QA and Regulatory Lead Assistant

Our client, who specialise in plant-based products, made in the UK, are looking to recruit a key position in their technical team. The roles’ primary focus is to actively ensure that they meet industry, customer, external accreditation and legislative requirements both for Quality/Food safety and Regulatory, ensuring they are both legally compliant and adhering to external accrediting & compliance bodies standards.

Key Accountabilities
•    Prioritise the QMS and its importance to the business
•    Demonstrate working knowledge and experience of HACCP/TACCP/VACCP
•    Implement and carry out risk assessments across the relevant sections of the QMS 
•    Conducting Internal audits, Internal system audits and swabbing as per schedules
•    Leading in the preparation and undertaking of external audits 
•    Conduct investigations into customer complaints, out of specification results and internal and external non-conformances
•    Monitoring, reporting and trending of required quality factors
•    Work closely with Operations to implement and maintain effective and accurate in-process documentation 
•    Attend product and process trials to ensure the quality aspects are factored in 
•    Ensure new ingredients, products, processes and equipment are smoothly integrated into everyday operation 
•     Ensure the company remains compliant to regulatory requirements 
•    Liaising with external bodies as required
•    Implement, monitor and review policies, procedures 
•    Producing and ensuring all labelling is compliant for both regulatory and external accreditation purposes

Person Profile
•    Practical and up to date experience of BRCGS Food Safety Standard, including being able to interpret the requirements of the standard into the Quality Management System.
•    A proven track record in a similar role within food manufacturing.
•    Strong understanding of production and packing processes
•    Excellent computer skills
•    HACCP/TACCP/VACCP knowledge
•    Food Safety
•    Auditing
•    Regulatory compliance knowledge

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