Quality Technician

KineticPlc; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Auto Enrolment Pension

Job summary

KineticPlc is seeking a Quality Technician for a permanent role in Cardiff Docks. The position offers a dayshift (08:00–16:00, 37.5h/week) with a salary up to £32,000 depending on experience.

You will test products in a production environment, monitor quality trends, and support the Quality Manager during audits, with authority to stop the line if quality or packaging fails.

Qualifications

• Experienced as Quality Technician testing products in production manufacturing environment.
• Attention to details.
• Promotes safe working, ability to risk assess activities to consider the safety to themselves and those around them.
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain graphs for material testing, inform Quality Manager on observed trends.
• Raise concession, deviation, non-conformance report or quarantine product when out of spec; identify root cause and propose preventive actions.
• Guide production staff on product quality and SOP/process changes; assist on production check board and lead quality section.
• Investigate customer complaints, identify root cause, propose corrective actions.
• Report status of Quarantine Area and suggest actions to reduce pallets.
• Liaise with Engineering for faults; e.g., broken Perspex panel, additive Doser fault, incorrect bag fill.
• Maintain and create internal specifications.
• Support Quality Manager during site audits.
• Generate monthly KPI reports and flag improvement actions.

Skills

Quality Technician experience

Attention to details

Safety risk assessment

MS Office proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Quality Technician

Permanent

Are you an experienced Quality Technician who has worked on food processing facility, looking for your next permanent position? Is Cardiff docks an area you can easily commute to work? Would a salary paying up to £32000 be OK for you? Are you happy working days only (37.5) 08.00 - 16.00? Happy testing products in production manufacturing environment? If you have answered "yes" to the above questions then this may be the right role for you.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain graphs for material testing, inform Quality Manager on the observed trends.
• Raise concession, deviation, non-conformance report or quarantine product when product is out of specification, find out what is the root cause and propose solution to prevent re-occurrence.
• Guide production staff including agency workers on product quality, SOP/process changes. Assist on production check board and lead quality section.
• Investigate customer complaints, identify root cause, propose corrective actions and solutions to Quality Manager.
• Report status of Quarantine Area and suggest actions that should be taken to reduce number of pallets.
• Liaise with Engineering if faults are spotted; i.e. broken Perspex panel, additive Doser fault, incorrect bag fill.
• Maintain and create internal specifications.
• Provide support to Quality Manager during site audits.
• Generate monthly report summarising all activities and KPIs from your key area flagging concerns and giving suggestions for the improvement.
• Authority to stop the line in the event of spotting that product does not meet quality or packaging standards.

Skills required

• Experienced as Quality Technician testing products in production manufacturing environment.
• Attention to details.
• Promotes safe working, ability to risk assess activities to consider the safety to themselves and those around them.
• Computer literature able to use Microsoft office.

Position, Salary, Shift, Location, Pension

• Position – Quality Technician
• Salary – £30000 – £32000 dependent on experience
• Shift – Days 08.00 - 16.00 (37.5 per week)
• Location – Cardiff Docks
• Pension – Auto Enrolment