QA Technologist
- Employer
- DR Newitt
- Location
- Chard, Somerset
- Salary
- Up to £22,000 per annum
- Closing date
- 14 Dec 2018
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Quality Assurance
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
QA Position open in lovely Somerest
The successful candidate will audit, monitor and evaluate quality systems and procedures and provide technical support for the operational teams while maintaining and promoting technical and quality standards in line with business need and customer requirements.
They will have good written and verbal communication skills, experience in a chilled food factory environment, a good level of PC literacy.
They will be someone who never gives up, is relentless, proactively focused on improving a QA culture, use thinking skills to analyse, decide, prioritise and plan and balance short term requirements with long term objectives to achieve commercial goals, as well as being bale to influence people at operator and Team leader levels.
Key responsibilities:
- To understand and apply the quality standards ensuring company, customer and legislative requirements are met and maintained by setting standards and monitoring good manufacturing practices, applying HACCP principles and preventing re-occurrences through root cause analysis
- To audit compliance against QMS and GMP, raising all none conformances against relevant standards with objective evidence enabling the operational teams to take the appropriate and necessary corrective action, to follow up and monitor completion of actions.
- To conduct product and organoleptic assessment in line with customer codes of practice, initiating and delegating the corrective action accordingly.
- To complete micro testing against specific schedules and where out of specs occur, follow up with an investigation and establish necessary corrective action.
- To provide core Technical specialist support and advice to the factory e.g. on calibration of measuring equipment, labelling, raw materials, traceability, and put in place corrective actions as required.
- To support NPD trials and product launches, managing micro testing and product life assessment to ensure product is manufactured to correct standard.
- With guidance from Line Manager, coordinate day to day activities to deliver improvement of Technical KPIs.
Qualification: Formal qualification to HND standard or above in Food Technology or related discipline, alternative relevant chilled food factory experience.
Training: Good understanding of GMP, basic knowledge of food legislation and microbiology, HACCP L3.
Experience: 1 year in a chilled food manufacturing environment.
If you fell you're the right candidate for this great position, please contact Alexander Rappestad on 0131 226 5060.
Company
Job vacancies from DR Newitt DR Newitt provide recruitment services to the UK, Ireland, Middle East and Worldwide FMCG market, including manufacturing, engineering and technical jobs. Established as a recruitment agency in 2002, DR Newitt’s experience of working with customers in these core markets enables us to be a key partner in the job supply chain.DR Newitt delivers permanent, contract and interim recruitment services via specialist divisions for:
- Executive Management Jobs
- FMCG Jobs
- Food Jobs
- Engineering Jobs
- Manufacturing Jobs
- Jobs in Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
- Scottish Jobs
For your perfect job, call or email us
Edinburgh Office 0131 226 5060
Manchester Office 0161 833 0181
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- Website
- http://www.drnewitt.com/
- Telephone
- 0131 226 5060
- Location
-
38 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7HA
United Kingdom
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