Quality Assurance

Travail Employment Group; Goole; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment company seeks a Quality Assurance Technician in Goole to ensure compliance with safety legislation and maintain quality in a food manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in quality assurance, knowledge of HACCP, and solid IT skills. The role offers a salary of £28,000 to £30,000, 25 days holiday, and access to various employee benefits including a pension scheme and virtual GP access.

Benefits

Salary £28,000 to £30,000

25+ days holiday

AVIVA pension scheme

Free parking

Death in service coverage

Shopping discounts and rewards

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Quality Assurance, ideally in a food manufacturing environment.
• Experience with accredited standards like BRCGS, ISO9001, or ISO22000.
• Understanding of factory processes, legal requirements, and audit trails.

Responsibilities

• Ensure sampling schedules are maintained for compliance.
• Conduct internal audits and follow up on corrective actions.
• Control solutions for testing and generate Certificates of Analysis.
• Perform shelf-life testing of raw materials and finished products.

Skills

Quality Assurance experience

Knowledge of HACCP

Good IT skills in Excel and Word

Ability to identify continuous improvement opportunities

Education

Level 2 HACCP

Level 2 Food Hygiene

Internal auditing experience

Job description

Quality Assurance

Goole DN14 - £28-30k (14 month Maternity Cover), days only, 25 days holidays plus stats

40 hrs: Mon - Fri 9am to 5pm (some flexibility with start and finish times)

Quality assurance technician is a Monday to Friday job with duties that are vital to ensure quality is maintained in a highly regulated, food manufacturing environment.

Duties of the quality assurance technician include:

• Working with the QA team to ensure sampling schedules are maintained, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation relating to product safety and legality and supporting the maintenance of the company’s accreditation results.


• Conducting internal audits to schedule, highlighting any non-conformances, investigating, and following up on corrective actions to ensure satisfactory closure e.g. GMP audits, fabrication & glass & hard plastic audits.


• Mixing & controlling solutions for testing, coordinating submission of samples to third party laboratories or customers and generating Certificates of Analysis for customers.


• Shelf-life testing of raw materials and finished products as well as some laboratory testing of oils for the food and cosmetic industries using both traditional chemistry techniques e.g. titration and analytical equipment, maintaining the upkeep of the laboratory, consumables, and the equipment.

Requirements of the quality assurance technician:

• Previous experience working in Quality Assurance in a Manufacturing environment, ideally food based.


• Experience of working to an accredited quality standard such as BRCGS, ISO9001, or ISO22000


• Ideally you will have Level 2 HACCP, Level 2 Food Hygiene, and internal auditing.


• Good IT skills with particular focus on Microsoft Excel and Word.


• Knowledge of factory processes, HACCP and quality systems, auditing processes, legal requirements, traceability systems, and audit trails.


• Ability to identify continuous improvement opportunities and co-ordinate workload to ensure all customers are supported and serviced in accordance with KPI requirements.

Benefits of the quality assurance technician include:

• Salary: £28,000 to £30,000 DOE


• Hours: 40 hrs: Mon – Fri 9am to 5pm (some flexibility with start and finish times)


• Holidays: 25+ stats (23 days, plus your birthday off, plus an extra day for personal use)


• Extras: AVIVA pension scheme – Salary Exchange, Free parking, Death in service x4 annual salary (up to 4 beneficiaries), Reward Gateway platform/Smart spending app – Access to rewards and recognition (Shopping discounts/cashback and vouchers available for hundreds of retailers from Pizza hut to Tesco to New look), YuLife wellbeing and reward portal for rewards and recognition, 24hr virtual GP access for self and family members as part of YuLife and Smart Health

Travail Employment is acting as an employment business in this instance.