Quality & Food Safety Technologist: Drive Improvement

Kerry Inc.; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 10%

Employee Assistance Program

Global Recognition Program

OurVoice feedback program

OurShare share plan

MyCommunity volunteering day

Employee discounts on benefits

Job summary

Kerry Portbury is seeking a proactive Quality Technician to link Technical and Operations, ensuring products meet food safety and quality standards. You will investigate complaints, analyse performance and support continuous improvement initiatives across production.

Join a site-focused team delivering a quality-first culture, with data-driven actions and strong collaboration with Production, Operations and Technical teams. A Transport is essential due to site location.

Qualifications

• Experience in Quality, Technical, Specifications or Food Manufacturing.
• Strong problem-solving and continuous improvement skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with high accuracy.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
• Experience investigating issues, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Knowledge of Food Safety, HACCP and Quality Management Systems is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with quality management systems and manufacturing standards.
• Supporting food safety, quality and HACCP requirements across production areas.
• Investigating customer complaints, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Monitoring and analysing quality performance metrics and KPIs.
• Reviewing taste panel results and driving improvement actions.
• Managing concessions, life extension requests and non-conformances.
• Supporting factory audits and ensuring corrective actions are completed.
• Maintaining accurate reports, records and customer documentation.
• Promoting safe working practices and supporting Health & Safety requirements.
• Working with operational teams to drive continuous improvement and enhance quality standards.

Skills

Quality

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

Kerry Portbury is seeking a proactive Quality Technician to link Technical and Operations, ensuring products meet food safety and quality standards. You will investigate complaints, analyse performance and support continuous improvement initiatives across production.

Join a site-focused team delivering a quality-first culture, with data-driven actions and strong collaboration with Production, Operations and Technical teams. A Transport is essential due to site location.