Quality Assurance Auditor

Greencore; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Matched pension contributions

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Share save scheme

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Enhanced parental leave and menopause"

Job summary

Greencore Crosby is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to sample, test, audit and monitor processes to verify products are manufactured safely and in compliance with standards.

You will calibrate equipment, maintain audit-ready documentation, and support the operations team with QA insights. Training will be provided to ensure adherence to technical standards and allergen controls.

Qualifications

• GCSEs with numeracy and literacy.
• Pressing on basic computer skills.
• Health and safety qualifications readily verifiable.
• HACCP principles awareness for manufacturing.
• Experience with internal audits and allergen awareness.

Responsibilities

• Sample, test, audit and monitor to verify safe, compliant manufacture.
• Conduct verification checks to ensure equipment calibration.
• Complete documentation for audits and highlight non-conformances.
• Maintain communications with operations on QA activities and trends.
• Collect samples ensuring safety, legality and procedures compliance.
• Provide education and training to operational colleagues on standards.
• Ensure safe working environment and align with Health, Safety & Environment policy.
• Escalate non-conformances to the appropriate manager.
• Follow the daily schedule of work.

Skills

GCSEs in Maths & English

Basic IT skills

Health & Safety Level 2

Food Hygiene Level 2

HACCP training

Internal audit experience

Allergen awareness

GMP knowledge

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Shift Pattern: 4 on / 4 off /rotating days and nights/ Pay Rate: Competitive

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Here at Crosby , we have a team of around 300 colleagues. We produce sushi for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury's.

What you'll be doing

• Sample, test, audit and monitor to verify that all processes, procedures and products are being manufactured in a safe and compliant manner
• Conduct verification checks to ensure equipment is suitably calibrated to comply with required standards
• Complete all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and ready for internal and external audits and highlighting when non-conformance requires corrective action
• Maintain ongoing communications with the operations team and other relevant functions ensuring they are fully aware of quality assurance activities, results and trends
• Collect all relevant samples, with adherence to procedures and protocols, to ensure quality, safety and legality of products sampled
• Provide education and training to operational colleagues and other teams to ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health Safety and Environment policy
• Escalation of non-conformances in a timely manner to the appropriate manager
• Follow daily schedule of work

What we're looking for

• Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard with numeracy and literacy skill
• Able to work with basic computer programmes such as Microsoft Office applications
• Holds a Health and Safety level two and a food hygiene level two qualification
• CCP training including HACCP principles for Manufacturing Unit
• Experience and understanding of internal audit processes
• Has an understanding of allergen awareness and the associated risk
• Has a knowledge of GMP techniques
• Understands non-conformance reporting techniques
• Microbiological awareness - understanding of basic of food safety
• Has and understanding of basic disinfection principles, basic legal labelling practice and basic weight legislation

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save schemeGreencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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