QA Technician

Henderson Brown Recruitment; Mid Suffolk; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a QA Technician in Mid Suffolk to oversee food safety and quality in manufacturing. Responsibilities include managing audits, inspections, and compliance, as well as acting as the key QA contact. The ideal candidate will have experience in food manufacturing quality assurance, attention to detail, and decision-making skills. This is a permanent position with a competitive hourly rate and requires full UK working rights.

Qualifications

• Experience within a quality assurance role in the UK food manufacturing industry is required.
• Own transport is necessary.
• Full UK working rights - no sponsorship or visas available.

Responsibilities

• Champion food safety, legality, and quality across operations.
• Act as primary QA contact on shift for product, process, and equipment queries.
• Manage held and non-conforming product through inspection and communication.
• Deliver internal audits and maintain site standards.
• Coordinate laboratory testing and investigate out-of-spec results.
• Manage reference samples and ensure timely inspections.
• Maintain accurate QMS documentation and support continuous improvement.
• Ensure calibration and verification of key quality equipment.

Skills

Experience within a quality assurance role

Attention to detail

Decision-making skills

Excellent communication

Job description

QA Technician - Food manufacturing

Suffolk

Permanent | Mon-Fri

Shift based: One week on early, one week on lates. Repeat

£14.60ph / £30,000 pa

If you're passionate about food safety, detail-driven, and thrive on being the go-to person on shift, this is a brilliant opportunity to play a hands-on role at the heart of a food manufacturing operation.

What you'll be doing at the QA Technician:

• Quality Guardian - Champion food safety, legality and quality across factory and warehouse operations, ensuring compliance with the Quality Management System and raising risks before they become issues.
• Shift-Level Technical Lead - Act as the primary QA contact on shift for product, process and equipment queries, providing confident decision-making and deputising support for the QA Officer when required.
• Non-Conformance & Hold Stock Control - Manage held and non-conforming product through inspection, sampling, labelling, SAP administration and clear communication of outcomes.
• Audit & Inspection Excellence - Deliver internal audits, documented inspections and corrective actions, ensuring site standards remain audit-ready at all times.
• Sampling, Testing & Verification - Maintain swabbing and sampling plans, coordinate laboratory testing, complete CCP checks and investigate out-of-spec results with robust root cause analysis.
• Taste, Traceability & Compliance - Organise and document organoleptic panels, manage reference samples and ensure raw material intake inspections are completed to schedule.
• Data, Documentation & Systems - Maintain accurate QMS documentation, manage non-conformance databases and support continuous improvement through disciplined record-keeping.
• Equipment & Accuracy Champion - Carry out calibration and verification of key quality equipment, ensuring data integrity and technical confidence on site.

What you'll need as the QA Technician:

• Experience within a quality assurance role within the UK food manufacturing industry is required
• Own transport
• Full UK working rights - no sponsorship or visas available

If you believe you have the skills and personality to fit these requirements please either apply via this advert or call Henderson Brown on (phone number removed) for more information