Quality Auditor

On-site in Stoke·Added 13 days ago (last checked 22 Oct)

ABF Grocery

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Our summary

Salary: £30,500 a year
About £2,120 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, Stoke
Holiday: 25 days holiday
Pension: Up to 10% employer pension

Skills

Nice to have

Food Manufacturing

Requirements

What we're looking for

A food manufacturing background is essential, ideally with experience of QA or technical function.
Competent user of Microsoft Office.
Excellent organising skills.
Attention to detail and ability to multi-task and prioritise workload.
Good communication skills for working with production and technical teams.
Maintains a positive and proactive approach when dealing with challenges and changing priorities.
Takes ownership of issues and follows them through to effective resolution.

The role

We are looking for an experienced Quality Auditor to join our Technical team at Hovis Bakeries in Stoke-on-Trent.

The Quality Auditor is a key member of the Technical team and is responsible for promoting, monitoring and driving continuous improvements in Quality, Food Safety and due diligence standards across the site.

As a Quality Auditor you will be committed to ensuring that the Bakery's team are compliant with BRCGS standards of food safety and are audit ready at all times. Working with the wider team to ensure all products are manufactured to industry standards will be important to you, as without these standards being met, we aren't able to fulfil customer's orders.

As our next Quality Auditor, you'll be looking after our controlled documents, forms and procedures, collating and assessing process critical data to ensure we comply with our CCPs, legal and customer requirements.

What you'll do

Positively engage with the Safety-First culture, ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures in respect of Health and Safety, Food Safety and Quality.
Coordinate Daily product assessments, promoting corrective actions to remedy any faults found.
Download and assess food safety critical process data.
Assist with the investigation of complaints and food safety incidents.
Review process documentation and implement improvement initiatives to drive paperwork standards.
Control and, maintain procedures/briefs/specifications and ensure documentation is updated to meet the required standards.
Departmental support with NPD and EPD.
Coordinate the collation of product samples and distribute accordingly.
Conduct Mould Free Shelf-Life samples assessment.
Support with traceability/recall exercises.
Departmental support during external audits and non-conformance close out process.