QA Assistant Location: Spalding Factory based role ensuring factory is always audit ready. Driving best practice in the production environment with food safety, quality & legality. First point of contact for all production-based issues. Verification of systems generating daily compliance KPI's. Key part of Technical functions including but not limited to internal auditing, micro sampling and daily calibration. Responsibilities: Driving production to be audit ready To operate in accordance to all company policies & procedures Product inspections & temperature checks Generation of departmental compliance KPI's Ownership of the quality departments paperwork & records Conduct internal sample swabbing & shelf life sampling (as required) Be aware of your own responsibilities for H&S & play an active role in ensuring that all staff work within the company's H&S policy Support the implementation of any agreed departmental objectives & projects Conduct internal scheduled audits Complete verifications & validations of the QMS procedures To ensure a good working relationship with OV's, meat inspectors and operational staff To liaise & engage with other group sites & its projects as & if required Skills & Knowledge Meat / Product knowledge Computer literate (to include using Microsoft Office e.g. Word, Excel) QA experience