Quality Assurance Operative

Cranswick Country Foods; Eye; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly attendance bonus

Pension contributions

Discounted share scheme

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Cranswick Country Foods Poultry is hiring a Quality Assurance Operative at our Eye facility. The role involves ensuring product quality on a 3-week rotating shift pattern, 03:00-14:00, four days per week, across abattoir, lairage, EV and offal.

You will troubleshoot on the factory floor, manage corrective actions, conduct audits and hygiene checks, and contribute to continuous improvement. The position offers a competitive hourly rate of £16.58 and overtime opportunities.

Qualifications

• Be self-motivated and able to work on your own initiative.
• Good level of written and verbal English.
• Overtime may be required.

Responsibilities

• Walk the factory floor to identify issues and take corrective action.
• Manage corrective actions with timely completion and documentation.
• Audit production paperwork and hygiene checks (micro swabbing).
• Review online verifier and conduct GMP/process audits.
• Assist with checks to keep production within specification.
• Overtime opportunities and potential career progression.

Skills

Self-motivation

English proficiency

Education

Level 2 Food Hygiene/Safety certification

Job description

Quality Assurance Operative

Company: Cranswick Country Foods

Salary: from £16.58 an hour

Hours: Full-time

Location: Eye, IP23 8BW

Working pattern: On-site

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 20 Oct 2026

Closing date: 19 Nov 2026

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 a QA position, Working 03:00-14:00, 4 days per week on a 3 week rotating shift pattern. This will be in many areas such as abattoir, Lairage, EV and offal.

Job responsibilities:

• Troubleshooting – ‘Walking the factory floor’ to identify any issues ahead of them arising and taking appropriate action. Dealing with issues as and when required.
• Managing Corrective actions – making sure corrective actions are completed within appropriate timescales and that the relevant documents have been completed, e.g. hold log, non-conformance log. Reporting any complex issues to QA Supervisor or QA Manager.
• Audit paperwork – checking the production paperwork has been completed correctly by production staff (Checking production line paperwork)
• Hygiene Audits, micro swabbing and micro sampling product
• Checking the ‘online’ verifier and dealing with any issues
• Formal GMP, Fabrication and Process Control Audits
• Conduct documented checks that a % of the production run is within product specification
• Opportunity to work an overtime outside of your standard hours and potential career progression across other technical departments

What you will need:

• Be self-motivated and able to work on your own initiative
• Be able to work additional hours as overtime may be required
• Ideally have experience of working within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment
• Have a good level of both written and verbal English
• Ideally have Level 2 Food Hygiene/Safety certification

Pay and benefits:

• Hourly Rate – £16.58 per hour including weekly attendance bonus
• Overtime – time and a third after basic hours
• Pension – 3% employer contributions/5% employee contributions
• Opportunity to buy extra holiday
• Discounted share scheme
• Discounted local gym membership

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