Quality Auditor Technologist

Samworth Brothers Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that values collaboration and diverse perspectives! In this role, you will ensure product quality and compliance within a dynamic food manufacturing environment. Your expertise in food safety legislation and quality processes will be pivotal in maintaining high standards. With a strong focus on teamwork and personal accountability, you will thrive in an engaging workplace that encourages growth and development. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a family-oriented team dedicated to delivering exceptional products to customers. Apply today and start your journey with us!

Benefits

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Private Health Scheme

Employee Discount Scheme

Annual Pay Reviews

Profit Related Pay

Training and Growth Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a quality/technical role in food manufacturing or education in a food-related field.
• Knowledge of food safety and quality processes is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain micro sampling plans and investigate adverse results.
• Monitor product quality and generate action plans with relevant departments.
• Conduct audits and traceability exercises as scheduled.

Skills

Food Safety Legislation Knowledge

Quality Processes

HACCP

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Food Related Discipline

Job description

About The Role

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations:

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring micro sampling plans are maintained; collected/tested and any adverse results are investigated and closed out.
• Ensuring product quality is monitored, trends identified, and action plans generated and agreed with relevant departments to address the issues.
• Ensuring Audits are conducted to schedule (internal audit/Customer Codes of Practice, HACCP/CCP, GMP, FB, Hygiene Fabrication, Glass, plastic etc).
• Traceability exercises to schedule which include forward & backwards traceability, mass balance provenance and packaging.
• Coordination of taste panels & ensuring that product launches are prepared for and have a smooth transition from process to production.

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience:

• Experience from within a related quality/technical role within food manufacturing OR educated in a food related discipline.
• Knowledge of food safety legislation, quality processes and HACCP highly advantageous.
• High attention to detail, personable with excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Please note this is a site that produces meat-based products in a cold environment.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• Capable of working on own initiative with good organisational skills.

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.