Jobs at Nestle in United Kingdom

Nestle UK& I

Location: York, North Yorkshire

Job Title: Quality Specialist

Duration: Assignment End Sept 2026

Salary circa £26k, Depending on Experience plus companywide benefits.

This is a full-time Temporary opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individuals’ flexible working needs so please speak to us during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you.

Specialists in Quality & Food Safety take great pride in their work and are passionate about using their skills to ensure products are safe to eat and share the consistent appearance, taste and texture which our consumers expect.

At Nestlé we are responsible for producing goods, which meet the exceptional standards of food safety, hygiene and quality, which are the hallmark of every Nestlé product. That is where the Nestlé quality team comes in. We are the champions of quality across the business. Our job is to ensure that our products always meet the expectations of our consumers.

This role is a market-based role where the successful candidate will support and learn from activities within operations and with a view to being developed and if successful succession planned into permanent management level roles within a factory.

When required this role will require working at our factories around the UK to support food safety and quality activities.

An appetite for learning new skills around compliance, project management, problem solving and digital tools. Strong people skills are essential due to having to communicate with people at all levels of the organisation.

Job advert closing date 30th January 2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

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