Overview
QA Auditor – Bakkavor Meals site, Park Royal (Elveden site), London. On-site, permanent, full-time role. Shift pattern: Thursday – Sunday, 5pm–3am. Salary up to £30,000 per annum (including nightshift allowance).
Location: London, United Kingdom. This is a factory environment that produces chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products and savoury accompaniments.
Responsibilities
* Audit, monitor, and improve quality systems and procedures; provide technical support to operational teams while maintaining and promoting technical and quality standards in line with business needs and customer requirements, with guidance from the QA Supervisor/Manager.
* Compliance tasks: annual validations of Critical Control Points; allergen validations; packaging intake verification.
* Quality Auditor tasks: monitor environmental and hygiene practices, including post-clean line sign-off, collection of swabs and water samples; perform quality checks and collect finished product and raw materials for microbiological and nutritional testing.
* Conduct daily audits (including GMP, Glass & Plastics audits) and ensure corrective action with the shift manager.
* Conduct internal quality assessment panels (QAS) during the shift and raise issues with the senior key-op/shift manager.
* Calibration and verification of factory equipment; raising and completing factory non-conformances; addressing shift issues and completing QA shift reports.
* Handle complaints and Olympus mismatches investigations as part of quality assurance activities.
About you
* Ideally you will have some professional experience in a technical/QA role within a food environment, but skills can be taught and this is an excellent first role for someone with enthusiasm and drive to develop in quality assurance.
* Understanding of chain of custody in a food environment and experience with small-to-mid sized quality improvement projects (e.g., implementing new procedures and defining supporting documentation).
* Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently with a proactive, problem-solving approach.
What you’ll receive
* As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in.
* Benefits and wellbeing offerings include: Life Assurance (1 x salary); 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays; Private medical insurance (after 5 years' service); Staff Shop; Stakeholder Pension Scheme; Discount & cashback platform; Personal Accident Insurance; Free health check; Employee Assistance Programme; and more voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans).
* Salary sacrifice car lease scheme; free independent mortgage advice; discounted tutoring for children; access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary. Proud to be Bakkavor.
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