Quality Assurance Lead – Butternut Box | B Corp
Position Overview
Compensation
Competitive salary up to £40,678.72 per year.
📣 A Bit About The Role
As a Quality Assurance Process Lead, you will report into the Technical Team Leader on shift at Rudie's Kitchen and Ace’s Pantry. Your primary responsibility is to ensure that the specified company quality systems and processes are operated in a controlled and effective manner, maintaining product quality from raw materials through to dispatched goods.
Responsibilities
* Ensure a pro‑active approach to process and system control/management by educating the broader team.
* Conduct product testing on incoming raw materials and finished goods.
* Monitor and trend product quality, identifying improvements and working with other functions (Operations, Process, NPD Engineering and Raw Materials) to deliver them.
* Ensure daily, weekly and monthly QA scheduled tasks (e.g., GMP, calibrations, audits and sampling) are completed on time and that any subsequent actions are followed up.
* Conduct investigations into non‑conformance (e.g., incidents, analytical testing, audits and customer complaints), agree corrective actions and measure their effectiveness.
* Attend process trials.
* Ensure new product processes and equipment are smoothly integrated into everyday operation and fully supported by the Quality Management System (e.g., agreed quality parameters, update schedules & QAT tasks, SOPs).
* Work a shift pattern of 7 am to 7 pm days and nights consisting of 7 pm‑7 am: 4 on / 5 off (2 day/2 night), 5 on / 4 off (3 day/2 night), 5 on / 5 off (2 day/3 night).
🔎 A Bit About You
* Previous QA experience from food is essential.
* Pragmatic, adaptable, resilient and humble.
* A proven track record of QA, systems management or HACCP in food manufacturing.
* Strong understanding of production and packing processes.
* Working knowledge of process capability and target setting.
* Hungry for a challenge and keen to build something from the ground up.
* Someone who loves the pace and excitement of FMCG manufacturing.
* Loves dogs (naturally).
🐶 A bit about Butternut
At Butternut, the mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. We build a productive food manufacturing culture that treats dogs with the same care we would give to ourselves, using human‑quality ingredients.
🥳 What's In It For You?
* 257.5 hours of holiday per year, plus an extra 8 hours for each year of service (up to 40 hours).
* 39 hours of pre‑booked paws days to support wellbeing and self‑care.
* £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
* Discounted Private Medical Insurance and dental cover.
* Discounted gym membership (MyGymDiscounts).
* Subsidised food from street‑food vans and pay‑day pizza.
* Butternut branded uniform (fleece, footwear, hi‑vis).
* Enrolment into the company pension scheme and sick pay.
* Enhanced parental leave.
* Private showers, changing facilities and dedicated locker space.
* Employee discount on Butternut Box for your furry friend.
* Bright kitchen space with lunch‑making facilities and large screen TVs.
* Free tea, coffee, fruit and pay‑day pizza.
* Opportunity to grow, develop, and learn with internal training programmes.
* Part of an energetic and high‑performing team.
* Team socials & events.
* Referral bonus up to £500.
* Free parking and electric car charging.
A few things to note
* There is no closing date for this role. We encourage early applications due to high volume.
* We aim to respond to all applicants personally; recruiting team is small.
* Butternut Box is an equal‑opportunity employer and values diversity and inclusion.
* We support candidates from underrepresented groups and are committed to inclusive hiring.
* We are not looking for external agency support with this role.
Additional Details
* Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
* Employment type: Full‑time
* Job function: Quality Assurance
* Industries: Manufacturing
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