QA Auditor

Posted 04 October 2024
LocationCrosby
Job type Permanent - Full Time
Discipline Technical
Reference020783
Job FunctionOperations
Contact NameAnne McCarthy
Expiry date 28 October 2024

Job description

Job Description

 

We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better.

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

 

Here at Crosby, we have a team of around 300 colleagues. We produce sushi for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s.

 

What you'll be doing

 

As QA Auditor, you will be required to work 4 on 4 off rotating, Days one week and Nights the following week.

 

Your key focus will be to assist in the production of safe food, which meets customer specification and legal requirements by ensuring the effective operations of agreed procedures through regular auditing.

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 on going communication with the team and other relevant functions ensuring they are fully aware of quality assurance results

Collect all relevant samples (products, swabs, water samples etc.), with adherence to procedures and protocols, to ensure quality, safety and legality of products sampled

Provide technical support & advice to operational staff and other teams to ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards, seeking guidance and advice from QA Area Leaders / Technical Manager where necessary

Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all employees and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the safety, health and environment policy.

 

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off Days: (7am - 7pm) & Nights: (7pm - 7am) rotating

 

What we’re looking for

 

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.

 

Experience of chilled manufacturing

Confident to challenge non-compliant practices or behaviours in a busy factory environment

Capable of communicating to a variety of people – from operatives to senior management and auditors

Food hygiene – Level 2

Health and Safety - Level 2

Ideally HACCP Level 2 trained

Allergen Awareness Training

Previous auditing experience

Understanding of good manufacturing practice

Microbiological awareness – understanding of basic of food safety

Computer literate in Microsoft Office applications

If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

 

What you’ll get in return

 

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

 

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.