Quality Technician

Adecco; Tendring; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in dairy production is seeking a Quality Technician to ensure product standards and compliance on their Minsterley site. The candidate will perform testing, manage sample collections, and assist in resolving quality issues. This role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Up to 5% bonus paid yearly

Health care cash plan

2x life assurance

282 hours of holiday

Enhance overtime rates

Free onsite secured colleague car parking

Qualifications

• Experience in analytical chemistry and dairy is required.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Internal auditing experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct physical and chemical testing according to standards.
• Manage daily product review and microbiological testing.
• Ensure compliance and adherence to sample schedules.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Education

Science Qualification

HACCP level 2

Food safety level 3

Tools

SAP

Job description

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.

Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

Quality Technician

Location: Minsterley (Shrewsbury)

Contract: Permanent / Full time

Shift pattern: 4 on 4 off, 6-6 (days only)

We are currently recruiting a Quality Technician, within our site at Minsterley.

The Quality Technician will Working as part of the QC team, responsible for ensuring that products meet the correct microbiological, physical and chemical specifications and are of the highest standards, prior to dispatch to our customers. Working collectively across both Microbiology and Analytical areas, in addition to supporting Operations in the resolution of ongoing Quality issues/ investigation studies in factory/ product to achieve Root cause.

The successful candidate should have a keen eye for detail and ability to work on own initiative, good communication skill; written & oral, ability to work both alone and as part of a team in a busy environment and have dairy experience.

The ideal candidate will have a can do attitude and looking for a career within quality.

Quality Technician Key responsibilities:

• Conduct physical and chemical testing of products, semi-finished goods, utilities, chemicals and other elements as defined in the site QMP/EMP, and in accordance with approved testing standards

• Sample schedule adherence, compliance, validation, verifications and maintenance within QMP/EMP

• Ensuring that all required testing is completed, including routine and non-routine testing.

• Responsible for the management of the Daily Product Review (Taste Panel) to ensure samples are prepared for analysis and the resulting data logged accurately

• Manage the collection, labelling and recording of any samples required for external analysis that cannot be conducted in-house, such as nutritional testing, allergen validation, pesticides, etc

• General lab duties including cleaning, preparing reagents, cleaning glassware

• Conduct microbiological testing of raw materials, products, semi-finished goods, utilities, environmental monitoring points and other elements as defined in the site QMP/EMP, and in accordance with approved testing standards

• Sample schedule adherence, compliance, validation, verifications and maintenance within QMP/EMP

• Ensuring that all required testing is completed, including routine and non-routine testing.

• Confirmation and escalation of out of spec micro results in a timely manner, including contract lab results.

• Creation and completion of SP and micro complaint timelines, inputting all relevant results from days domed to EOL samples.

• Instigating & executing Microbiological investigations on a plant-wide basis

• Collect & book in site water samples for external analysis

• Annual shelf life verification of finished product

• Manage the collection, labelling and recording of any samples required for external analysis that cannot be conducted in-house, such as pathogens, genome typing, validation, excess/additional micro testing beyond the capacity of the lab resource.

Experience and Skills required to be a Quality Technician at Muller:

• Science Qualification

• Analytical Chemistry Experience

• Dairy Experience

• HACCP level 2

• Food safety level 3

• IT skills including SAP

• Internal Auditing (desirable)

Benefits

• Competitive salary

• Up to 5% bonus paid yearly

• 45 min paid break

• Health care cash plan

• 2x life assurance

• 282 hours of holiday

• We know it’s important to take time to spend with family and friends so you will receive 23 days annual leave

• Enhanced overtime rates

• Free onsite secured colleague car parking and canteen