Quality Auditor (Days)

Gousto; England; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Gousto is seeking a Quality Auditor to ensure product quality and site standards are maintained. The role involves audits, raw material intake checks, and regular collaboration with production to meet customer expectations and regulatory compliance.

The position offers a £15.45 per hour rate with a 4 on 4 off shift pattern (6am–6pm). Relevant HACCP, food safety, and allergen training are advantageous in this fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience within a Food manufacturing or fulfilment environment.
• Experience in a QC, QA or Food Technical role.
• Practical auditing experience.
• Chilled food experience advantageous.
• Knowledge of HACCP, BRC and GMP is beneficial.
• Allergen management knowledge.
• Proficient with Google and/or Microsoft applications.
• Strong risk assessment and decision-making ability.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Team player with good communication under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Ensure intake checks on all raw materials are completed.
• Complete paperwork, records and logs for quality procedures.
• Conduct relevant audits and work with SOPs.
• Perform shelf life analysis and NPD product testing as required.
• Collaborate with production stakeholders regularly.
• Support in customer complaints investigations.
• Help deliver departmental KPIs and assist with incidents (allergens, breakages, etc).

Skills

Food manufacturing experience

QC/QA/food tech experience

Auditing experience

Allergen management knowledge

HACCP/GMP knowledge

Computer literacy (Google/MS Office)

Risk assessment and decision making

Attention to detail

Team player

Work under pressure

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Food Safety Level 2

HACCP Level 2

Auditing qualification (Desirable)

Allergen training

Job description

Quality Auditor

£15.45 p/h 6am - 6pm | 4 on 4 off shift pattern

The QA Auditor will ensure that the product quality and site standards are maintained at all times and that the product meets the customer's expectations and is legally compliant in all aspects.

Core responsibilities

• Ensure that intake checks are completed on all raw materials
• Complete relevant paperwork, record and logs for Quality procedures
• Conduct relevant audits
• Regularly working with SOP's
• Shelf life analysis and NPD product testing as required
• Work with production stakeholders regularly
• Support in customer complaints investigation
• Supporting delivery of departmental KPI's
• Assist with any incidents eg. allergens spillage, glass / hard plastic, blade breakages etc

Experience

• Experience within a Food manufacturing or fulfilment environment
• Experience in a QC, QA or Food Technical role
• Practical auditing experience
• Chilled food experience (advantageous)
• Working knowledge of HACCP, BRC and GMP would be a real advantage
• Practical allergen management knowledge
• A high level of computer literacy including working knowledge of google and/or Microsoft applications
• Risk assessment & decision making skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• A confident and forward thinking team player
• Excellent attention to detail, flexibility and problem solving
• Ambitious and looking to progress in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to work cross functionally, working in a collaborative way to drive improvement

Qualifications

• Food Safety Level 2
• HACCP level 2
• Auditing qualification (Desirable)
• Allergen training

Equal Opportunities

Here at Gousto, we are on a mission to become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner!

Whether it is creating diversity in our recipes or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have at Gousto.

We are committed to equality of opportunity across our organisation. At all levels we promote equality, ensuring our people are consistently treated in a fair and equal manner.

If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For Example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).