Quality Assurance Technician | THG Manufacturing Blackpool

Quality Assurance Technician | THG Manufacturing Blackpool

Job Category: Technical

Location: UK, Manchester

Job Type: Full-time

About THG: We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity.

We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realise our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.

About THG Manufacturing - Blackpool: Join THG Manufacturing, an industry-leading solid dose capsule and tablet manufacturer. With a proud legacy spanning several years we've been instrumental in delivering top-tier vitamins and supplements to a range of worldwide customers and brands, as well as supplying the world's largest online sports nutrition brand My Protein. Based at our custom-built manufacturing facility on the Lancashire coast, our high-quality tablets and capsules reach all over the world!

The role: QA Technician

Location: THG Manufacturing, 3, Amy Johnson Court, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool FY4 2RP

Responsibilities:

• Maintain the Quality Management System and ensure compliance with relevant legislative and customer requirements.
• Carry out daily Quality Assurance checks throughout the warehouse and production.
• Check & testing materials and goods to ensure safety and conformity.
• Monitor and ensure batches released to the market comply with quality and food safety standards as applicable.
• Support the handling of customer complaints investigations and non-conformances, using relevant tools to establish root cause, corrective and preventive actions.
• Support the needs for the QC lead for internal and external audit requirements.
• Ensure traceability of all products/raw materials throughout the production process and records are kept.
• On all required occasions, raise internal non-compliances and lead on investigation.
• Ensure all tests are carried out to meet finished product specifications/procedures.
• Assist in product traceability as required, both from ingredient forward to finished products and from finished products forward to customer and back to ingredients.
• Carry out the GMP and Glass Audits.
• Work closely with the hygiene team to ensure the hygiene standards are maintained and all products are produced in a food safety environment.

Requirements:

• You will have a proven track record or experience in a similar role in quality management and management systems.
• HACCP and Basic Food Hygiene Level 3.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong IT skills especially with Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with internal audits and technical visits.
• You will have excellent communication skills with your team.
• Strong quality experience in food/pharmaceutical manufacturing (Capsule and tablet manufacturing desirable).
• Experience with BRC and ISO desirable.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.

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