Are you a passionate Food Science graduate ready to kickstart your career in the dynamic food sector? We're looking for enthusiastic and detail-oriented individuals like you to join our client, a leading food and drink manufacturer, as a Quality Assurance (QA) Technician. This is an exceptional opportunity to apply your academic knowledge in a real-world setting and build a strong foundation in food quality and safety with a pregressin path through technical and quality management. In this Monday-Friday, days-based role, you'll be an integral part of our client's QA & Technical Team. You'll gain hands-on experience ensuring the technical integrity and compliance of finished goods, upholding the highest company, legal, and third-party standards. * Raw Material & Product Scrutiny: Reviewing Goods Inwards documentation and conducting crucial sampling and testing of raw materials, packaging, and finished products. * Release Verification: Ensuring all appropriate checks are meticulously completed before materials and products are released. * External Sample Management: Handling external sample submissions, including precise documentation and data entry into SAP. * Daily Quality Checks: Performing daily monitoring and documented checks to uphold product safety, legality, integrity, and quality. * Non-Compliance Action: Initiating and documenting immediate actions for any non-compliance issues impacting product standards. * Non-Conforming Product Management: Identifying, reporting, and managing non-conforming products, ensuring correct handling and disposal. * Procedure Development: Contributing to the development of preventative procedures to tackle recurring non-conformances. * Reporting Deviations: Reporting any deviations from company practices and procedures (including security and food fraud) to the QMS team. * Hygiene & GMPs: Monitoring, recording, and maintaining impeccable hygiene standards (Good Manufacturing Practices) across all production areas and the entire site. * Audit Support: Assisting the QA team with essential audit preparation and execution. Location & Eligibility: This role is commutable from areas including Yeovil, Crewkerne, Chard, Ilminster, Axminster, Dorchester, Honiton, Bridport, Weymouth, Sidmouth, and Wareham. Please note: Our client is unable to offer Visa sponsorship for this position ither now or in the future. Applicants must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK. Ready to take the first step in your food science career? Apply today and join a company dedicated to excellence in food and drink manufacturing