QA Operative PM Job Details | Danish Crown Group

Danish Crown; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company in Rochdale is seeking a QA Operative PM to ensure food safety and quality within the production line. This hands-on role requires experience in food hygiene, safety standards, and internal audits. The position offers 42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with numerous benefits including enhanced maternity leave, sick pay, and health programs. Join a dedicated team in a crucial support role to maintain product integrity and safety standards.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Matched company pension scheme

Heavily discounted meat for staff

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Free parking

Free tea and coffee

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Required Food Hygiene training.
• Knowledge of Food Safety & Hygiene is advantageous.
• Experience with HACCP & BRC standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the food safety team with verification activities.
• Conduct audits related to food safety and quality.
• Communicate with Production for effective food safety management.

Skills

Food Hygiene training

Food Safety & Hygiene knowledge

HACCP knowledge

BRC knowledge

Non-Conformance management experience

QA/Technical experience

Excellent communication skills

Internal audit skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Flexibility

Education

Food Hygiene certificate

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Word

Power Point

Job description

25/11/2025

GBR-Rochdale

Overview

QA Operative PM — We are a food company owned by Danish farmers, supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers all over the world. From butchers to business developers, we are more than 26,000 colleagues.

What are we looking for? We are looking for processing operatives to join our team working on bacon and gammon product production lines.

Why come to Danish Crown? Here’s a few reasons for you to think about.

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and share parental leave
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Matched company pension scheme
• Heavily discounted meat for all staff through the staff shop.
• Well-being programmes, with free optional health care cash plans to cover your everyday healthcare costs and which offer a wide range of digital and virtual wellbeing tools to support both your health and the people you care about.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues and their families
• Free parking
• Free tea and coffee on all sites
• Development opportunities for those that would like to progress in a global business

We are looking for a new QA to join the PM shift. As QA you will hold an essential support role to the food safety team, being responsible for various checks, verification activities and audits related to food safety, quality and integrity. You will assist in assuring compliance to site policies, procedures and customer COP’s.

This is a shop floor-based role so is suitable for someone who enjoys a hands-on position and requires building a strong working relationship with Production.

Hours of work are 14.00 to 23.15 Monday to Friday (42.5 hours per week).

Responsibilities

• Food Hygiene training
• Some previous working knowledge of Food Safety & Hygiene, HACCP & BRC
• Previous knowledge/experience of Non-Conformance management
• QA/Technical experience & experience of External audits (BRC)
• A good level of computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point), competent in report writing
• Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate precise information to help deal with food safety incidents
• Experience of working within a factory environment
• Internal audit skills, ability to complete an internal audit, communicate and close the actions
• Complaints / Non-Conformances investigation experience
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver to deadlines
• Flexibility and ability to multitask

Also, completing any reasonable additional tasks to support business needs as required.

Educational Background

• Food Hygiene training
• Some previous working knowledge of Food Safety & Hygiene, HACCP & BRC
• Previous knowledge/experience of Non-Conformance management

Benefits

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• Health & Wellbeing Programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme