Quality Assurance Auditor

Main accountabilities

• To audit all records and ensure sufficient assessment of food safety and quality standards is conducted of each production run prior to release into the marketplace.
• Complete all Food safety audits in line with schedule.
• Complete all GMP audits (including toolbox, daily, perimeter) in line with schedule.
• Carry out compliance audits across the site.
• Complete traceability and mass balance audits in line with schedule
• Complete daily, weekly, monthly tasks as per schedule - including paperwork, complaints, glass/hard plastic audits, knife reviews.
• Assist operations with raw material shelf life once delivered to factory.
• Identify and solve issues using root cause analysis and drive commonality between sites.
• Support site audits from customers and external auditing bodies.
• Work in a supportive manner, and communicate problems quickly and effectively to QA Manager and other relevant departments.
• Support the investigation and resolution of non-conformances and root cause analysis investigation including those related to product, process, internal and external audits.
• Support the Food Safety Culture initiatives across the site to empower the operations and engineering teams with knowledge and understanding of the part they play in the production of safe food.
• Attend factory huddles and any other meetings required for your job role.
• To take reasonable care of your own and other people's health and safety. To inform your line manager, or health and safety representative, if you think the work or inadequate controls are putting anyone's health and safety at risk.
• To co-operate with your manager on all aspects of health, safety and the environment.
• To support and undertake other projects or roles that are within the capabilities of the job holder and of direct value to the business.

Person Specification

• Flexibility towards working hours
• Communication between all levels of staff within all department of the business
• Excellent time management and leadership skills
• Ability to work alone but also alongside other team members
• Ability to handover and escalate problems
• Excellent attendance and timekeeping
• Computer literate - experience of excel, word, email and databases
• Intermediate food hygiene
• Problem solving and root cause analysis identification skills
• Able to organise own work load to ensure deadlines and timescales are constantly met
• Ability to multi-task and excellent prioritisation skills

We are currently recruiting for two positions

• 1 x Permanent
• 1 x Temporary (fixed-term for three months)

Please indicate in your application whether you wish to be considered for the permanent role, the temporary role, or both opportunities.