Quality Assurance Technician - PM Shift

Proper Snacks; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Proper Snacks is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician for the PM shift at our Nuneaton factory. You’ll help keep snacks safe, quality-checked, and compliant with GMP, performing routine audits and on-line checks.

You’ll work closely with production teams, monitor critical controls, conduct sampling and organoleptic tests, and maintain accurate records to support continuous improvement and safe, delicious products.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality assurance within food manufacturing.
• GMP and basic food-safety principles knowledge.
• Proficient IT skills including MS Office and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Attend daily Tier 1 meetings and escalate issues when required.
• Monitor product safety, quality and legality; implement corrective actions.
• Perform routine internal audits including GMP checks.
• Verify quality-control checks and measurement equipment.
• Prepare samples and conduct organoleptic testing (taste panels).
• Collaborate with Shift Managers, Team Leaders and Engineers on investigations.
• Complete checks, data entry and paperwork accurately and on time.
• Coach production colleagues on procedures and policies.

Skills

QA experience

GMP knowledge

IT skills

Communication

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Cross-department collaboration

Education

Food safety Level 2

Job description

Title: Quality Assurance Technician – PM Shift

Department: Quality & Technical

Location: Nuneaton

Reports to: Quality Manager

Shift: Monday to Friday, 2pm–10pm

At PROPER SNACKS, we're here to improve snacking. Home to PROPER and Eat Real, we create category-defining brands that challenge convention and bring seriously tasty snacks to more people, more often. We're builders, thinkers, creators and makers. We move fast, back ourselves and aren't afraid to do things differently. And right now we're looking for a QA Technician to help us keep every snack safe, brilliant and ready to be enjoyed.

Learn more about Proper here: Life at Proper Snacks | Proper Snacks

Why this role matters

Passion and energy for the best possible results, day after day. As our QA Technician, you'll be an integral part of the Quality & Technical team at our Nuneaton Factory, helping ensure routine quality control, GMP and hygiene activities are completed to the highest standard.

You'll be an active, eyes-wide-open presence on site: spotting and reporting anything that could put product safety, quality or legality at risk, monitoring critical checks and helping the production team keep creating the brilliant snacks our consumers know and love. You understand people, care about producing brilliant food and bring the energy to positively influence standards across the site.

What You'll Be Doing

• Attend daily Tier 1 meetings, communicating clearly and escalating issues when required.
• Monitor product safety, quality and legality, ensuring concerns are escalated and the right corrective actions are taken.
• Complete routine internal audits, including glass and brittle plastic inspections, GMP checks and quality audits.
• Monitor CCP and other quality-control checks for compliance and verify key measuring equipment such as scales and oxygen meters to schedule.
• Prepare samples and take part in organoleptic testing, including taste panels - yum!
• Work with Shift Managers, Team Leaders and Engineers to investigate issues and make sure appropriate corrective actions are completed.
• Complete checks, data entry and paperwork accurately and on time, and inspect incoming raw materials when required.
• Coach and support production colleagues to follow procedures and policies, while helping the wider technical team with reasonable ad-hoc tasks.

We'd love to see

• Some quality assurance experience, ideally within food manufacturing.
• A working knowledge of GMP and basic food-safety principles.
• Practical IT skills, including Microsoft Office, email, Excel and smart-device apps.
• Clear written and spoken communication skills.
• Good numeracy, including the ability to calculate averages and percentages.
• A diligent approach and strong attention to detail.
• The ability to communicate effectively and build positive cross-departmental relationships.
• A reliable, flexible and collaborative can-do attitude.

Bonus points if

You hold a Level 2 qualification in Food Safety or HACCP.

You’ll thrive here if

• bring energy, care and consistency to every shift
• stay observant, raise concerns and respond appropriately when something doesn't look right
• enjoy working closely with production colleagues to raise standards
• take ownership of accurate checks, records and follow-through
• stay curious and look for practical ways to make things better
• care deeply about making safe, brilliant food for our consumers

About PS

Whether you're joining us in London – where the brands are built, and big ideas take flight. Or in Nuneaton where magic happens in our factory and every bag gets made – you'll be part of a team shaking up the snacking world.

LDN – Drummond Street – London – NW1 3HP

NUN – Townsend Dr – Nuneaton – CV11 6TJ

Our Approach

PROPER SNACKS is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the grounds of sex, gender identity or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible and inclusive. Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or support to participate fully in the application or interview process.

Interested?

If you're excited by the opportunity but don't tick every box, we'd still love to hear from you.

We know great people come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.