Qa Auditor

QA Auditor

Location: Elland

Hours: 40 Hours Rotational Shift

Salary: GBP12.24 p/h

The Role:

Having previous experience within food manufacturing operations, you will be working closely with the manufacturing team to ensure the required food safety and quality standards are adhered to at all times and to assure product integrity.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Improvement and Maintenance of Food Safety, Hygiene & Quality Standards
   • Understand and assist in maintaining and updating the company’s HACCP system (HACCP Team Member).
   • As an SME - Ensure continuous compliance with customer-specific metal prevention code of practice and involvement in managing incidents and liaising with the appropriate teams.
   • Identify non-conformances against agreed standards, specifications, and/or procedures following the sites Non-Conformance Procedure and take an active part in the investigation with the relevant teams.
   • Ensure site-specific food safety and quality standards are understood and achieved.
   • Play a leading role in the Quality and Technical procedural training within all departments.
   • Stop lines/cease factory activities in the event of a serious non-conformance which could pose an actual or potential food safety or quality concern.
   • Conduct customer complaint investigations where required.
   • Approval and review of process and ingredient deviations.
2. Audits, Verification Checks
   • Conduct daily line audits which include verification that critical control points are under control and also verification of Operatives adherence to CCPs.
   • Perform daily/weekly quality checks which include verification of scales and temperature monitoring equipment.
   • Participate in internal audits (Team Member).
   • Conduct GMP inspections of all areas.
   • Perform chemical checks.
   • Continuous monitoring of area temperatures (ICESPY).
   • Conduct environmental swabbing on areas and equipment.
   • Perform water sampling.
   • Conduct glass and hard plastic audits.
   • Perform pack compliance audits.
   • Conduct air plate sampling.
3. Taste Panels
   • Taste panels conducted for all products on site following on-site procedures:
   • - Daily Management Panels
   • - End of Life Panels
   • - Consistency Panels
   • - Shelf Life Panels
   • - Christmas Code Approval
   • Taste panel results are recorded, reviewed, and action is taken where a non-conformity is raised.
   • Collate and dispatch all product samples where required to an external lab for micro analysis.
   • Ensure manufacturing has the relevant retained samples for use to assess products at the product testing stage.
   • Ensure QA sample area/QA room is kept clean and tidy.
   • Transport sign off.
   • Positive release testing of all products carrying a gluten-free claim.

The Candidate:

1. Previous experience in food manufacturing operations.
2. Ability to generate detailed written reports and work in a structured team.
3. Level 3 HACCP.
4. Level 3 Supervising Food Safety.
5. Subject Matter Expert (Metal Detection).