QA Assistant

Barfoots of Botley; Bognor Regis; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing quality assurance firm in Bognor Regis seeks a QA Assistant to join its busy team at the Sefter Farm site. This role focuses on conducting quality checks, maintaining databases, and ensuring seamless communication within production teams. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented individuals with effective communication skills and a background in the fresh food sector is advantageous. This permanent position includes a 12-hour day shift pattern, promoting work-life balance while ensuring quality standards are met.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Program

Development opportunities

Discounted leisure membership

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• Ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Experience in a factory environment preferred.
• Good communication in spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Conduct online quality and label checks.
• Assist with shelf life sampling.
• Maintain label stocks and ensure accuracy.
• Update databases for accurate stock count.
• Assist with product quality assessments.

Skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication skills

Customer Focused

Understanding of FMCG or fresh food sector

Education

CIEH Level 2 Food Safety

Job description

Due to our continued growth and development, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a QA Assistant to join our busy QA Team at our Sefter Farm site.

We are keen to invite applications from enthusiastic and reliable individuals with a keen eye for detail and capable of working effectively and efficiently in a busy, team driven environment.

Reporting to the Label Admin Supervisor, you will be working within our sweetcorn factory undertaking quality checks, online checks and working within the team to ensure the highest quality. Working accurately to input and maintain databases, spreadsheets and relative stock systems for process control. With excellent communication skills, you will be able to communicate information effectively across the Operations team and provide administrative support within Production as deemed necessary by management. With a keen eye for detail, you will also conduct Label checks and quality verification of specified finished products.

This is NOT an office-based administration role and predominantly, duties will be very much factory based.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage in On Line quality and label checks using internal quality module
• Assist QA team with shelf life sampling
• Timely processing and printing of label and tray end orders
• Timely communication of new and updated orders to production teams
• Systematic maintenance of label stocks
• Assist in the creation and development of label designs
• Accurate and clear record keeping of Label orders and amendments (traceability)
• Maintain printing machinery to a high standard and report any breakdowns
• Update databases where necessary for accurate stock count
• Communicate clearly with production and packaging teams to retain accuracy
• Assist in implementation, drive and participation of Product Daily Quality Assessment (Taste Panel) by QA Department
• Other reasonable tasks requested by the Factory Technical Supervisor

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Able to prioritise tasks effectively
• Customer Focused
• Attention to detail
• Effective communication skills and spoken English
• Understanding of FMCG or fresh food sector (An advantage)
• CIEH Level 2 Food Safety (Desirable)

This is a permanent opportunity, with a 12 hour day shift pattern of 4 days on and 4 days off.

Why Work for Barfoots?

• Investors In People Silver Award status
• Company pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Benefits Platform
• Development opportunities
• Discounted leisure membership
• Discounted vegetable box scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Approved training centre for Highfield qualifications
• Rapidly growing company
• Committed to Sustainability