Technical QA Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading catering butcher in Manchester seeks a Technical QA Assistant to ensure food safety and quality standards are met across processes. This role requires a flexible approach to hours and entails maintaining Food Safety System procedures, conducting audits, and overseeing compliance. Candidates should have at least two years in a technical role, including one year in the meat industry, and be familiar with BRC standards. Join a supportive team environment focused on career growth and success.

Benefits

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.
• At least one year of experience in the meat industry.
• Experience with BRC standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Food Safety System policies and procedures.
• Conduct HACCP Studies and Document Control.
• Coordinate internal audits and ensure corrective actions.
• Collect micro samples and manage traceability.
• Daily auditing of CCPs and label checks.
• Auditing of processing records and temperature checks.
• Perform 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?

Job Opportunity

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.

The main responsibilities of the role are:

• 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 are:

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

We would welcome applications for this Technical QA Assistant role with the following 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

Company Benefits

• Staff sales
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Free car parking
• Birthday voucher

Essential Skills

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.

Birtwistle's started life as a family butcher over 100 years ago. Since then, the business has changed dramatically and none more so than in recent years.

In 2003, MJ Birtwistle & Co Ltd was established and marked the start of a new era in our history. Since then, growth has been dramatic, with the business expanding from one site at Worsley to eight sites across the UK.

We're always looking for great people to come and work with us. If you've got the right passion, drive, and will to succeed, then we'll nurture it and give you the opportunities to forge a successful career at Birtwistle's.