JOB PURPOSE/PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
The QA team play a critical role in ensuring the required standards of Food Safety, Quality and Hygiene are met. You will be required to liaise with all production areas.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Reporting to the Quality Manager
SHIFTS Rotating: 2 Shifts
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities associated with this role include, but are not limited to the following:
- Inspection and testing of intermediate and finished product against agreed specifications and to an agreed schedule.
- Liaising with production to identify non-conformances, quarantining where necessary and instigating corrective action.
- Making decisions in a timely fashion on whether a process is still in control and reporting any deviation of standard of work or processing.
- Traceability and Paperwork Auditing.
- Temperature monitoring and verification.
- Hygiene Audit of appropriate personnel and factory floor.
- GMP auditing and instigating corrective actions on timely manner.
- Assist the Quality Manager in duties and tasks as and when required.
Requirements
SKILLS/ KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERIENCE:
- Previous experience in a food manufacturing environment (1 year).
- Knowledge of BRC standard amp; requirements.
- Knowledge of Raw material, intermediate and finished product desirable.
- Experience of GMP and temperature auditing/monitoring preferred.
- Experience of lean manufacturing would be a distinct advantage.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Numerical and Literacy skills essential.
- English language skills essential.
- Good Communication and Interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently when required.
- Hands on approach.
- Good Organization skills.
- Flexibility.
Benefits
At Kepak we are looking for people who are as passionate about food as we are. If you would like to join a culture where our values of Ambition, Responsibility, Teamwork and Passion for Food are at the heart of all we do, and diversity and inclusion matters to you then you are what we are looking for.
Kepak is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Note: as with all positions, due to the nature of the business, key responsibilities will evolve and change over time
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Access to discounted health care
- Employee Discount Platform
- Bike to Work Scheme
- Paid Maternity Leave
- Additional Service Leave
- Discounted Meat Purchases
- Career Development opportunities
- Education Support
- Study Leave #jobsie