Location Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
The Role
Maintaining the food safety and quality standards on a daily basis, monitoring and maintaining GMP and product standards from Intake through to Despatch. Working closely with the QA Manager and Operations department to ensure that product is manufactured and packed to the specified tolerances to ensure the highest quality standards are achieved and ensure food safety and legality.
Key Accountabilities
* Lead and maintain the quality and technical requirements within the factory environment.
* Ensuring all customer and legal requirements are met.
* Ensure all raw materials, processed product and finished products conform to specification.
* Ensure incoming raw materials and packaging meet our internal specification.
* Carry out Quality and Technical duties as defined by the Technical and Quality Managers.
* Carry out customer benchmarking panels, shelf-life testing, consistency, customer complaints panels, online reviews and other sensory requirements as defined by customer, inputting results directly to customer web-based systems.
* Reporting any non-conformance issues to Line Manager in a timely manner.
* Challenging Fellow Work Colleagues to ensure they comply with the highest of standards in the business.
* Collecting and processing samples for laboratory testing.
* Supporting the production team to get things done and recorded correctly, and making sure that everyone complies with company food safety procedures.
* Drive right first-time behaviours amongst fellow work colleagues across multi-disciplined teams.
* Carry out checks at set intervals ensuring adherence to specification.
* Support Customer Audits and Visits.
* Work closely with Production and NPD teams to maintain smooth site running and technical compliance.
Skills and Experience Required
* Level 3 Food Hygiene (or equivalent)
* Quality Auditing experience.
* Internal Auditing Qualification
* Root Causes Analysis
* Intermediate HACCP
* Experience of working in Chilled environments
* Knowledge of fish products
* Ability to take part in audits.
* A personal commitment to role model behaviours and setting the standard.
* A working understanding of Microsoft Office
Company Information
Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It's a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.
With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young's Seafood and Karro Food Group.
At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.
Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.
Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the worldIf you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.
Benefits
* Competitive rates
* Online Benefits Hub
* On-site Canteen
* Life assurance scheme
* Free onsite parking
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