Quality Auditor

Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group); Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

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Job summary

Greencore London Meals is seeking a Quality Auditor to audit and improve quality systems across site operations, ensuring compliance with GMP, HACCP, and customer requirements.

You will work closely with operations to support QA processes and drive improvements in a busy packaging environment, maintaining food safety standards and supporting audits and customer visits.

Qualifications

• Experience with GMP, HACCP and quality systems in manufacturing.
• Proactive, detail-focused approach with curiosity to improve standards.
• Hands-on capability on the factory floor.
• Ability to audit, identify root causes and drive actions.
• Clear communicators who can engage at all levels.
• Collaborative mindset across teams.
• Excellent organisational and priority-management skills.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and personal development.
• Aligned to Greencore values and resilient under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Audit QMS, GMP, and HACCP compliance; raise non-conformances and drive actions to closure.
• Use an inquisitive audit mindset to identify root causes and reduce repeats.
• Conduct traceability audits; retrieve data and present findings clearly.
• Carry out scheduled sampling, including microbiological, nutritional tests, swabs, and organoleptic tasting.
• Facilitate taste panels; trend results and escalate out-of-spec actions with improvements.
• Calibrate measurement equipment and manage out-of-tolerance actions.
• Support investigations into complaints/incidents and out-of-spec results via audits and data analysis.
• Support NPD trials and product launches; conduct testing and shelf-life assessments.
• Provide daily technical support to factory teams, audits, and customer visits.
• Contribute to KPI delivery through audits and proactive improvements.
• Maintain safe working practices and promote HSE standards.

Skills

Quality systems

GMP

HACCP

Traceability

Proactive mindset

Attention to detail

Factory floor experience

Effective auditing

Strong communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Time management

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Job description

Quality Auditor

Salary: Competitive salary

Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contribution, Life insurance up to 4x salary

Location: Greencore London Meals - Cumberland, Cumberland Avenue, NW10 7RQ

Ways of Working: Site based

Hours of work: Sunday-Thursday - 17:00pm -01:00am

Contract Type: Permanent

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US.

Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food, both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site in Park Royal, West London, spans three factories and a distribution centre. The site produces a wide range of chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products, and savoury accompaniments, employing over 2,000 people in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

What you'll be doing

In this busy and hands-on role as a Quality Auditor, you'll audit, monitor, and continuously improve quality systems and procedures across site operations. Working closely with operational teams, you'll provide practical technical support while maintaining and promoting quality and food safety standards in line with Greencore, customer, and legal requirements, with guidance from the QA Supervisor or Manager.

Role Accountabilities

• Audit compliance with QMS, GMP, and HACCP, raising clear non-conformances and driving corrective actions to closure
• Apply an inquisitive audit mindset to identify root causes and reduce repeat non-conformances
• Conduct traceability audits, efficiently retrieving data and presenting findings clearly
• Complete sampling activities to schedule, including microbiological, nutritional, swabs, and organoleptic testing
• Prepare, facilitate, and trend taste panels, escalating out-of-specification results and recommending improvements
• Calibrate factory measurement equipment to schedule and manage out-of-tolerance actions
• Support investigations into complaints, incidents, and out-of-specification results through audits and data analysis
• Support NPD trials and product launches, including testing, shelf-life assessment, and taste panels
• Provide day-to-day technical support to factory teams, audits, and customer visits
• Contribute to Technical KPI delivery through audits, investigations, and proactive improvement actions
• Work safely at all times, promoting strong health, safety, and environmental standards

What we're looking for

• A strong understanding of quality systems, GMP, HACCP, and traceability within a manufacturing environment
• A proactive, detail-focused approach with a natural curiosity to challenge and improve standards
• Confidence working hands-on on the factory floor, providing clear and practical technical guidance
• Ability to audit effectively, identify root causes, and drive corrective and preventative actions
• Strong communication skills, able to engage confidently with colleagues at all levels
• A collaborative mindset, working effectively within cross-functional teams
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities to deadlines
• Commitment to continuous improvement and personal development
• A positive, resilient approach aligned to Greencore values

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contribution
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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