Quality Assurance & Process Lead

Butternut Box; Worksop; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Cover

Gym Membership

Pension Scheme

Parental Leave

Sick Pay

Employee Discounts

Free Parking

Electric car charging

Job summary

Butternut Box is seeking a Quality Assurance Process Lead to ensure quality systems operate effectively from raw materials to dispatched goods. Reporting to the Technical Team Leader on shift, you will balance senior QA responsibilities with no line management duties, attracting a competitive annual salary of £42,306.16.

You will educate teams, test materials, trend quality, run GMP/audit tasks, investigate non-conformances, and help integrate new products into the QA framework.

Qualifications

• Previous QA experience in food is essential.
• Proactive, pragmatic, resilient and humble.
• Strong understanding of production and packing processes.
• Experience with QA, systems management or HACCP in food manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Educate the broader team on process and system controls.
• Conduct testing of incoming raw materials and finished goods.
• Monitor and trend product quality; coordinate with Operations, Process, NPD and Raw Materials to improve it.
• Ensure QA tasks (GMP, calibrations, audits and sampling) are completed on schedule.
• Investigate non-conformances (incidents, testing, audits, complaints) and implement corrective actions.
• Attend process trials and support integration of new products.
• Ensure new products, processes and equipment are integrated into operations and QA SOPs.

Skills

QA experience

HACCP knowledge

Process capability

Quality systems

Team education

Job description

As a Quality Assurance Process Lead, you will report into the Technical Team Leader on shift at Rudie's Kitchen and Ace’s Pantry, you will ensure that the specified company quality systems and processes are operated in a controlled and effective manner. Ensuring product quality is maintained from raw materials through to dispatched goods.

This role sits somewhere between your normal Quality Role and that of a Senior QA, you will have the freedom of a senior role without any of the line management responsibilities, because of this we are offering an attractive salary for the role of £42,306.16 per year.

In this role, you can expect to…

• Ensure a pro-active approach to process and system control/management through educating to the broader team
• Conduct product testing on incoming raw materials and finished goods
• Monitor and trend product quality, identifying improvements and working with other functions (Operations, Process, NPD Engineering and Raw Materials) to deliver them
• Ensure daily / weekly / monthly QA scheduled tasks (i.e. GMP, calibrations, audits and sampling) are completed on time and any subsequent actions are followed up
• Conduct investigations into non-conformance (i.e. incidents, analytical testing, audits and customer complaints) and agree corrective actions and measure the effectiveness.
• Attend process trials
• Ensure new products processes and equipment are smoothly integrated into everyday operation and is fully supported by the Quality Management system (i.e. agreed quality parameters, updates schedules & QAT tasks, Quality Management System SOPs)
• Work a shift pattern of 7am to 7pm days and nights consisting of 7pm-7am.
  Being:
• 4 on, 5 off = 2 day, 2 nights
• 5 on, 4 off = 3 days, 2 nights
• 5 on, 5 off = 2 days, 3 nights
• Previous QA experience from food is essential
• Pragmatic, adaptable, resilient and humble
• A proven track record of QA, systems management or HACCP in food manufacturing
• Strong understanding of production and packing processes
• Working knowledge of process capability and target setting
• Hungry for a challenge and keen to build something from the ground up
• Someone who loves the pace and excitement of FMCG manufacturing
• Loves dogs (naturally)

A bit about Butternut

At Butternut, the mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, we need a team of forward-thinking, driven people who love dogs as much as we do. And we need quite a big kitchen too. Which is precisely why we have built one.

Located in Doncaster, Rudie's Kitchen and Ace's Pantry are where all the magic happens, so to speak. It's where the tasty Butternut meals and treats will be gently cooked, using human-quality ingredients because, the way we see it, we wouldn't serve food to dogs that we wouldn't be happy to eat ourselves. At Butternut, we believe dogs deserve better, and if that's something you think too, we want to hear from you.

Butternut has come a long way since Kev & Dave (co-founders) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, and we are now looking for brilliant people to join the team for this next part of the story.

Are you up for the challenge?

• Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year, plus an extra 8 hours for each year of service (up to 40 hours).*
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self care.*
• Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance and dental cover.
• Discounted Gym membership with "MyGymDiscounts" helping you stay fit and healthy
• Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!
• Butternut branded uniform provided (fleece, footwear, hi-vis)
• Enrolment into the company pension scheme and sick pay
• Enhanced parental leave
• Private showers, changing facilities and dedicated locker space
• Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
• Comfy, bright and airy kitchen space with lunch making facilities and large screen TVs
• Free tea, coffee, and fruit (and pay day pizzas)
• Opportunity to grow, develop and learn with internal training programmes
• Be part of an energetic and high performing team
• Refer a friend bonus of up to £500
• Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.

A few things to note

• There is no closing date for this role. However, we normally experience a high volume of applications so if you are interested we suggest applying as soon as possible.
• We aim to respond to all applicants personally. Our recruitment team is small so do bear with us.
• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.
• We are not looking for external agency support with this role.

As per UK Government legal requirements, employees aged 16 or 17 cannot work between midnight and 4am.