QA Auditor

Bakkavor Group; Edithmead; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fresh prepared food company in the UK is seeking a Quality Auditor to ensure compliance with quality standards. The successful candidate will be responsible for auditing processes, communicating corrective actions, and supporting quality improvement projects. Candidates with operational experience in food manufacturing are encouraged to apply. The role offers competitive compensation and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Life Assurance (1 x salary)

25 days holiday

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Access to financial learning tools

Qualifications

• Experience in quality assurance within a food environment is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills are essential.
• Proactive and innovative problem-solving skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Audit compliance against Quality Management Systems and raise non-conformances.
• Communicate corrective actions to operational teams.
• Complete audits to demonstrate compliance and retrieve information for investigations.
• Assist in full investigations of specifications, complaints, and incidents.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Communication

Proactive approach

Education

Experience in a Technical / QA role in a food environment

Job description

Quality Auditor

We rise to challenges together

Salary : Up to £29,400 based on experience + 10% shift allowance

Benefits : Life Assurance (1 x salary), MyBargains Discount Platform, A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)

Location : Highbridge, TA9 4JR

Ways of Working : Site based

Shift Pattern : 4 on 4 off rotating shift

Day Shift : 06:00 - 18:00 (2 consecutive shifts)

Night Shift : 18:00 - 06:00 (2 consecutive shifts)

Contract : Permanent

Why join us?

We're proud to offer you a career with a global leader in the fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards.

What we do.

We're the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. Our Bakkavor site in Highbridge, which is one of our four Desserts sites in the UK, specialises in Cheesecake and Tarts, working closely with our sister site in Devizes that specialise in baked goods.

About the role.

Working as part of a wider team of QA Auditors and reporting directly in to our Quality Assurance Supervisors, you will play a key role in ensuring that our site continues to meet all quality and technical standards set nationally and by our grocery retailer partners.

As one of our QA Auditors, you will audit, monitor, improve and evaluate quality systems and procedures and provide technical support for the operational teams as well as maintaining and promoting technical and quality standards in line with business needs and customer requirements will be a key focus.

In this position you will work on a permanent day shift which will include some weekend working as set by the rota.

As well as welcoming applications from candidates from a quality or technical background, we would also like to encourage applications from candidates who have operational or line experience within food production / manufacturing who wish to develop their career. If you have excellent attention to detail, are process driven and can use your initiative to prioritise your workload and problem solve we would like to hear from you.

Full training on internal quality processes is provided to the successful candidate.

Role Accountabilities

• Audit compliance against Quality Management Systems, GMP and HACCP controls, raising all non-conformances against relevant standards with objective evidence.
• Effectively communicate to enable the operational teams to take the appropriate and necessary corrective action – then follow up and monitor completion of actions.
• Suggest areas of improvement, relating to fabrication and procedures.
• Understand the site traceability system to complete audits to demonstrate compliance and retrieve information for investigation purposes.
• Take samples (micro, nutritional, swab and organoleptic) against specific schedules and communicate the progress in a timely manner.
• Prepare and facilitate taste panels in accordance with procedure – ensuring that all results are accurately recorded and communicated to site.
• Calibrate measurement equipment in accordance with schedules and procedures.
• Assist the QA Supervisor in carrying out full investigations on specifications (micro and nutritional), complaints and incidents – investigations may take the form of sampling, process reviews, traceability, or audits.
• Support NPD trials and product launches, assisting in micro testing and product life assessment to ensure products are manufactured to the correct standard as necessary.
• Provide technical support and advice to the factory team in the event of customer visit or audit.
• Coordinate day‑to‑day activities to deliver improvement of Technical KPIs.
• Operate in a safe working manner and support the site / business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety, and the environment.

About you

Ideally you will have some professional experience within a similar Technical / QA role in a food environment, but skills can be taught and if you have the enthusiasm and drive to develop within quality assurance this is an excellent first role.

Understanding the chain of custody within the food environment and a background of working on small to mid‑sized quality improvement projects, such as implementing new procedures and defining new supporting documentation – will be key.

You will be an excellent communicator who can work alone with a proactive and innovative approach to problem solving.

You will always adopt a thorough and diligent approach to every task and you will be able to demonstrate our key values of customer care, can‑do, teamwork and not just getting it right but keeping it right.

What you’ll receive

• Life Assurance (1 x salary)
• 25 days holiday
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• MyBargains Discount Platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Independent Mortgage Advice

Employee Assistance Programme

A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans), Discounted tutoring for children, Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary.

Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)

Free Carparking??? - Site dependant Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

Proud to be Bakkavor.

We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

At Bakkavor, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and ensure fair, transparent recruitment practices. Learn more about our commitment in our Inclusion and Diversity Policy ( Inclusion & Diversity Policy ).