Quality Assurance Auditor - Day Shift

TN United Kingdom; Boston; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the food sector is seeking a Quality Assurance Auditor for their Boston location. This role is crucial in ensuring compliance with quality standards, conducting audits, and providing technical support to the factory team. You will engage in continuous improvement initiatives, support product launches, and ensure that safety and quality standards are met. With a competitive salary and a range of benefits, this position offers a fantastic opportunity to grow within a supportive environment that values its employees. Join a team that makes every day taste better!

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard with numeracy and literacy skills.
• Experience and understanding of internal audit processes.
• Holds a Health and Safety level two and a food hygiene level two qualification.

Responsibilities

• Audit compliance against Quality Management Systems and GMP controls.
• Communicate effectively with operational teams for corrective actions.
• Support NPD trials and product launches to ensure standards.

Skills

HACCP principles

Internal audit processes

Allergen awareness

GMP techniques

Microbiological awareness

Basic computer skills

Education

GCSE or equivalent

Health and Safety level two

Food hygiene level two

Tools

Microsoft Office

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Greencore Group Lts

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Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Why Greencore?

We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better. We're sure you've tried our products because we supply food for the all the major supermarkets in the UK!

Here in Boston we employ around 400 colleagues and produce ready to eat salads, prepared vegetables and snacks for many of the major retailers such as Coop, Boots, Greggs, Costco, Spar and BOL.

What you'll be doing:

• To audit compliance against Quality Management Systems, GMP and HACCP controls, raising all non-conformances against relevant standards with objective evidence.
• Effectively communicating to enable the operational teams to take the appropriate and necessary corrective action - then following up and monitoring completion of actions.
• Suggesting areas of improvement, relating to fabrication and procedures.
• Understanding the site traceability system to complete audits to demonstrate compliance and retrieve information for investigation purposes.
• To take samples (micro, nutritional, swab and organoleptic) against specific schedules and communicate the progress in a timely manner.
• Prepare and facilitate taste panels in accordance with procedure - ensuring that all results are accurately recorded and communicated to site.
• Calibration of measurement equipment in accordance with schedules and procedures.
• To assist the QA Supervisor in carrying out full investigations on specifications (micro and nutritional), complaints and incidents. Investigations may take the form of sampling, process reviews, traceability, or audits.
• To support NPD trials and product launches, assisting in micro testing and product life assessment to ensure products are manufactured to the correct standard as necessary.
• Providing technical support and advice to the factory team in the event of customer visit or audit.
• Coordination of day to day activities to deliver improvement of Technical KPIs
• To operate in a safe working manner and support the site/business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety, and the environment.

What we're looking for:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for the following qualifications and skills:

• 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

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

What you'll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

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