Technical Assistant

Ethero; Wellington; On-site; GBP 23,800 - 32,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

All breaks paid

Job summary

Ethero in Telford is seeking a Technical Assistant to support QA, HACCP and regulatory compliance across our food production site and warehouse. The permanent role runs 7am–3pm, Monday to Friday, with all breaks paid.

You will perform daily QA checks, collect and file records, verify labeling and batch details, assist with hygiene audits, maintain technical information, and help keep the controlled document system current.

Qualifications

• Experience in a technical/quality assurance/food safety or related administration role.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy when checking records, labels and traceability.
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage documents, logs and actions.
• Understanding of basic food safety principles and HACCP concepts.

Responsibilities

• Daily QA checks including temperature, scale and probe verification.
• Collect and file production and QA records.
• Carry out goods-in and product checks: packaging, dates, batch details.
• Label checks to ensure compliance with legislation and accurate labelling.
• Assist with routine hygiene, GMP and glass & plastic audits.
• Maintain product specifications, ingredients, allergens, storage and shelf-life information.
• Help maintain the controlled document system, SOPs, forms and records.

Skills

QA experience

Attention to detail

Organised

Food safety knowledge

Job description

Technical Assistant

Telford

Permanent position

£28,000.00 annual salary

Working hours: 7am - 3pm

All breaks paid

Monday - Friday

We are looking for experienced food production QA administrator who will be supporting the food safety, quality assurance, HACCP and regulatory compliance requirements.

Main job duties:

• Daily QA checks (Temperature verification for all temperature-controlled areas at both Production site and Warehouse, scale verification and probe verification)
• Collect, complete (where required) and file all production & QA records
• Carry out routine goods-in and product checks, including packaging condition, product identification, date codes, batch details, labelling, supplier information, and product temperatures.
• Label checks to ensure compliance with legislation and ensure products are labelled correctly
• Assist with routine hygiene, GMP and Glass & Plastic audits
• Maintain product technical information, including specifications, ingredients, allergens, storage instructions, cooking instructions, shelf-life information, and supplier approval documents.
• Help maintain the controlled document system, ensuring policies, SOPs, forms, and records are current, version-controlled, and accessible to the relevant teams.

Ideal candidate will need to:

• Have experience in a technical, quality assurance, food safety, food operations, supply chain or administration role, ideally within food and drink.
• Understand basic food safety principles.
• Have experience with, or an interest in, frozen or chilled food storage.
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and be comfortable checking records, labels, specifications, batch information and traceability information accurately.
• Be highly organised, with the ability to maintain documents, spreadsheets, logs and follow-up actions in a controlled and consistent way.