Technical | QA Assistant

Birtwistles Food Group; Irlam; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Irlam is seeking a Technical QA Assistant. You will maintain the Food Safety System, conduct internal audits, and ensure quality and safety compliance. The ideal candidate has at least two years of technical experience and a year in the meat industry. Benefits include staff sales, 20 days holiday, and free health checks.

Benefits

Staff sales

20 days holiday plus bank holidays

Birthday vouchers

Employee of the month bonus

Free health checks

Free car parking

Qualifications

• Minimum two years in a technical role, with one year in the meat industry.
• BRC experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Food Safety System policies and procedures.
• Conduct HACCP studies and manage document control.
• Coordinate internal audits and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Collect micro samples as per schedule and ensure traceability.
• Investigate complaints and perform daily auditing of CCPs.
• Check daily labels, calibrate equipment, and audit processing records.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Technical

Microbiology

Food Science

Food Technology

Compliance

Health & Safety

Food Safety

HACCP

Communication

IT Literate

Quality Standards

Organoleptic Techniques

Audit

Job description

About the Role

We pride ourselves on being a people-focused business. Our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals. We do this by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope, and pace of change.

Our culture is the foundation of our business and is reflect in our Mission, Vision, and Values statements.

The post-holder will be responsible for effectively contributing to the work of the technical department, ensuring that effective technical service to the site is maintained and developed.

The post holder will also be responsible for monitoring the factory quality & food safety systems and for determining that quality, safety, and legality are met at each stage of the process by liaising effectively with all relevant parties in a policing capacity.

Main Responsibilities

• Maintaining the Food Safety System policies and procedures
• HACCP Studies
• Document Control
• Coordination of internal audits and distributing the results and ensuring all corrective actions are completed
• Collecting micro samples as per schedule
• Traceability
• Investigations into complaints
• Daily auditing of CCPs
• Daily label checks
• Calibration
• Auditing of processing records
• GMP/Fabric audits
• Temperature checks
• Quality checks

The nature of the role requires a flexible approach to working hours.

Core Working Hours

Days: Monday to Friday 7.00am to 4.00pm and one Saturday morning in four.

Required Skills

• Quality Assurance
• Technical
• Microbiology
• Food Science
• Food Technology
• Compliance
• Health & Safety
• Food Safety
• HACCP
• Communication
• IT Literate
• Quality Standards
• Organoleptic Techniques
• Audit

Benefits

• Staff sales
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Birthday vouchers
• Employee of the month bonus
• Free health checks
• Free car parking
• Birthday voucher

Requirements

For this Technical QA Assistant role, it is essential you have a minimum of two years in a technical role with a minimum of one year meat industry and BRC experience.