QA Auditor - Days - 4on 4off

at  Greencore Group

ABOUT GREENCORE

We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better.
We supply all of the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.
We have 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 17 distribution centres in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.8bn in FY24 and employ 13,300 people. We are headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
For further information go to www.greencore.com or follow Greencore on social media.
Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 525 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready to cook meals for major retailers such as Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Co-op.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

To be successful in this role, we are looking for the following qualifications and skills:

• Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard with numeracy and literacy skill
• Able to work with basic computer programmes such as Microsoft Office applications
• Holds a Health and Safety level two and a food hygiene level two qualification
• CCP training including HACCP principles for Manufacturing Unit
• Experience and understanding of internal audit processes
• Has an understanding of allergen awareness and the associated risk
• Has a knowledge of GMP techniques
• Understands non-conformance reporting techniques
• Microbiological awareness – understanding of basic of food safety
• Has and understanding of basic disinfection principles, basic legal labelling practice and basic weight legislation

These skills are desirable and not essential during the recruitment process. Full training will be provided if successful in the role.
We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. At Greencore we put our people at the core. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

The purpose of the role as a Quality Assurance Auditor is to verify that raw material preparation, manufacturing production and product storage/distribution is compliant with food safety, legal and customers’ quality standards. Key accountabilities of this role include:

• Sample, test, audit and monitor to verify that all processes, procedures and products are being manufactured in a safe and compliant manner
• Conduct verification checks to ensure equipment is suitably calibrated to comply with required standards
• Complete all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and ready for internal and external audits and highlighting when non-conformance requires corrective action
• Maintain ongoing communications with the operations team and other relevant functions ensuring they are fully aware of quality assurance activities, results and trends
• Collect all relevant samples, with adherence to procedures and protocols, to ensure quality, safety and legality of products sampled
• Provide education and training to operational colleagues and other teams to ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health Safety and Environment policy
• Escalation of non-conformances in a timely manner to the appropriate manager
• Follow daily schedule of work

To be successful in this role, we are looking for the following qualifications and skills:

• Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard with numeracy and literacy skill
• Able to work with basic computer programmes such as Microsoft Office applications
• Holds a Health and Safety level two and a food hygiene level two qualification
• CCP training including HACCP principles for Manufacturing Unit
• Experience and understanding of internal audit processes
• Has an understanding of allergen awareness and the associated risk
• Has a knowledge of GMP techniques
• Understands non-conformance reporting techniques
• Microbiological awareness – understanding of basic of food safety
• Has and understanding of basic disinfection principles, basic legal labelling practice and basic weight legislatio