QA Technician

• Quality Guardian - Champion food safety, legality and quality across factory and warehouse operations, ensuring compliance with the Quality Management System and raising risks before they become issues.
• Shift-Level Technical Lead - Act as the primary QA contact on shift for product, process and equipment queries, providing confident decision-making and deputising support for the QA Officer when required.
• Non-Conformance & Hold Stock Control - Manage held and non-conforming product through inspection, sampling, labelling, SAP administration and clear communication of outcomes.
• Audit & Inspection Excellence - Deliver internal audits, documented inspections and corrective actions, ensuring site standards remain audit-ready at all times.
• Sampling, Testing & Verification - Maintain swabbing and sampling plans, coordinate laboratory testing, complete CCP checks and investigate out-of-spec results with robust root cause analysis.
• Taste, Traceability & Compliance - Organise and document organoleptic panels, manage reference samples and ensure raw material intake inspections are completed to schedule.
• Data, Documentation & Systems - Maintain accurate QMS documentation, manage non-conformance databases and support continuous improvement through disciplined record-keeping.
• Equipment & Accuracy Champion - Carry out calibration and verification of key quality equipment, ensuring data integrity and technical confidence on site.

If you're passionate about food safety, detail-driven, and thrive on being the go-to person on shift, this is a brilliant opportunity to play a hands-on role at the heart of a food manufacturing operation., * Experience within a quality assurance role within the UK food manufacturing industry is required

• Own transport
• Full UK working rights - no sponsorship or visas available