Are you experienced in food technical standards? if yes we would like you to join and help grow our team at Yeo Valley. We are looking for a Quality Assurance Technologist to join the Technical team at our Cannington site. This role will be working 4 on 4 off days on a 12hr shift basis. As a Quality Assurance Technologist you'll be responsible for supporting a continuous improvement based Food safety and Quality culture across the site in line with the business Technical strategy and policy. You'll ensure that, through effective procedures, monitoring and coaching, all products produced onsite are safe and comply with agreed specifications/standards meaning that all systems and procedures conform to internal and external standards and policies. Key Responsibilities: Being a champion of quality culture across the site. Able to create and implement Processes, clearly written procedures and controls to manage our company standards. Involved in defining and owning the success criteria and expectations for product development trials. Having a good understanding of process capability and is able to troubleshoot process deviations, set up process monitoring to determine process stability Highlights and drive and lead (where appropriate) Projects and CI opportunities with support of relevant stakeholders ensuring cross functional working and great communication Supporting the business in meeting customer and industry standards Providing expertise on industry and customer standards and requirements. Deputising for QA Manager and takes responsibility to lead resolution of site issues in the absence of senior managers (eg weekends) Sounds interesting, what do I need? Science based degree or demonstrable experience in a similar role HACCP level 3 Good understanding of food processing parameters and controls Internal audit qualification Why should I join the family? We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt. We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including: Competitive Holiday Allowance non-contributory pension scheme life cover healthcare cash back plan cycle to work scheme subsidised Yeo Valley products and services preferential rates with our partners annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year) learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us! Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time. Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction .