Quality Technician

REFRESCO; Pontefract; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Annual pay review

Early finish on a Friday

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Life assurance

Employee referral scheme

GroceryAid support services

Comprehensive employee benefits portal

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Refresco at Bondgate is seeking a Quality Technician to progress into a more senior, influential QA role. You will report to the Quality Manager and gain exposure to customers, audits and broader technical leadership responsibilities.

The role focuses on quality improvement, safe manufacturing, and launching new products and processes into production while upholding the company’s standards and values.

Qualifications

• Experience in GMP, hygiene, QC compliance and internal audits.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support quality assurance activities, conduct audits and drive corrective actions to ensure compliance.
• Investigate consumer complaints and non-conforming products to determine root causes and implement preventative actions.
• Coordinate quality verification activities including sampling, traceability, validation, and risk assessments.
• Manage introduction of new products, packaging, and processes into manufacturing with successful launches.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and provide training to operational teams.
• Promote health, safety, hygiene and environmental responsibility and cover key quality functions when needed.

Skills

Quality Assurance

GMP

HACCP

Audits

Root cause analysis

Job description

Career Opportunities: Quality Technician

Requisition ID 17472 – Posted 16/07/2026 – United Kingdom – Bondgate

We’re looking for an experienced Quality Technician who is ready to progress into a more senior, influential role at our Bondgate Refresco site. Reporting directly to the Quality Manager, this is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to move beyond a traditional technician position and gain valuable exposure to customers, audits, and wider technical leadership responsibilities.

Location and Schedule

Ponterfract

Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 5pm, Friday 8:30am – 4pm

Permanent

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Annual pay review
• Early finish on a Friday
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Purchase up to an additional 3 days holidays
• Life assurance
• Employee referral scheme - earn a bonus for referring your friends or family
• GroceryAid – a support service offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical support, advice and counselling
• Cheers – access to our award winning benefits platform offering discounts, free perks, and well-being tools for all employees
• Free onsite parking, and discounted products

About the Role

To support the quality improvement and right first-time agenda so that products are legally and safely manufactured in compliance with customer and internal Company specifications and standards. To facilitate the launch of new customers, products, and processes into manufacturing.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Lead and support quality assurance activities by conducting GMP, hygiene, QC compliance, and internal audits, identifying non-conformances and driving corrective actions to ensure compliance with company, customer, and industry standards.
• Investigate consumer complaints, non-conforming products, and process issues, determining root causes and implementing effective corrective and preventative actions to improve quality performance.
• Coordinate and complete quality verification activities, including sampling, traceability exercises, equipment and process validation, HACCP reviews, and risk assessments to maintain food safety and legal compliance.
• Manage the introduction of new products, packaging, and processes into manufacturing, ensuring successful launches, trials, and change implementations that meet customer, food safety, and operational requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and value engineering projects, reviewing existing processes, facilitating quality panels, and providing training and guidance to operational teams to enhance standards and performance.
• Promote a strong culture of health, safety, hygiene, environmental responsibility, and company values, ensuring compliance with policies, supporting cross-site quality activities, and providing cover for key quality functions when required.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced Quality Technician who is ready to progress into a more senior, influential role at our Bondgate Refresco site. Reporting directly to the Quality Manager, this is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to move beyond a traditional technician position and gain valuable exposure to customers, audits, and wider technical leadership responsibilities.

Ultimately, we encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship as we believe these are what has made Refresco successful so far.

If you fit this profile and are excited by this opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Equal Opportunity

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.