamination checks of carcasses and primals.
• Schedule pH of beef quarters to batch and customer requirement.
• Conduct product manufacturing and quality audits with adherence to specifications, including random primal and visual checks.
• Perform micro sampling to site schedule and verify steriliser temperatures.
• Carry out operational checks of metal detection equipment as scheduled.
• Perform product reworks.
• Perform 24-hour product QC checks.

Skills

Production processes understanding

Interpersonal communication

Organisation skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

English

Job description

Dunbia Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician for the front shift (Mon–Fri, 5.45am–2.15pm). This role sits within the Technical Department and offers development through coaching and mentoring in a busy production environment.

You will maintain QA standards, monitor PRP/OPRP controls, and support continuous improvement in food safety and quality across slaughter and boning hall operations.