QA Night Shift

Cranswick PLC; Hessle; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Company pension scheme

Share scheme

Discounts for employees

Company Shop access

Job summary

Cranswick Country Foods Prepared Poultry is seeking a QA to promote high hygienic practice and quality within a brand-new poultry factory. You will monitor finished products against specifications, perform microbiological sampling, and conduct regular hygiene/GMP audits with the teams to ensure readiness for visits from retailers.

The role focuses on maintaining clean, compliant working areas and driving continuous improvements across departments to deliver a successful factory launch.

Responsibilities

• Promote and maintain high standards of hygienic practice and quality within the factory.
• Monitor finished product against specifications and take corrective actions.
• Perform pack verification, sample collection and daily organoleptic testing.
• Carry out microbiological swabbing and collect samples per regimes.
• Conduct hygiene/GMP audits with department teams.
• Promote food hygiene across site and support visits from 3rd parties or retailers.
• Drive improvements with all departments to reduce complaints and non-conformances.

Job description

Cranswick Country Foods Prepared Poultry is a specialty producer of delicious, cooked poultry ingredients and is a leading innovator in the industry. We create exciting, original products that meet the needs of today’s busy consumers. We are proud to have opened a brand new, purpose built, breaded chicken factory and have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team, as a QA.

The key elements of the role are:

• To promote, monitor and maintain a high standard of hygienic practice and quality, and ensure good manufacturing practice within the factory.
• Monitor finished product against agreed specifications. To take appropriate corrective actions as required and elevate as appropriate.
• Pack verification, sample collection and daily organoleptic testing of finished products.
• Carrying out microbiological swabbing and the collection of microbiological samples to the specific regimes.
• Conducting accompanied hygiene / GMP audits with the departmental hygiene / management teams where applicable.
• To promote high levels of food hygiene standards across site.
• To assist 3 rd Party or Retailer visits and to ensure that the site is prepared for all known visits.
• To drive improvements, by working with all departments, to reduce complaints and other non-conformances.

To maintain a clean, tidy and hygienic working area to meet with the factory hygiene guidelines, practices and protocols

To ensure personal hygiene is maintained at all times as per personal hygiene policy

What We Offer

At Cranswick Country Foods Prepared Poultry, we recognise that our people are at the heart of our success. In return for your commitment and hard work, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Competitive rate of pay
• Company pension scheme
• Cranswick Share Scheme
• Exclusive employee discounts
• Access to the Company Shop with discounted products
• Opportunities for training, development and career progression
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recognition and reward initiatives
• A supportive and inclusive working environment

The ideal successful candidate would be determined to maintain their own standards within the department of a brand new factory and be able to deliver results in a high pressure environment, whilst being able to be flexible and committed to ensure the successful launch of the factory. In return, the role will be rewarding and challenging, and expect to be developed within the role to succeed.

If you are an internal applicant, please ensure you have made your line manager aware before applying.