QT - FTC days

Cranswick PLC; Eye; Remote; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension enrolment

Retail discounts

Share of profits via ShareScheme

Death in service insurance

Free onsite parking

Canteen facilities

Job summary

Cranswick Country Foods Poultry in Eye, Suffolk, is recruiting for a Fixed Term Contract Quality Technologist (QT) on dayshift (6:10–17:10) with a 3-week rotating pattern. The role focuses on food safety, quality checks and compliance, supporting customer audits across the site.

You will hold Food Safety Level 2, demonstrate strong numeracy and literacy, and work accurately as part of a team to keep production on time and to quality.

Qualifications

• Complete food safety, quality, due diligence and legal checks on time.
• Accurate record keeping to required standards.
• GMP compliance across factory, warehouse and work areas.
• Escalate deviations to supervisor and ensure corrective actions.
• Participate in site quality and technical initiatives.
• Assist QA with site visits and third-party audits.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Literacy & numeracy

QA/QC experience

Education

Food Safety Level 2

Job description

Cranswick Country Foods Poultry is hiring at our brand new, purpose-built processing facility in Eye, Suffolk.

This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to start or progress their career in the food industry and work for one of the largest integrated poultry businesses in the UK, playing your part in helping us feed the Nation!

As part of our exciting expansion project we are now recruiting for a FTC Quality Technologist (QT) or sometimes referred to as PC for our Dayshift. Working 6:10-17:10 4 shifts per week on a 3 week rotating shift pattern

Job requirements of Quality Technologist:

• Complete agreed food safety, quality, due diligence and legal checks, on time in full at quality, meeting or exceeding site and customer requirements. These are to include Start up, temperature, X Ray, metal detection and label verification


• ensure accurate record keeping in line with required standards demonstrating attention to detail


• Complying to site standard GMP requirements, including all areas of the factory, warehouse, workstations, equipment, walkways and locker rooms. Clean as you go to site standards


• To ensure a timely escalation to the team supervisor of any situations that fall out of the required site or customer standards and ensuring that any corrective actions are recorded and followed through to conclusion


• To actively participate in site quality and technical initiatives to ensure that the product produced is on time, in full, at quality


• Assist the QA team, with customer site visits and other third party audits

What you will need:

• Food Safety Level 2


• Good literacy and numeracy skills


• Experience within a technical QA or QC based role


• Works to a high degree of accuracy


• Works well in a team

Pay and benefits:

• Salary - £14.65 p/h (including attendance bonus)


• Company pension enrolment


• Access to our Cranswick hub, with retail discounts and a range of other perks!


• Share of the profits with our discounted ShareScheme


• Potential opportunities to learn new skills and progress through one of the UK’s leading food manufacturing companies


• Death in service insurance


• Free onsite parking and canteen facilities

Closing Date: 11 th of December 2026 (please note that should we receive significant interest, this closing date may be brought forward)

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