Junior Quality Technician

Recruitment Solutions Workforce Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company is seeking a Junior Quality Technologist to join their dynamic team in Pontypool. This permanent role offers a competitive salary with opportunities for progression in a supportive environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring product quality and compliance by managing production checks, documentation, and contributing to HACCP plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality control within food manufacturing is beneficial.
• Familiarity with HACCP and GMP standards preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collation and verification of production paperwork and water activity meter readings.
• Support in technical investigations and maintain high quality standards.
• Participate in audits and food safety culture plans.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Quality Control

Data Entry

Problem Solving

Tools

SAP

Job description

Junior Quality Technologist Food Manufacturing

Pontypool

Permanent Full Time

GBP26-GBP27k with progression opportunities

The Company

Our client is a rapidly growing food manufacturing business who are recruiting due to expansion. The successful applicant will be joining a small, committed, and hard-working team in a fun, relaxed and innovative working atmosphere.

Responsibilities

• Collation of production paperwork (including outsourcing) and sign off to ensure checks on the recording/ accuracy of paperwork have been carried out. Includes cross check of warehouse sheet against raw material deliveries and G-codes on SAP. Scanning paperwork onto the server
• Verification of water activity meter readings against paperwork and daily data entry
• Ensure water activity meters are kept in good working order.
• Unlock finished products on SAP once paperwork signed off. Investigation of unlocked finished goods
• Complete the receipt to warehouse spreadsheet daily.
• Support with SAP investigation issues
• Maintaining retained samples for all batches including traded goods
• Generation of certificates of analysis where required by customers.
• Obtain certificates of conformance for each batch of packaging and raw materials delivered. Send off for testing where required
• Verify batch numbers on CofA/CofC match goods in record and are compliant against the signed specification on file. Unlock on SAP once approved.
• Check and document each batch of labels against approved artwork. Unlock on SAP once approved.
• Ensuring powder samples are taken and set up organoleptic and rancidity testing.
• Generate production procedural issue summary (monthly)
• Monitor non-conformances. Ensure Non-conformance reports and investigations are completed for all issues raised in a timely manner

• Investigate and record issues with raw materials including packaging
• Non-conformance trending including GMP
• HACCP team member. Contribute to site HACCP plans.
• Arrange samples to be sent off for testing per testing schedule (including outsourcing). Trend testing results. Report out of specification values to TM and advise corrective actions.
• Manage raw material Concessions.
• Arrange equipment calibration
• Provide monthly summary of goods held under quarantine and reasons for being held.
• Participate in food safety culture plan
• Support Technical Manager with complaint investigations
• Carrying out internal audits and hygiene inspections as scheduled by the Head of Technical.
• Carry out mock traceability and mass balance tests for materials with assured status claim.
• Assist Head of Technical with completion of supplier questionnaires.

General

• Determine and implement quality improvements.
• Support Head of Technical in implementation of third-party accreditation and customer own label standards
• Support Technical department during staff shortages such as holiday cover.
• Any other reasonable duties that support the effective delivery of the role.

Pay:

GBP25k

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