Quality Assurance Technician

Quality Assurance Technician Redditch Permanent £12.30p/hr What’s on offer? Monday – Friday 6am – 2:30pm 33 days annual leave including bank holidays 4x death in service Discount package (days out, retail, gym memberships etc) Health and wellbeing package including GP hotline The responsibilities of the successful Quality Assurance Technician: Collection of all samples for analysis in accordance with scheduled requirements, accurately inputting into required systems Carry out swabbing requirements in compliance with documented schedules Carry out documented ingredient and packaging inspection checks, feeding back results to the Intake Compliance controller Ensure test packs are made up to accurate weight and that all packaging tare weights are checked and updated. Confirm the accuracy of measuring equipment by performing calibration/verification checks including liaising with external companies where required. Maintain up to date schedules of all equipment ensuring equipment is operating within tolerance, actioning any out of specification in a timely manner ensuring equipment is available for factory monitoring checks Maintain and update Glass and Hard plastic and start up audit sheets and booklets Play an active role in the complaints reduction action plan working with the QA team and operations to drive high product quality standards Set up and run quality taste panels, including cooking products as required. Ensure full documentation of the panel, highlighting all individual issues Product quality assessment work as requested; SOL, EOL, over shelf life, consistency panels Control of completed factory paperwork ensuring paperwork is organised and easily obtainable for traceability and audit purposes Control of factory consumables through numbering/coding and issuing to operational departments Confirmation of detection methods for consumable items such as Metal detection checks on new batches of plasters, pens etc To be a key member of the site audit traceability team Work positively to drive continuous improvement in the QA systems Fully understand and comply with all department and company policies and guidelines Any other duties or project work may be assigned as deemed necessary to the needs of the business. The accountabilities of the successful Quality Assurance Technician Taste panel schedule compliance – completion rate KPI QA procedural third party and customer audit compliance – areas of responsibility, level of NC’s raised Accuracy of data input and schedule compliance for samples and swabbing – Level of errors identified Calibration matrix up to date – Level of equipment calibrations and verifications completed within date This role has a responsibility for food safety, brand integrity and Health and Safety The successful candidate MUST: Have experience in the Food industry Food Safety qualification at Level 2 or higher Proficient in Microsoft applications, outlook, word, excel, powerpoint etc