QA ASSISTANT - NIGHTS

JOB ROLE: QA ASSISTANT - NIGHTS

LOCATION: BOLTON, KEARSLEY – BL4 8NB

JOB TYPE: FULL-TIME, PERMANENT

Work Hours: 45 hours per week

Shift pattern: Sun – Thurs: 21:00pm – 06:00am

Rate of Pay- £12.62ph + night bonus (Weekly pay)

Who we are:

David Wood Baking is a food manufacturing organisation with a site based in Bolton. We have over 20 years’ experience in the food business and currently produce a range of quality products for the retail and foodservice industry from seven high-tech factories.

Yet we’re not a company to sit back and relax. Product development is our heartbeat, and we work closely with our customers to develop products that combine specific requirements and imaginative flair. Working with key partners we have already developed a number of new exciting and award-winning products that continue to attract and delight consumers.

As a key part of our 7- site group, our Bolton site is a large food manufacturer producing a range of quality Savoury Pastry products, Desserts and Meals for the major UK retailers and foodservice operators.

Job Purpose: To monitor and record product quality. Internal auditing of systems to ensure compliance to the requirements of the quality management system.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Ensuring that all Food safety, GMP and QC checks are being carried out online as specified in work instructions, HACCP and process control documents
• Carry out hourly checks on the production lines
• Carry out temperature checks on fridges, chillers and freezers at prescribed frequency as per work instructions
• Issue and review all process control and safety check sheets on a daily basis
• Reporting of issues to relevant person/s
• Collecting and collating samples for shelf-life testing
• Hold daily taste panels and conduct final inspections including completing QAS on samples
• Take samples for lab analysis and arrange collection
• Cary out daily calibration of temperature probes and weighing scales
• Conduct monthly glass, brittle & hard plastic, ceramic and similar material audits
• Collate trial information and assist with the creation and updating of internal specifications
• Assisting with the investigation of customer complaints
• Ensure good manufacturing practices, food safety, quality and health and safety are maintained at all times
• Any other task reasonably requested by a manager

Skills and Qualifications:

• Good level of English (writing, reading, listening)
• Confident in working across the Microsoft Office suite.
• Food safety and quality knowledge, either through previous experience in Fast Moved Consumer Goods employment or a food related education.
• Have a positive attitude and work ethic.
• Be able to work as part of a team and independently
• Displays effective communication, listening, influencing and persuading skills at all levels.
• Self-organisation, motivation, planning, prioritizing and time management.
• Knowledge and understanding of the factory operation and the quality requirements of the both the business and the customer.