Qa Assistant

David Wood Foods; Royton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

David Wood Foods is hiring for a role focused on monitoring and recording product quality and internal audits to ensure compliance with our quality management systems. You will work across night, morning and afternoon shifts, with hours discussed at interview.

You will perform GMP and HACCP checks, conduct on-line inspections, collect samples, and support investigations into quality issues. A proactive team player is essential.

Qualifications

• Good level of English (writing, reading, listening).
• Confident using Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Food safety and quality knowledge from FMCG or related education.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and record product quality according to QMS.
• Perform hourly checks on production lines.
• Take temperature readings on fridges, chillers, and freezers.
• Issue and review process control and safety sheets daily.
• Report issues to relevant personnel.
• Collect samples for shelf-life testing.
• Conduct daily taste panels and complete QAS.
• Take samples for lab analysis and arrange collection.
• Calibrate temperature probes and weighing scales daily.
• Assist with internal audits and customer complaint investigations.
• Ensure GMP, food safety, quality, and health and safety standards.
• Support line release after cleaning and rapid swabbing.
• Perform CCP verifications on lines (gas, metals, cooling, cooking).
• Ensure stock rotated by FIFO.
• Assist with creating/updating internal specifications.

Skills

English proficiency

MS Office

Communication skills

Food safety knowledge

Positive attitude

Team player

Job description

About The Role

To monitor and record product quality. Internal auditing of systems to ensure compliance to the requirements of the quality management system.

Shifts

Night, Morning and Afternoon Shift available. Shift pattern and working hours will be discussed in interview.

Responsibilities & Requirements

• Ensure that all food safety, GMP and QC checks are being carried out on the line as specified in work instructions, HACCP and process control documents.
• Carry out hourly checks on the production lines.
• Carry out temperature checks on fridges, chillers, and freezers at prescribed frequency as per work instructions.
• Issue and review all process control and safety check sheets daily.
• Reporting of issues to the relevant person/s
• Collecting and collating samples for shelf-life testing
• Hold daily taste panels and conduct final inspections including completing QAS on samples.
• Hold daily taste panels and conduct final inspections including completing QAS on samples.
• Take samples for lab analysis and arrange collection.
• Carry out daily calibration of temperature probes and weighing scales.
• Conduct monthly glass, brittle & hard plastics, ceramic and similar material audit.
• Collate trial information and assist with the creation and updating of internal specification.
• Assisting with the investigation of customer complaints.
• Ensure good manufacturing practices, food safety, quality and health and safety are always maintained.
• Assisting hygiene with line release after cleaning down (e.g rapid swabbing).
• CCP verifications on lines (Gas, metals, cooling, cooking and etc).
• Ensuring stock in use is based on principle 'FIRST IN, FIRST OUT'
• Conducting process validations/ verifications on line daily and weekly or and when requested by Manger.
• Conducting or assisting with Internal Audits.
• Any other task reasonably requested by a manager.

Skills and Qualifications

• Good level of English (writing, reading, listening)
• Confident in working across the Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent communication skills
• Food safety and quality knowledge, either through previous experience in Fast Moved Consumer Goods employment or a food related education.
• Have a positive attitude and work ethic.
• Be able to work as part of a team and independently.