Food Technologist
- Employer
- The People Co.
- Location
- Derbyshire
- Salary
- £25,000 - £32,000
- Closing date
- 28 Feb 2025
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Quality Assurance, Technical
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
Food Technologist
PR/013024
£25,000 - £30,000
Derbyshire
Job purpose
The purpose of this role is to work with the line manager to develop and maintain a food safety and quality assurance program, ensuring that products are safe, legal, and meet or exceed customer expectations.The purpose of this role is to work with the line manager to develop and maintain a food safety and quality assurance program, ensuring that products are safe, legal, and meet or exceed customer expectations.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct internal and external audits, including GMP and metal detection audits, documenting any non-conformances and ensuring compliance with the quality manual.
- Perform product testing, environmental swabbing, and staff training on quality and safety.
- Liaise with pest control contractors as needed.
- Manage and oversee equipment calibration, ensuring certification compliance.
- Investigate complaints, identify root causes, log non-conformances, and monitor and report KPIs to the management team.
- Update QAS documents for relevant products.
- Support BRC and customer audits and visits.
The person
- Be organised, diligent, and detail oriented.
- Possess problem-solving skills, with a continuous improvement mindset.
- The successful candidate should possess a food science degree or have a similar QA/Technical background.
- HACCP Level 3 would be advantageous.
- Some experience in conducting internal audits would be desirable.
To apply, please e-mail in strict confidence, with a comprehensive CV, including salary details, quoting the above reference and for the attention of lesa.lynch@thepeopleco.com
Due to a high volume of responses, we cannot reply to each application individually. If you have not had a response within one week, we are sorry to say your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Company
CPA Recruitment rebrands as The People Co.
CPA Recruitment has rebranded as The People Co., putting people directly at the heart of its brand.
Established in 1987, The People Co. is an expert team of people consultants, focusing on permanent and interim roles in food and consumer goods. We build strong connections and trusted, long-term relationships with all our clients and candidates.
Spanning the UK, Europe and North America, the business works with start-ups through to established multinationals, from graduate and supervisory level to senior management and director-level.
The People Co.’s focus, structure, client base, People and locations remain the same as before.
Our Story
Resourcing solutions. Sounds a bit impersonal, doesn't it? That's just not how we role; at The People Co., we're all about people!
Can we help our clients fill their job vacancies? Absolutely.
Can we help our job candidates find the right job? You bet we can.
We’re an expert team of people consultants, focusing on permanent and interim roles in food and consumer goods. We build strong connections and trusted, long-term relationships with all our clients and candidates.
From our offices in the UK and North America, we work locally and globally with clients from start-ups to established multinationals. And with candidates from graduate and supervisory level to senior management and director-level. All of this is underpinned by our 36 years’ heritage in providing a flexible, bespoke service.
Areas our People cover
From beginning to end, we cover roles across the whole food and consumer goods supply chain. Our team of People - dedicated sector specialists - really know their onions and many have experience of working in the industry themselves.
As well as covering mature areas of the market, we ensure we’re on top of emerging areas, so we can support clients as best we can.
- Website
- https://www.thepeopleco.com/
- Telephone
- 020 8203 1000
- Location
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Eclipse House
20 Sandown Road
Watford
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD24 7AE
GB
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