QA Technologist (Food)

Hunter Selection Ltd; Ebbw Vale; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 25 days holiday

Free on-site car parking

Excellent training and development

Job summary

Hunter Selection Ltd is seeking a QA Technologist for a food manufacturing site in the United Kingdom. The role focuses on ensuring product quality, safety, and legality with hands-on microbiology sampling and routine audits on the factory floor.

You will collate samples, support site visits, and work with Technical and Production teams to drive standards and continuous improvement. The shift is 6am–2pm, with training and development opportunities available.

Qualifications

• Relevant Food Science qualification or degree.
• Experience within Food Industry or similar role desirable.
• Ability to operate Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Taking and uploading of photos on to the computer to use within reports.

Responsibilities

• Collate product samples for routine microbiological testing and organise retained samples.
• Assist in site visits and audits and support Technical and Production teams.
• Maintain a technical presence on the factory floor throughout the shift and provide technical support to production team.
• Setting the standards on the factory floor and improving upon these with production teams through coaching and knowledge transfer.
• Ensuring that the factory floor is audit ready 365 days of the year.
• Attendance to daily management meetings.
• To ensure CCP audits and training are carried out to schedule.
• To support in collating taste panel samples and EOL taste panel samples.
• To carry out post hygiene audits and GMP audits and close out any non-conformances raised with production and engineering.
• To carry out daily black bags audits to remove potential foreign bodies from the all areas and raise within the daily meeting and with production teams.

Skills

Food Industry Experience

Report Photography

Photos for Reports

Education

Food Science qualification or degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Salary: GBP28000 - GBP30000 per annum

QA Technologist

This role is a set 6am to 2pm shift.

This company It produces a range of food products for retail and food service markets. The company supplies both branded and own-label items to customers in the UK and internationally.

Salary & Benefits:

• A starting salary of up to £30'000
• up to 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Free on-site car parking
• Excellent training and development
• To ensure that all products manufactured comply with customer standards including quality, safety and legality.
• To collate product samples for routine microbiological testing and organise retained samples.
• To assist in all site visits and audits and support Technical and Production teams.
• To maintain a technical presence on the factory floor throughout the shift and provide technical support to production team.
• Setting the standards on the factory floor and improving upon these with production teams through coaching and knowledge transfer.
• Ensuring that the factory floor is audit ready 365 days of the year.
• Attendance to daily management meetings.
• To ensure CCP audits and training are carried out to schedule.
• To support in collating taste panel samples and EOL taste panel samples.
• To carry out post hygiene audits and GMP audits and close out any non-conformances raised with production and engineering.
• To carry out daily black bags audits to remove potential foreign bodies from the all areas and raise within the daily meeting and with production teams.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Relevant Food Science Qualification or degree
• Experience within Food Industry or similar role desirable
• Ability to operate Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Taking and uploading of photos on to the computer to use within reports.