Raw Materials Quality Auditor

New England Seafood; New Waltham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

New England Seafood International is seeking an RMQA Operative to join our UK site network. You will perform on‑delivery inspections, verify temperatures, and help ensure batch quality and compliance with our supplier policies.

You will collect samples, raise supplier non‑conformances, support KPI reporting, and maintain calibration schedules for the RMQA facility, contributing to safe, high‑quality seafood across our operations.

Responsibilities

• Inspect vehicles onto site post security checks to ensure cleanliness and temperature compliance.
• Ensure all batches of raw materials are fully assessed for quality and legality.
• Ensure all batches of packaging are fully assessed against approved versions and specifications.
• Ensure all batches of ingredients are fully assessed to match specifications and avoid allergen cross‑contamination.
• Collect relevant samples of raw material and ingredients for microbiological assessment via the ALS portal.
• Raise supplier non‑conformances for issues identified at raw material stage and route to suppliers.
• Raise supplier non‑conformances for further processed raw materials where defects cannot be identified initially.
• Support data provision for external KPI reports.
• Be the key stakeholder of the K2/Business Central intake system and ensure timely sign‑off of intakes.
• Ensure external storage facilities are kept at correct temperatures throughout shifts.
• Support and manage the supplier non‑conformance log for data trending on request.
• Conduct organoleptic assessment of raw materials on delivery to site.
• Work with intake to keep the Approved Supplier Matrix up to date and reflect current supplier status.
• Maintain RMQA facility cleanliness and conduct scheduled calibration checks.

Job description

Who is New England Seafood International?

New England Seafood International (NESI) was established in 1991 and is an importer and processor of premium fresh and frozen sustainable fish and seafood. NESI employs circa 850 people across three sites in the UK and imports a wide range of wild and farmed fish and shellfish from all around the world. We are part of the Sealaska Corporation, an Alaska Native corporation formed in 1971 and which is owned by 26,000 Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian shareholders, who are all bloodline descendants of the first settlers to the Americas.

Our vision is to “show people how to enjoy fish every day” and we pride ourselves on our supply chain integrity, sustainable sourcing and high-quality product. Our values run through our business and are Respect, Customer Care, By Learning We Grow, Team Spirit and Integrity.

Key areas of activity that the Operative needs to deliver are as follows

• Inspection of vehicles onto site post security checks to ensure compliance to specification including but not exclusive to the cleanliness of deliveries and temperatures of vehicles.
• Ensure all batches of raw materials are fully assessed and inspected for their quality and legality.
• Ensure all batches of packaging are fully assessed and inspected against the approved versions and specifications.
• Ensure all batches of ingredients are fully assessed and inspected, ensuring they match specification and is no cross contamination of allergenic material.
• Collect relevant samples of raw material and ingredients to a schedule and submit onto the ALS portal for microbiological assessment.
• Complete relevant supplier non-conformances when an issue is identified at raw material stage and ensure that this is forwarded to the correct suppliers.
• Complete supplier non-conformances for any further processed raw materials when defects cannot be identified at the initial intake stage.
• Support in providing data for the issue of accurate, on time, fully completed external KPI reports.
• Be the key stakeholders of the K2/Business central intake system, ensuring that any intakes on this system are checked and signed off in a timely manner.
• Ensure the external storage facilities are kept at the correct temperatures throughout the shift on a regular basis.
• Support and manage the use of the supplier non-conformance log, ensuring that it is kept up to date allowing for data trending upon request.
• Conduct organoleptic assessment of raw materials upon delivery to site.
• Working closely with the intake team to ensure the most up to date Approved Supplier Matrix is in use and reflective of the current supplier status, in addition to ensuring only approved suppliers’ raw materials are permitted on site.
• Ensure that the RMQA facility is kept in a good state of repair in terms of cleanliness.
• Conduct daily, monthly and annual calibration checks as required against the schedule for items within the RMQA facility.
• Please note the above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Shift pattern includes every other Saturday

A shift 05:00 - 13:30 Monday to Saturday

B shift 06:30 - 15:30 Monday to Thursday