Quality Assurance Auditor
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Redditch
Salary: £14.11phJoin our client's team as a Quality Assurance Auditor and play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing food safety, legality, and quality standards within a dynamic food production environment. This position is ideal for someone passionate about driving high factory and product standards through meticulous internal auditing and continuous improvement efforts.
Day-to-day of the role:
Conduct internal quality assurance compliance audits covering areas such as GMP, CCP's, Label and Date Coding, Traceability, Hygiene, and more, ensuring thorough documentation and clear communication of audit results.
Investigate food safety, quality, or legality issues, obtaining full traceability information and communicating findings to the management team.
Manage critical quality assurance equipment and systems, including the Olympus Auto verification system, Metal Detectors, and Check Weighers, ensuring readiness and operational support.
Serve as the first point of contact for operational departments needing food safety, legality, and quality support/advice.
Perform root cause analysis for various quality issues, including customer complaints and foreign body incidents, and implement preventive measures.
Manage non-conformances, concessions, and hold notifications, ensuring controlled product and process management.
Carry out routine and new process validations in line with HACCP requirements and support new product/process trials.
Actively participate in the complaint's reduction action plan and audit traceability team.
Provide effective shift handovers and support to Quality Assurance Technicians, covering their tasks as needed.Required Skills & Qualifications:
Proven experience in a food industry production, QA, or technical role.
Fluent in English.
Food Safety qualification at Level 2 or higher.
Proficiency in Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Experience as an internal auditor.
Desirable: Food industry high care experience, higher education in Food Quality / Food Safety/ Science, and formal training in internal auditing and HACCP.Benefits:
Competitive salary with overtime rates.
Monday to Friday work schedule, with shifts starting between 5am-6am.
30 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays.
4x salary life assurance benefit.
Access to a company benefits platform.To apply for this Quality Assurance Auditor position, please submit your CV and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in this role