Skip to main content

This job has expired

QA Assistant

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Somerset
Salary
£23,000 - £24,000
Closing date
4 Feb 2022

View more

Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Graduate, Quality Assurance
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

QA Assistant

Job ref: 7962 | £23,000 - £24,000 | Somerset

The company

This job is working for a very well-established and respected manufacturer that supplies to UK retailers and foodservice markets, as well as further food manufacturing.

Always at the forefront of product development and innovation, they have continually invested in new facilities and the latest technologies.

The job

Your role as QA Assistant will be to continually maintain and improve the food safety culture within the business. 

Key tasks:

  • Assist with all aspects of Quality Assurance ensuring the production of safe, legal products and manufactured to the highest possible quality.
  • Drive continuous improvement and promote a food safety culture within the business.
  • Positive release of raw materials and finished products.
  • Maintain the testing database.
  • Deal with customer requests, including certificates, shelf-life extension and testing requirements.
  • Carrying out testing to ensure finished products comply with specifications.
  • Carrying out GMP, glass & plastic and internal audits.

About you

Key skills and experience for the QA Assistant include:

  • Familiar with food manufacturing quality assurance and food safety systems.
  • Computer literate, able to collate and trend data.
  • Able to work effectively in a fast-moving environment.
  • Excellent organisational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to communicate at all levels professionally.
  • Additional qualifications such as Food Safety, Food Hygiene, HACCP, Internal Auditing etc. are all highly desirable.

More details

The QA Assistant job is based in Somerset and is paying £23,000 - £24,000 according to your experience.

The package includes 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 8 am – 5 pm.

How to apply

To be considered for the QA Assistant job, please click the Apply button.

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to contact you about your job search. For full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website.

Alternate job titles

QA Technician | QA Auditor | Quality Assurance Auditor | Quality Auditor | Quality Assistant | Quality Assurance Technician | Food Industry Graduate Jobs

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert