Quality Assurance Technician

The Quality Technician role is responsible for all activities relating to food safety, from our Quality Management System and internal controls to customer complaints and specifications. As one of three QA Technicians you will be first point of contact for all factory and laboratory quality activities; auditing from intake to finished goods and coaching colleagues in food safety and quality standards.

Key activities include:

• Ensuring all production paperwork is completed and the HACCP system is followed


• Conducting GMP, Glass and Plastic, Hygiene, and Finished Product audits in line with schedules


• Completing and recording calibration of critical site equipment in line with schedule


• Ensuring actions generated from audits are logged, assigned deadlines and closed out


• Collecting, logging and preparing product and environmental samples for testing as per schedule


• Raw material intake checks and sampling where required


• Managing manual & electronic product hold and release based on risk assessment and instruction


• Communicating product hold and release to all relevant internal parties


• Completing complaint investigations with managers to determine root cause and action


• Ensuring all data is accurately recorded within required timescales to allow reporting of trends


• Driving continuous improvement, ensuring that the quality culture is driven throughout the site via cross-functional support, Be a part of 'Our Strategy Our Future 2030' which through significant investment in the infrastructure across the business continues to facilitate our growth ambitions.
  
  Previous experience in food manufacturing & familiar with food safety and quality


• Auditing and ideally experience of conducting root cause analysis


• A proactive attitude and ability to work independently


• Strong organisational skills with ability to co-ordinate several different tasks


• A good communicator with an ability to impart knowledge & engage others in driving a quality culture on site, We offer our people an exciting and challenging career, with a supportive community of colleagues, and constant training and up-skilling opportunities. You will be working on exciting projects with exceptionally talented colleagues and teams., QA Technician: 1 year (required)
  
  Dairygold processes 1.48 billion litres of milk a year, with an annual turnover of €1.65 billion. The society is structured across three imperative divisions; food ingredients, agri business and retail, that drive and support our farmers and business.


Dairygold Food Ingredients UK is the #1 cheese ingredient solutions supplier to the UK's major food manufacturers, retailers and food service customers. We have achieved rapid growth over the last five years and have ambitious plans for this to continue. 'AA' Grade BRC accredited, we've invested heavily in our people and recognise that recruiting, retaining and developing talent are critical to our future success.


• We offer competitive salaryalongside our annual bonus scheme.


• We have a competitive company pension scheme.


• Company sick pay scheme.


• We offer an Employee Assistance Programme should any employee ever need support. Employee wellbeing initiatives are extremely important aspect for our co-operative's success.


• We pride ourselves on our culture and values.


• At Dairygold we are always focused on continuous improvement and innovation. All our colleagues are empowered to share new ideas.


• Zero Harm employee Safety initiatives


• Employee Service Awards and Colleague of the Month and Year awards


• Dairygold is committed to a work environment that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion and creates an open culture where everyone feels valued and can be themselves.


Please get in touch to start your rewarding journey with Dairygold today.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: £29,723.00 per year

Benefits:

• Canteen


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Free parking


• Life insurance


• On-site parking


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday


Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme