QFS Departmental Assistant (Lab-Based Role) Kettering £14.50 per hour 12-Month Fixed Term Contract Monday to Friday | 8 hours per day (start between 8:00am–9:00am) Interaction Recruitment are currently supporting our client with the recruitment of a QFS Departmental Assistant to join their laboratory-based Quality & Food Safety (QFS) team at their Kettering manufacturing site. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a food manufacturing laboratory environment, supporting a dynamic Quality team in maintaining the highest standards of product safety, compliance and operational excellence. The Role This is a primarily lab-based role, providing essential administrative and operational support within the Quality Laboratory and wider QFS department. Reporting to the Plant Quality Laboratory Manager (with a dotted line to the Quality Manager), you will play a key part in ensuring laboratory systems, consumables, supplier coordination and surveillance programmes run smoothly and efficiently. The position combines laboratory-based administration with occasional factory-floor activity, including sample coordination and consumables handling. Key Responsibilities Manage laboratory consumables (stock control – FIFO/FEFO, ordering, storage and system updates) Verify, check and file Certificates of Analysis Coordinate surveillance plans, sample collection, storage and transport to external laboratori...