Quality Assurance Auditor

Yeo Valley Organic; Highweek; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading British dairy producer based in Highweek is looking for a Quality Assurance Auditor to support food safety and quality initiatives across the site. The role involves ensuring compliance with operating procedures, auditing training, and collaborating cross-functionally to enhance food safety standards. The ideal candidate should have relevant experience in the food industry, excellent communication and IT skills, and a passion for continuous improvement. This position offers competitive benefits and opportunities for development.

Benefits

Competitive holiday allowance

Non-contributory pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cashback plan

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised products

Preferential rates with partners

Annual bonus

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a relevant role in the food industry.
• Strong communication and influencing skills essential.
• Good IT skills to present information effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure critical tasks for food safety and quality have standard procedures.
• Audit training of co-owners to ensure compliance.
• Review and revise operating procedures as needed.
• Support the Quality Manager and assist with site audits.

Skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Ability to influence

Education

Relevant audit qualification

Food safety qualification

HACCP qualification

Job description

So, what will I be doing?

As a Quality Assurance Auditor you’ll be responsible for supporting a continuous‑improvement based food safety and quality culture across the site in line with the business technical strategy and policy.

You’ll ensure that we have consistent operating procedures that cover all tasks and that co‑owners have received the training required to be able to confidently meet the safety and quality standards we require.

You’ll be an integral member of the Site Technical Team, reporting into the site Quality Manager. You will work with both the operations and engineering teams to identify and implement continuous improvement from a technical bias.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify all tasks required that are critical to food safety, legality and quality in each department on site, ensuring a standard operating procedure is in place for each
• Audit co‑owners to ensure they have been trained in the necessary procedures and can confidently demonstrate the knowledge necessary to meet standards
• Work cross‑functionally to review and revise operating procedures where gaps are identified
• Work with co‑owners to fill knowledge gaps that are identified
• Review and revise the site training database to reflect co‑owners skills and training
• Provide holiday and absence cover for the Quality Assurance Technologist
• Assist with site visits and audits pertaining to this role
• Support the Quality Manager as required
• Passionate and proud about our products and processes, you will always be looking for ways to improve our delivery on site KPIs and work closely with all key stakeholders to drive improvements across the site

Essential

• Demonstrable experience within a relevant role in the food industry
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Good IT skills, ability to manipulate and present information effectively
• Good standard of English

Desirable

• A recognised audit qualification
• Training qualification
• Relevant food safety and HACCP qualifications
• Knowledge of BRC accreditation and retailer standards

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• Competitive holiday allowance
• Non‑contributory pension scheme
• Life cover
• Healthcare cash back plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• Preferential rates with our partners
• Annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• Learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley does not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.