Quality Assurance Technologist (Days)

PrepWorld; Northfleet; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based food production company is seeking a Quality Assurance Technologist to ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards. You will monitor production processes, conduct audits, and assess product quality. The role requires strong communication and multitasking skills, preferably with experience in the food industry. The position offers competitive pay starting at £12.50 per hour and benefits such as on-site parking and subsidised meals.

Benefits

Wagestream for instant access to earnings

On-site parking with electric charge points

Fully paid staff events

Staff restaurant with subsidised meals

Fruit pots on Wednesdays

Brand new facilities

Supportive team

Qualifications

• Proactive individual with high energy.
• Patient and understanding.
• Preferable ability to drive.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring food safety and legal requirements.
• Assessing quality of fruit during production.
• Conducting daily checks of factory processes.

Skills

Ability to read and write in English

Experience in High Care Food Industry Environment

Experience working with fresh produce

Good communicator

Ability to multitask and prioritise

Team worker

Tools

Printing/editing software

Job description

Prepworld is looking for a Quality Assurance Technologist on Day shift.

The Quality Assurance Technologist is responsible for ensuring that all product and processes comply with food safety, legality, authenticity and quality requirements throughout all stages of the production process.

Main duties

• Monitoring and upholding of all food safety and legal requirements.
• Assessing quality of fruit throughout the production process to ensure compliance to internal and customer specifications.
• Verifying Critical Control Points (CCPs) to ensure critical limits are being met.
• The Quality Assurance Technologist conducts daily checks of factory processes and procedures to ensure compliance and good manufacturing practices are adhered to.
• The Quality Assurance Technologists are responsible for completing paperwork to a high level of accuracy to record daily QA tasks and audits.
• Understanding of company policies and procedures to enable checking and improve compliance within production.
• Identifying and reporting any quality, food safety or compliance concerns to QA Supervisors and Customer Technical Team as appropriate to enable quick rectification.
• Creating new programmes in the metal detectors and check weighers and troubleshooting issues during production.
• Thoroughly conducting practical internal audits including CCP, GMP, Fabrication, Glass and Hard Plastic etc.
• Collecting and registering product samples for microbiological testing.
• Following the sampling plan to correctly take and accurately register swabs, air plates and water samples.
• Observing personal hygiene practices and reporting of any non-conformance to procedures.
• Operating in a tidy, organised and efficient manner to complete all QA operations and maintain order within the Technical office.
• Retrieving and collating paperwork to facilitate traceability requests.
• Completing and supporting Print Room operations as required.
• Conducting daily Taste Panels as required to support the Taste Panel Coordinator.
• Acting proactively to identify areas for improvement.
• Acting with the customer in mind.
• Support for the wider Technical Team as required.

Who we are looking for

• Ability to read and write in English
• (Preferable) experience in High Care Food Industry Environment
• (Preferable) experience working with fresh produce
• Proactive individual with high energy
• Patient and understanding
• Good communicator
• Ability to multitask and prioritise
• Team worker
• (Preferable) ability to drive
• (Preferable) experience in the food industry
• (Preferable) experience with Print Room operations and printing/ editing software

What we provide in return

• Wagestream (track your earnings and instantly access up to 50% of your money as you earn it, without waiting for payday)
• On site parking with electric charge points
• Fully paid for, Staff events
• Staff restaurant serving heavily subsidised hot and cold food
• Fruit pots on Wednesdays
• Brand new facilities
• A supportive team

Hours and Days of Work: Wednesday to Saturday, 05:30 - 17:30

Pay: Starting at £12.50 per hour, paid weekly. Potentially climbing to £13.21 per hour after full training.

Location (please check you are able to commute): Unit K, Springhead Enterprise Park, Northfleet, Gravesend DA11 8HH