QA Technician - Food manufacturing Suffolk Permanent | Mon-Fri Shift based: One week on early, one week on lates. Repeat £14.60ph / £30,000 pa If you're passionate about food safety, detail-driven, and thrive on being the go-to person on shift, this is a brilliant opportunity to play a hands-on role at the heart of a food manufacturing operation. What you'll be doing at the QA Technician: Quality Guardian - Champion food safety, legality and quality across factory and warehouse operations, ensuring compliance with the Quality Management System and raising risks before they become issues. Shift-Level Technical Lead - Act as the primary QA contact on shift for product, process and equipment queries, providing confident decision-making and deputising support for the QA Officer when required. Non-Conformance & Hold Stock Control - Manage held and non-conforming product through inspection, sampling, labelling, SAP administration and clear communication of outcomes. Audit & Inspection Excellence - Deliver internal audits, documented inspections and corrective actions, ensuring site standards remain audit-ready at all times. Sampling, Testing & Verification - Maintain swabbing and sampling plans, coordinate laboratory testing, complete CCP checks and investigate out-of-spec results with robust root cause analysis. Taste, Traceability & Compliance - Organise and document organoleptic panels, manage reference sam...