Quality Assurance Technician

Staffline Group; Knaresborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food manufacturing is seeking a Quality Assurance Production Technician in Knaresborough. You will be responsible for ensuring product safety and quality by performing audits, maintaining standards, and investigating quality incidents. Ideal candidates will have a graduate background and experience in the food or FMCG industries.

Benefits

Career progression and development opportunities

Leading pension and life assurance

Enhanced family, maternity, and parental leave

Qualifications

• Knowledge of food legislation and safety principles.
• Experience in food, FMCG, or related manufacturing environments.
• Internal audit training and Food Safety Level 2 preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain site packing standards and product quality through line checks.
• Investigate quality incidents and conduct management system audits.
• Participate in internal audits and traceability exercises.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Education

Graduate calibre

HACCP or food safety qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google applications

Job description

Job Title: Quality Assurance Production Technician

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Knaresborough area - A1 access, commutable from North Leeds, Harrogate, Wetherby, Bradford, etc.

Rotating days, no nights.

Reporting to the Quality Manager, your main responsibility is to provide technical quality support to maintain safety, quality, and legality of products.

Collaborate with Site Technical and Operations teams to ensure production quality.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Maintain site packing standards and product quality through line checks.
• Assist in customer complaint investigations.
• Conduct management system audits.
• Investigate quality incidents, liaising with operations and engineering to identify causes and corrective actions.
• Monitor, control, and audit production processes.
• Communicate, follow up, and close out conformity and non-conformity issues.
• Perform root cause analysis on incidents.
• Support external accreditation processes.
• Carry out internal audits and routine food safety inspections.
• Conduct traceability exercises.
• Prepare for audits.

Role Requirements:

• Graduate calibre with knowledge of food legislation and safety principles.
• Good communication skills (written and verbal) and computer literate.
• Ability to influence and challenge.
• Experience in food, FMCG, or related manufacturing environments.
• Internal audit training.
• Food Safety Level 2 (preferred).
• Ability to work quickly, accurately, and safely.
• High attention to detail.
• Proactive attitude with confidence to challenge.
• Team player and effective communicator.
• Good PC skills, especially Google applications.
• Experience in a technical role within food industry.
• HACCP or food safety qualification (preferred).
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.

What’s on Offer:

• Career progression and development opportunities.
• Leading pension and life assurance.
• Opportunities to develop across multiple UK locations.
• Enhanced family, maternity, and parental leave.

Suitable candidates may include QA Analyst, QA Officer, Quality Technologist, QC Officer, Quality Technician, Quality Auditor, Food Safety Technician, Food Quality Technician, QA Assistant, Technical QA Technician, or Quality Assurance Associate.

Omega Resource Group acts as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.