Quality Assurance Technician

Dunbia; Clitheroe; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunbia in Clitheroe is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician for the front shift (Mon-Fri, 5:45am–2:15pm). You will support the Technical Department, uphold product quality, and contribute to continuous improvement in a busy meat production environment.

The role involves maintaining QA standards in Slaughter Hall and Boning Hall, monitoring OPRPs, completing audits and micro sampling, and performing routine QC checks and product reworks under the guidance of the QA Manager.

Qualifications

• An understanding of production processes onsite.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisation skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise work to meet deadlines.
• Able to read, write and speak English.
• Committed to working within the Company Mission, Vision & Values.
• Able to maintain a professional manner with a high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• To maintain quality assurance standards in the Slaughter Hall and in the Boning Hall to deliver compliance to product and customer specification.
• The monitoring of OPRPs within production areas.
• Maintaining product specification and manufacturing documentation
• Schedule checking intake temperature and contamination checks of carcasses and primals.
• Schedule pH of beef quarters to batch and customer requirement.
• Product manufacturing and quality audits, checking adherence to specification including random primal and vl visual checks.
• Micro sampling to site schedule, checking of steriliser temperatures to ensure they are of operational temperature.
• Operational checks of metal detection equipment to schedule case end and internal label date verification checks.
• Perform product reworks
• Perform 24-hour product QC checks

Skills

Production processes understanding

Interpersonal skills

Organisation skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Job description

Overview

A vacancy has arisen for a Quality Assurance Technician, working on the front shift, Monday to Friday, 5.45am to 14.15pm.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone to progress their career within the business.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, you will work as part of the Technical Department. You will gain a wide range of food safety & quality and business experience skills through continuous on the job development with coaching and mentoring. Your role will see you tackle a wide range of business challenges in a busy environment, some of your responsibilities will include:

• To maintain quality assurance standards in the Slaughter Hall and in the Boning Hall to deliver compliance to product and customer specification.
• The monitoring of OPRPs and within production areas.
• Maintaining product specification and manufacturing documentation
• Schedule checking intake temperature and contamination checks of carcasses and primals.
• Schedule pH of beef quarters to batch and customer requirement.
• Product manufacturing and quality audits, checking adherence to specification including random primal and vl visual checks.
• Micro sampling to site schedule, checking of steriliser temperatures to ensure they are of operational temperature.
• Operational checks of metal detection equipment to schedule case end and internal label date verification checks.
• Perform product reworks
• Perform 24-hour product QC checks

Qualifications

• An understanding of production processes onsite.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisation skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work as a team with a professional enthusiastic attitude.
• Able to maintain a professional manner with a high attention to detail.
• Committed to working within the Company Mission, Vision & Values.
• Able to read, write and speak English.

No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position.