Quality Assurance Technician

Job Description

Quality Assurance Technician£25,000+BenefitsOur client is a leading manufacturer of food products based in the north of England and they are actively seeking a skilled QA Technician to join their established team and help bolster the quality department. They were remained operational throughoutthe pandemic and have continued to be successful and grow as a business, due to this continued growth they now need YOU to be able to maintain the excellent long standing client relations and uphold their passion for high quality products!Job Responsibilities:

• Manage site step process from intake to outload through checks and auditing
• QA approval of documentation control, line clearing and process deviations
• Liaise with technical and production departments to ensure actions/ projects are started, and finished according to site, customer and national standards
• Ensure all staff on site follow GMP requirements
• Escalate any issues that cannot be rectified and inform the technical and operational function to keep in the loop
• Supplier audit assistance (if required)
• Site traceability exercises (as and when required)
• Routine analysis from intake to outload of raw materials, packaging, finished product and process (collection and logging of samples for micro, chemical, allergen testing)
• Perform manual and automated testing and recording related results. Completing spreadsheets and highlighting issues when seen
• Oversee the food safety, legality and quality standards on site.

Specific Activities/Duties:Verification checks of:Intake & Outload

• Inspection of raw materials that are delivered- egg, milk, flour, flour (GF), sausages, adhoc raw materials
• QC check egg/ milk
• Check addition of raw materials & packaging to Marco
• Delivery of film and acetate
• Outbound product before dispatch.

Storage Areas (ambient, chiller & freezer)

• Check dates of stored materials and ensure the correct labelling is in place
• Check dates of stored materials, ensure that the correct process dated product is being used (this may not be FIFO)
• Oil pods correctly labelled.

Kitchen

• Monitor oil & batter weights against the specification
• Oven entry paperwork completed correctly
• Mixing vs egg usage sheet checked for anomalies
• Monitor CCP1 (sieving) controls are followed
• Ensure that correct labelling of raw material & WIP throughout all areas
• Dates on raw materials against mixing sheet.

Packing

• Oven exit checks temperature and product (quality checks- colour, height, weight)
• Monitor CCP2 (metal detectors) controls are followed
• Production paperwork completion, accurate and legible
• Ensure that production T2 checks are carried out to the correct procedure
• Check product seals are intact
• Temperature of product to production lines
• Ensure that correct labelling of WIP throughout area
• Check product against current QAS.

Boxing

• Checking product and dates match outer boxes
• Check finished product against current QAS.

Sampling, testing and calibration/verification of devices:

• Taking QA samples to chill/ freezer from boxing area
• Removal of out of date QA samples of chill rack (record abnormalities & raise)
• Collection of samples for testing by external lab, as per schedules (water, allergen testing, environmental swabbing, shelf life, nutritionals, raw materials, etc.)
• Hygiene inspection and sign off if required
• Titration tests
• PH Testing
• Monitor environmental (water, air) temperatures
• Gluten Free swabbing & retaining samples for lab and checks
• Beef dripping swabbing
• ATP Clean swabs
• Calibrate scales, micrometer, probes
• Conduct/ assist taste panels
• CCP 1 & 2 verification.

Auditing as per Schedules:

• Daily GMP audits
• Weekly glass audits
• Monthly glass audits
• CCP Audits
• Training of staff when required.

Health and Safety ResponsibilitiesTo ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Health & Safety at Work Act and that you agree to co-operate in the implementation of the Health & Safety Policy by:

• Working safely by taking reasonable care of their own safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions whilst at work
• Meeting the statutory duties
• Reporting incidents that have led to injury or damage

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