Technical | QA Assistant

Birtwistles Catering Butchers; Irlam; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering butcher company in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Technical QA Assistant to ensure the maintenance of food safety systems and liaise with relevant parties on quality assurance matters. Responsibilities include conducting audits, maintaining documentation, and leading HACCP studies. Candidates should have minimum two years in a technical role and at least one year in the meat industry, alongside BRC experience. This position offers a supportive environment and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Staff sales

20 days holiday plus bank holidays

Birthday vouchers

Employee of the month bonus

Free health checks

Free car parking

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the Food Safety System policies and procedures.
• Conducting HACCP studies and document control.
• Coordinating internal audits and ensuring corrective actions are completed.
• Collecting micro samples as scheduled and managing traceability.
• Conducting daily audits of CCPs and temperature checks.
• Performing quality checks and GMP/Fabric audits.

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

Are you an experienced Technical | QA Assistant looking for a new challenge?

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.

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

Core Working Hours

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

Key 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 checksFree 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.