Technical Intake Assistant

Greenyard; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full UK Driving Licence required

Competitive Salary

4% Employer Pension Contribution

20 days holiday increasing to 26 days

Healthcare Cashback Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Electric Car Scheme

Free on site Parking

Job summary

Greenyard is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to join its Technical Team at the Kings Lynn site in Norfolk. The role focuses on ensuring quality, safety, integrity and compliance of materials and processes within a food manufacturing environment.

You will support supplier performance, conduct incoming goods checks, manage documentation, calibration of test equipment and participate in site taste panels, with Monday–Friday hours 08:00–16:00 and a need for flexible business support.

Qualifications

• Experience in a food manufacturing QA role.
• Experience creating, updating and issuing QA documentation.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the quality, safety, integrity and compliance of raw materials, ingredients and packaging and their associated processes.
• Supporting the Technical Manager with administrative requirements of monitoring supplier performance.
• Conducting checks on incoming goods to ensure they meet purchasing specifications, performing sampling and inspections against requirements of our divisional Quality Control plan.
• Reporting of the specification materials, issuing non-conformances and following up corrective actions with internal teams.
• Manage and update the raw material intake tracker.
• Perform calibration/verification of test equipment as assigned.
• Create and maintain intake sheets for raw material assessment.
• Collect, prepare and send samples for microbiological and chemical testing via the relevant laboratory systems, ensuring sampling plans are carried out as per site and divisional requirements and reviewing of results alongside the technical manager/technical team to enable release of materials.
• Organising and conducting site taste panels working closely with other departments.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Office 365

Communication skills

Documentation

QA principles

Teamwork

Initiative

Job description

• Excellent IT Skills (Excel, Powerpoint, Office 365)
• Passionate

Greenyard is a global market leader in fresh,frozen and prepared produce. The Company provides efficient and sustainable solutions to customers and suppliers through best-in-class products, market leading innovation and outstanding service. In doing so, it helps us enable a healthier future.

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our UK Team within our Frozen Division working wihin our Technical Team at our site in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.

This role would be suitable for someone who has experience working within a food manufacturing business in a Quality Assurance role.

Hours are Monday - Friday 08.00 - 16.00 (flexibility required to suit business needs)

Key Responsibilites wil include;-

• Ensuring the quality, safety, integrity and compliance of raw materials, ingredients and packaging and their associated processes.
• Supporting the Technical Manager with administrative requirements of monitoring supplier performance
• Conducting checks on incoming goods to ensure they meet purchasing specifications, performing sampling and inspections against requirements of our divisional Qualtiy Control plan.
• Reporting of the specification materials, document and issue non-confromances raised and follow up corrective actions with internal teams.
• Manage and update the raw material intake tracker
• Perform required calibration/verification of test equipment as assigned
• Create and maintain intake sheets for raw material assessment
• Collect prepare and send samples for microbiological and chemical testing via the relevant laboratory sytstems, ensuring sampling plans are carried out as per site and divisional requirements amd reviewing of results alongside the technical manager/technical team to enable release of materials
• Organising and conducting site taste panels working closely with other departments.

Person Specification

• Excellent IT Skills (Excel, Powerpoint, Office 365)
• Effective communication skills (written and oral)
• Experienced in creating, updating and issuing of documentation
• Good understanding of QA principles
• Able to work effectively within a team environment and also on own intiative
• Proactive and self motivating
• Good organisational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure and meet the demanding deadlines of the role

Values

• Reliable
• Entrepreneurial
• Creatve
• Passionate
• Sharing

Benefits

Full UK Driving Licence is required

• Competetive Salary
• 4% Employer Pension Contribution
• 20 days holiday inreasing to 26 days after one year (excluding bank holidays)
• Healthcare Cashback Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Car Scheme
• Free on site Parking