QA Auditor (12 month FTC, Maternity Cover)

Yeo Valley Organic; South Somerset; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive holiday allowance

Non-contributory pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cash back plan

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidized Yeo Valley products

Annual bonus (EBT)

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Yeo Valley Organic in Crewkerne, Somerset, is seeking a Quality Auditor for a 12‑month maternity-cover role (42 hours/wk, 6am–6pm, 4 on/4 off) to drive a true quality and food safety culture across the site. You will coach stakeholders, monitor real-time product quality and compliance to standards, and lead audits to ensure traceability and corrective actions.

Join a values‑driven, co‑owned business known for organic farming, sustainability and employee development, with competitive benefits and

Qualifications

• Formal qualification or demonstrable experience.
• HACCP level 3.
• Food safety level 3.

Responsibilities

• Uphold safety and quality; coach all site functions on food safety and quality aspects of production.
• Provide operational QA presence to monitor real-time product quality and compliance and support cross-functional improvements.

Education

Formal qualification or demonstrable experience

HACCP level 3

Food safety level 3

Job description

So, what will I be doing? At Yeo Valley, we're about more than just making great food – we're here to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever. As a co-owned business, we invest in our people, encourage growth, and believe in doing things properly. We manufacture over 25% of the UKs packaged yoghurt, created with passion and a stellar reputation, we are known for our commitment to organic farming, sustainability and animal welfare.

As a Quality Auditor you'll be driving a quality culture across our Crewkerne site. Coaching and motivating the key stakeholders you'll be working with, you'll be acting as a catalyst for influencing continuous improvement and better ways of working. We are the custodians of our customers and consumers' expectations and support the business in achieving a true quality, food safety focused, working environment. We are proud of the products we produce, and all the brands we represent.

Please note, this is a maternity cover position for 12 months, starting November/December, for 42 hours per week, 6am - 6pm, on a shift pattern of 4 on/4 off

The Purpose Of Your Role

• Upholding legal, customer and consumers expectations, ensuring we are operating in a true quality, food safety focused, working environment. Support and coach all site functions on food safety and quality aspects of production
• To provide an operationally proactive Quality Assurance presence in order to monitor real time manufacturing Product Quality and Compliance to Quality Standards and Technical Procedures, and support cross functional improvements when required across all key stakeholders

Your Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all individual and team activities are completed safely, with clear controls, understanding and instructions at all times and fully supporting a safety first culture.
• High factory floor presence and engagement with teams, developing a site food safety and quality culture.
• Engage with site operational teams to ensure all food safety and quality requirements are maintained at all times and coach to aid / improve understanding.
• End to end understanding of the process to ensure full traceability is maintained and routinely tested.
• Provide verification of legal, food safety and quality systems, reporting results in a clear and accessible format
• Collate and present summary trends of information in a clear and concise manner in meetings
• Uses knowledge of site KPI’s to focus teams on driving improvement.
• Investigate live issues and trends, working cross functionally to develop a team solution or escalating to key stakeholders if appropriate.
• Supporting of Development trials, ensuring success criteria are met through data collation and analysis prior to scale up/launch of products or packaging.
• Conduct audits to schedule and ensure corrective actions are completed, in full, to root cause.
• Identify opportunities of technical knowledge or skills gaps at operational levels and support training or guidance through local Department Management.
• Actively seek opportunities for continuous improvement in self and others.

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

Essential

• Formal qualification or demonstrable experience
• HACCP level 3
• Food safety level 3

Even better if you possess

• Food degree
• Internal audit qualification
• Good coaching skills

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

• competitive holiday allowance
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidized Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can.

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.