Qa Technician

Job Description:

QA Technician

Are you an established Quality Technician seeking your next step up in your career?

Worked within a similar role in a fast paced manufacturing environment?

Want to join a company that is on an upwards journey of growth?

Major Recruitment are seeking an experienced Quality Technician to join our client’s site at their manufacturing site in near Burton upon Trent.

I am looking for someone who will have a strong focus on compliance with HACCP and Quality Systems, an excellent working knowledge on GMP, hygiene and traceability

Key Responsibilities Quality Technician:

• Drive product quality and work closely with the manufacturing team to promote a QA culture throughout all aspects of the business.
• To motivate, train, coach and develop production operatives into a cohesive team who are challenging of practices and the working environment and who proactively suggest improvement initiatives. To regularly assess the manufacturing operative’s performance and output and effectively manage any shortfalls.
• Support the QA supervisors and sites senior technical management team with BRCGS certification and maintenance.
• Direct and active involvement in customer and third-party schemes from site preparation, to preventative and corrective action, applying root cause analysis as appropriate.
• To implement quality improvements through ongoing QA assessment against known standards and procedures / policies and involvement QA panels, ensuring that business and customer expectations are exceeded.
• To be active in all areas of factory at least daily, to ensure high standards of GMP and system compliance are being achieved, working closely with the key personnel to understand and correct any areas of non-compliance, escalating and recording as appropriate.
• To play a key part in all areas of HACCP compliance.
• Assessment of raw material intake against known standards.
• To trend all activity relating to quality and compliance to procedures and systems in a way that can easily provide relevant information as required internally.  Ensure that this information is circulated and discussed regularly at the appropriate forums and corrective action plans agreed to address key areas of concern.
• To carry out identified duties as part of the Critical Incident Management Team.
• Validate and verify product compliance, safety & legality. Reviewing daily paperwork, legal process checks such as weight control, recipe validation & collection / submission of microbiological and environmental samples.

What’s in for you?

• Salary 28000 – 29000 per annum d.o.e
• Monday – Friday rotating shifts 6am-2pm – 2pm – 10pm
• Career progression

Skills required to be a Quality Technician

• Previous experience working in a QA or Technical role within food manufacturing.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office / IT software, data trending and graph generation / pivot table creation.
• Able to plan and prioritise balancing day to day production needs with the longer-term objectives of the department.
• Demonstrates an excellent standard of written and verbal communication in all areas.
• Understands and demonstrates the need for excellence in customer service both internal and external.
• Consistently applies hygiene and quality standards, focus and compliance.
• Manages their time and workload for maximum output to meet agreed objectives.

Qualifications

• Food safety to level 4 standard or equivalent.
• HACCP to Level 3 with a good understanding of microbiology.
• An experienced internal auditor.

If you are interested, please click apply now and one of our recruitment specialists will be in touch.

Major Recruitment are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straight forward.

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