QA Auditor

Greencore Group; Bo'ness; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company share save scheme

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive Greencore employee discount

Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause”

Job summary

Greencore is seeking a Quality Auditor for its Boness site to audit and improve quality systems across operations. You will work with operational teams to maintain food safety and quality standards, under QA supervision.

The role is site-based, permanent, and offers practical technical support and opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement in quality and food safety.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of GMP, HACCP and food quality systems.
• Detail-oriented with proactive mindset to challenge and improve standards.
• Hands-on audit capability on factory floor with practical guidance.
• Ability to identify root causes and drive corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Audit compliance with QMS, GMP, and HACCP and raise non-conformances.
• Identify root causes to reduce recurring issues.
• Conduct traceability audits and present findings.
• Perform sampling and sensory testing in line with schedule.
• Support investigations into complaints and incidents through audits and data analysis.
• Assist with NPD trials, product launches and shelf-life assessments.
• Provide day-to-day technical support to factory teams and customer visits.
• Contribute to KPI delivery through audits and proactive improvements.
• Maintain safe working practices and health, safety, and environmental standards.

Skills

GMP knowledge

HACCP knowledge

Traceability

Quality systems

Factory floor experience

Audit skills

Food industry

Job description

Salary:Competitive salary
Benefits:Company share save scheme,Competitive matched pension contributions, Life insurance up to 4x salary
Location: Boness
Ways of Working:Site based
Hours of work: Sun-Thu 5:00-13:00
Contract Type: Permanent

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US.

Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food, both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site in Bo'ness employs over 1,000 people and produces food-to-go salads and salad accompaniments for a range of customers. The site is located 3.5 miles from Linlithgow and 8 miles from Falkirk.

What you’ll be doing

In this busy and hands-on role as a Quality Auditor, you’ll audit, monitor, and continuously improve quality systems and procedures across site operations. Working closely with operational teams, you’ll provide practical technical support while maintaining and promoting quality and food safety standards in line with Greencore, customer, and legal requirements, with guidance from the QA Supervisor or Manager.

Role Accountabilities

• Audit compliance with QMS, GMP, and HACCP, raising clear non-conformances and driving corrective actions to closure
• Apply an inquisitive audit mindset to identify root causes and reduce repeat non-conformances
• Conduct traceability audits, efficiently retrieving data and presenting findings clearly
• Complete sampling activities to schedule, including microbiological, nutritional, swabs, and organoleptic testing
• Prepare, facilitate, and trend taste panels, escalating out-of-specification results and recommending improvements
• Calibrate factory measurement equipment to schedule and manage out-of-tolerance actions
• Support investigations into complaints, incidents, and out-of-specification results through audits and data analysis
• Support NPD trials and product launches, including testing, shelf-life assessment, and taste panels
• Provide day-to-day technical support to factory teams, audits, and customer visits
• Contribute to Technical KPI delivery through audits, investigations, and proactive improvement actions
• Work safely at all times, promoting strong health, safety, and environmental standards

What we’re looking for

• A strong understanding of quality systems, GMP, HACCP, and traceability within a manufacturing environment
• A proactive, detail-focused approach with a natural curiosity to challenge and improve standards
• Confidence working hands-on on the factory floor, providing clear and practical technical guidance
• Ability to audit effectively, identify root causes, and drive corrective and preventative actions
• Strong communication skills, able to engage confidently with colleagues at all levels
• A collaborative mindset, working effectively within cross-functional teams
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities to deadlines
• Commitment to continuous improvement and personal development
• A positive, resilient approach aligned to Greencore values

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions

• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.