QA / Technical Assistant - Food Manufacturing

at  Rondanini

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

Salary: up to £27,000 + KPI bonuses.
Learning and Development: Opportunities for career development and growth
Company sick pay: after successful completion of probationary period
Extra Annual Leave: 3 additional days after 2 years of service + 2 more additional days after 5 years of service
Discounts: 15% discount on trade prices at our sister company Salvo 1968 and access to companyshopgroup.co.uk
Employee Assistance Programme: Access to mental health, legal and financial advice
Cycle to work scheme: salary sacrifice via the green commute initiative
Product Tasting: There’s always samples floating around and opportunity to join our product tasting panels
Socials: Annual Christmas and Summer parties, and quarterly socials.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT OFFER VISA SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL NEED TO HAVE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK.

Here at Rondanini, family and fine, quality Italian food are at the heart of our business. Rondanini are the UK’s primary supplier, producers, and importers of fine, quality Italian foods. Having supplied many restaurants, retailers, and other food service groups since 1989, we are renowned for our innovative, pragmatic, and creative approach to food solutions.
We are dedicated to fostering a vibrant culture, promoting inclusivity and open communication for enhanced productivity and organisational success.
We are seeking a Quality Auditor / Technical Assistant to join our Trafford Park based Technical team. This role is ideal for a graduate who has completed a placement year.
Working pattern: Monday to Friday 06:00 – 15:00, 1 hour lunch.
Reporting to: Technical Manager

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

• Assist and support technical manager with all aspects of site quality assurance.
• Conducting regular reviews of finished product standards against Quality Assurance Standards, including organising and conducting taste panels.
• Assist in conduction of Traceability assessments.
• Contribute to HACCP meetings.
• Collating, investigating and trending customer complaints. Applying corrective action plan.
• Ensuring internal and external audits are completed as per schedule.
• Raising food safety and quality concerns to technical manager to investigate.
• Ensure that all tests and procedures are carried out according to standard methods, Codes of Practice, and customer specifications.
• Management of trackers (supplier approval, training, complaints, quarantine, non-conformances etc.)
• Support technical manager with supplier, raw material, packaging and service providers approval and performance reviews.
• Complete end of day paperwork verification, in-line with site standards.
• Coordinate instrument & testing equipment calibration.
• Monitor and maintain testing equipment and ordering of consumables.
• Coordinate sample collection including microbiological and retained.
• Coordinate and communicate external laboratory testing.
• Support technical manager with quality management system review and gap analysis.
• Communicate & liaise with Technical Manager and Senior Technical Manager
• Be actively involved in site audits, technical inspections, and any visits, ensuring that information is available as required.
• Support with training of the site team.
• Support production department with any specific food safety and quality requirements.
• To ensure that all additional investigative testing is carried out and reported to relevant management.