Quality Assurance Technician – Food Safety & Compliance

b3 jobs; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 24,300 - 29,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

21 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension

Training & development opportunities

On-site wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

b3 jobs in Wigan, Greater Manchester, is seeking a QA Technician to ensure quality and food safety compliance on site. The role focuses on accurate QA records, strict adherence to QA processes and close collaboration with departments to uphold standards.

The successful candidate will have QA experience, HACCP/food safety qualifications, and strong IT and communication skills to support customer visits and audits.

Qualifications

• Experience in a QA environment.
• HACCP and Food Safety qualifications are important.
• PC-literate with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate records of all quality paperwork received or returned from other departments, ensure tasks (QA Matrix) and any other requested activities are completed within designated timescales.
• Operate quality and food safety systems across all departments with full documentation, ensuring compliance with the BRC Global Food standard and relevant legislation.
• Assist with customer complaints: identify root causes, determine corrective actions to prevent recurrence, and close out complaints according to company procedures.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with customers, external contacts and colleagues; assist in customer visits and site technical audits as necessary.

Skills

QA experience

Written communication

IT literacy

Education

Degree in Food Science (advantageous)

Job description

b3 jobs in Wigan, Greater Manchester, is seeking a QA Technician to ensure quality and food safety compliance on site. The role focuses on accurate QA records, strict adherence to QA processes and close collaboration with departments to uphold standards.

The successful candidate will have QA experience, HACCP/food safety qualifications, and strong IT and communication skills to support customer visits and audits.