Qa

Pilgrim'S Europe; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Weekly pay

Staff discounts

Refer a Friend Scheme

Life assurance policy

Long service award

Job summary

Pilgrim’s Europe seeks a QA on-site professional in Bodmin to drive food safety and quality across factory processes. You will coordinate QA tasks, support internal audits, manage non-conformances, and ensure calibration schedules meet required standards.

The role involves close collaboration with stakeholders and external agencies to uphold GMP practices. You will file technical factory documentation, coordinate internal specifications, and assist with sampling for taste panels and repeat

Qualifications

• Experience in QA-related function with a focus on food safety.
• Experience in internal audits and calibration control.
• Ability to coordinate tasks, meet deadlines and maintain GMP standards.
• Strong communication with customers and external agencies.
• Familiarity with QA documentation filing and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Promote food safety and product quality on site.
• Coordinate QA tasks to deliver OTIF factory results.
• Assist internal audits to required timescales and standards.
• Support complaints investigations and non-conformance handling.
• Manage calibration schedule and QA information at the Bodmin site.
• Maintain QA documentation and online specifications.
• Coordinate internal specs including on-line and intake specs.
• Act as a key contact for visits or audits from customers or external agencies.
• Obtain samples for taste panels and repeat testing as needed.

Skills

QA experience

Internal audits

Food safety knowledge

Communication skills

HACCP awareness

GMP standards

Team player

Detail oriented

Problem solving

Education

Level 3 Food Safety

Level 3 HACCP

GCSEs incl English/Math/Science

Food safety degree (desirable)

Lead auditor/internal audit training (desirable)

Knowledge of microbiology (desirable)

Job description

Join Pilgrim’s Europe as a QA in Bodmin

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive pay rates
• Premium overtime rates
• Free on-site parking
• Weekly pay
• Access to occasional staff sales, offering discounted company products
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Discount on retail, cinema, travel and much more
• Life assurance policy
• Long service award

Shift Pattern

• Monday to Friday
• 07:00am to 16:00pm

Responsibilities

Conducting the QA tasks on site:

• Actively promote Food Safety and product quality
• Responsible for task co-ordination to ensure that all required tasks of the factory QA function are delivered OTIF
• Assist the site internal audit program to the timescales and to the required standard
• Assist in complaints, investigations and site generated non-conformance management.
• Responsible for site calibration schedule ensuring calibrations are completed to the required schedule
• Responsible for regular reviews of the Technical Hub to ensure that all information related to the QA function is acknowledged and distributed accordingly across the Bodmin site
• Assist the filing of technical factory documentation ensuring that they are filed to the required standard
• Responsible for co-ordination of internal specifications, including on-line specifications, intake specifications and QAS
• Being a key stakeholder in any visits or audits rom customers or other external agencies
• Obtain samples for taste panels, and any repeat testing samples as required.

Other key accountabilities

• Actively promote and deliver good health and safety working conditions and practices
• Any other task as is reasonably requested to support the effective operation of the site
• Demonstrate flexibility around working hours as required to facilitate customer audits and visits, holiday cover and other business needs as directed by Quality Manager.

Requirements

• Working safely every day
• Experience in a QA related function
• Experience in internal audits
• Organised and able to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to talk to customers and external agencies
• Able to influence internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to collate and process information rapidly and make agile decisions relating to food safety, legality and quality within remit
• Demonstrate exceptional GMP standards to achieve high quality products
• RCA skills
• Team player
• Strong IT Skills
• Eye for Detail

Qualifications

• Holding or working towards Level 3 Food Safety
• Holding or working towards level 3 HACCP
• Minimum 5 GCSE’s (or equivalent) including English, Maths and Science
• Desirable – Food safety degree or 3 years experience in the food industry
• Desirable – Lead auditor or Internal audit training
• Desirable – Knowledge of microbiology