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The Role: Quality Assurance Technician

This role is based within our head office in Speke and has the following main responsibilities:-

• Positively releasing product from the production line, including organoleptic assessment of finished product and compare against gold standards
• Carry out quality control checks (e.g. CCP, label verification, weights, shift documentation) to ensure compliance.
• Carry out internal audits as per schedule (e.g. glass, GMP, traceability, QMS)
• Conduct environmental monitoring and product sampling and ensure results are reported accurately
• Supporting investigations for customer complaints and internal non-conformances
• Raise non-conformances for shift based issues and where necessary place product on hold
• Complete shift based reports to ensure information is handed over to teammates accurately

The successful candidate needs to have a good understanding of food manufacturing and hygiene regulations

You’re Naturally Like This…

• Highly enthusiastic and a lover of improving and developing new ways of working and improving existing
• Growing strategic mindset and appreciation
• Avid self-learner & teacher
• You have high standards for quality of delivery from yourself and from others
• You are positively impatient
• You are great at building positive, productive relationships with internal and external parties
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, and you are able to clearly communicate complex topics in simple terms, to a variety of audiences
• You are a highly motivated self-starter with a flexible, can-do attitude
• You are an uncommonly fast-learner
• You place a high value on delivering business impact, and creating robust processes

Non-Negotiables

• Basic food safety and HACCP certification
• Clear and proven experience in QA / QC
• Highly organised and excellent verbal and written skills
• Computer literate with the ability to work with various Microsoft programs
• Excellent relationship building skills and ability to influence at various levels
• Ability to multi-task and deliver to deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritise, meet deadline and manage changing priorities

• Proven ability to be a flexible and work hard, both independently and in a team environmentWillingness to work occasionally outside normal business hours, when required.

• Desirables
  An understanding of / experience in FMCG Food and/or Sports Nutrition
  Experience of working in an E-Commerce vertically integrated business/or Food Manufacturing
  Internal auditor training
  Excellent excel knowledg

• Positively releasing product from the production line, including organoleptic assessment of finished product and compare against gold standards
• Carry out quality control checks (e.g. CCP, label verification, weights, shift documentation) to ensure compliance.
• Carry out internal audits as per schedule (e.g. glass, GMP, traceability, QMS)
• Conduct environmental monitoring and product sampling and ensure results are reported accurately
• Supporting investigations for customer complaints and internal non-conformances
• Raise non-conformances for shift based issues and where necessary place product on hold
• Complete shift based reports to ensure information is handed over to teammates accuratel