Quality Assurance Technician

Quality Assurance Technician

Permanent

Dudley

Salary: £22,000 – £24,000

Our client based in Netherton, Dudley, is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to work within their Quality Department on a permanent basis. This is a varied role working within a low-risk food processing plant. Previous food industry experience with quality control or quality assurance and knowledge or experience of BRC and HACCP is essential for this role.

Main responsibilities of the role:

• Internal auditing to BRC Level, including GMP, hygiene and CCP audits, verifying corrective actions
• Member of the HACCP Team
• Maintaining the supply approval system, including requesting documentation and conducting threat assessments.
• Raw material assessment, including some laboratory testing, completing raw material reports and supplier non-conformances
• Responding to customer queries and non-conformances, including root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Completing customer questionnaires and specifications
• Monitoring factory processes to ensure quality and safety compliance
• Assis with external and customer audits, including BRC and Organic
• Holiday cover within the department
• Other duties as required by the role

The successful candidate will:

• Possess a minimum 2 years’ experience working in quality within the food industry
• HACCP Level 2 qualified
• Ideally be internal auditor qualified, or have experience of carrying out auditing and the auditing process within a food manufacturing environment
• Food safety level 2 or 3 qualified
• Possess a really good understanding of the importance of safety and hygiene within the food industry
• Excellent communication skills, the ability to work well at all levels both verbally and with written communication
• IT literate, with the ability to accurate input information into company database relating to supplier audits and client files

What’s on offer:

• Salary: £22,000 – £24,000 per annum (depending upon experience)
• Hours: Monday – Thursday 08:00am – 5:00pm Friday 08:00am – 1:00pm
• Holidays: 20 days plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Free on-site parking
• 50% staff discount
• Great working environment and culture