Why Greencore? 

You may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products because we supply food for the all the major supermarkets in the UK.

Here in Consett, we have a team of around 280 colleagues. We produce a range of chilled ready meals for some of the UK's leading retailers, including Co-op, Sainsbury's and Weight Watchers.

2 shift patterns available:

• Monday to Friday 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm (alternating each week) 
• Monday to Friday 10am-6pm

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

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 get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• 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.