Quality Assurance Technician

Insight Employment; Buckingham; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Employment are seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to work for a client in Buckingham, focusing on product safety, quality legality and GMP compliance on site. You will assist with CCP checks, recording of analytical results, and investigation of non-conformances, supporting the UK Technical team including R&D, Operations and Customer Services.

The role requires HACCP and Food Safety Level 3, English fluency, and proficiency with SAP and Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• HACCP and Food Safety Level 3 requirements.
• Experience in quality management within the food industry.
• Ability to supervise/lead teams.
• English language required.
• Proficient with SAP and MS Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Assist testing of finished products on factory floor and at dispatch.
• Ensure CCP checks are completed and recorded.
• Record analytical results accurately.
• Report non-conformances and maintain Failure Log.
• Assist in root cause investigations of non-conformances.
• Support SAP system for batch data and COA retrieval.
• Audit support for customers and third parties.
• Collaborate with production, customer services and R&D.

Skills

HACCP

Food Safety Level 3

Team supervision

English

MS Office

SAP

Written & verbal comms

Math skills

Collaboration

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Insight Employment are seeking Quality Assurance Technician to work for a client of ours in Buckingham.

The Role:

Assist in the compliance of product safety, quality legality and authenticity in the production of the client's products at the Buckingham site. Ensuring compliance with site, UK, and Group policies. This role will focus on working with production to ensure Quality Procedures, CCP's and Good Manufacturing Practices are adhered to. Supporting the wider UK Technical team is an essential part of this role - engagement with other functions will be required as necessary - these include and are not limited to R&D, Operations, Commercial, Finance.

The task list below is by no means exhaustive and additional duties can often arise, dependant on specific business requirements and priorities may have to change at little or no notice to satisfy customer and business needs.

Key Tasks:

• Assist with the testing of finished products on the factory floor and at dispatch
• Ensure all CCP checks are completed and recorded accordingly
• Accurate recording of analytical results
• Report and communicate incidences of non-conformance and maintain the Failure Log
• Assist in the investigation of non-conformances using root cause analysis
• Reporting supplier non-conformances
• Daily equipment calibration tests
• GMP, hygiene auditing of the site
• Hygiene swabbing as per schedule
• Glass and plastic audits as per schedule
• Document control and upkeep of incoming goods COA, COC and delivery notes
• Micro sample recording and data trending
• General QA duties including but not limited to, production packing checks, label checking and reconciliation, blast, and chiller temperature checks
• Upkeep and maintenance of the SAP system for customer COA retrieval, batch data input, finished product and raw material release, blocking non-conforming stock from release
• Audit support - customer and third-party audits
• Support and assist customers and internal departments such as production, customer services and R&D
• Assist in any technical matters as directed

Requirements:

• HACCP and Food Safety Level 3
• Experience (years & type of experience):
• Supervision/Management of teams
• Languages: English required
• ICT: Proficient in Microsoft Suite tools including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and in SAP transactions
• Other expertise:
• Strong written & verbal communication skills
• Strong mathematics skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with the site teams
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational, planning and influencing skills

3+ years of Quality management in the food industry

Skills:

• Collaborating Effectively: Thinking and acting as one team in a spirit of trust and respect. Being open to different ideas. Working intentionally towards consensus in the achievement of shared objectives. Building formal and informal relationship networks
• Communicating Effectively: Developing and delivering communications in diverse modes that generate a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Driving Performance: Showing ambition and going the extra mile in achieving expected results; Driving sustainable operational excellence through diligent planning, prioritization, monitoring & effective use of resources; Taking responsibility for decisions, actions, and mistakes. Dealing with setbacks and unexpected situations in a positive and confident way
• Improving continuously: Being enthusiastic about achieving high quality standards for oneself and the organization. Constantly looking for and taking advantage of improvement opportunities. Proposing innovative ideas and demonstrating openness for change. Building self-awareness and embracing learning and development opportunities
• Managing Customer Needs: Being able and eager to find out what the internal or external customer wants and needs and to act accordingly, taking the organization's costs and benefits into account. Making the life of the customer easier. Fostering a customer centric culture
• Developing and Leading Others

Shift:

• Mon - Fri
• 06:00am - 14:00pm
• 07:00am - 15:00pm (Training hour only)

Rates:

• £14.42 per hour

This is a temporary on going role.

Unfortunately, due to the high number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application. If you do not hear back from us within 7 days, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We will however retain your details on file and may contact you should another suitable vacancy arise