Quality and Standards Coordinator - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Refresco

Refresco
Refresco
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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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About Refresco


Refresco, the world's largest independent soft drinks manufacturer, is seeking a Quality and Standards Coordinator based at our Milton Keynes site We are fast-paced, hugely customer-driven, always looking to innovate, develop and improve what we do, and this creates the opportunity for you to develop and grow your career with us.

Our people are friendly, open, and approachable, hugely supportive, and we have undergone high growth and high change over the past 5 years and expect to again double in size over the next 5 years.


About the Role


To support the Food safety and quality improvement and right first-time agenda so that products are legally and safely manufactured in compliance with customer and internal Company specifications and standards.

To facilitate the launch of new customers, products, and processes into manufacturing

  • Review of current Micro processes and practices to drive continual laboratory improvement.
  • Investigate microbial Out Of specification results determining the root cause corrective action necessary to prevent reoccurrence.
  • Cover Laboratory technicians when needed (sickness, holidays)
  • Complete GMP and Hygiene audits to required schedule
  • Coordinate cleaning schedules with cleaning contractors
  • Assist in the investigation of consumer complaints determining root cause and
corrective action necessary to prevent reoccurrence.

  • Participate in the internal audit schedule completing audits as necessary to
demonstrate compliance with company, customer, and industry standards

  • Where applicable take samples in accordance site quality plan ensuring the
samples are analysed in a timely manner and results reported / escalated as
appropriate.

  • Complete traceability exercises to agreed plan.
  • Completion of operational QC compliance audits, reporting of nonconformances
and ensuring corrective action is in place and monitored to prevent reoccurrence.

  • Assist to new starters and provide refresher training verification of new equipment
or micro tests processes, ensure that internal and external customer expectations
are reviewed.

  • Actively participate in the implementation of site quality improvement projects,
where necessary providing support to train operation teams and monitor project
effectiveness.

  • To be a member of the HACCP team ensuring micro process, equipment are taken
into risk assessments.

  • Management of pest controllers to:
Be the main point of contact between the pest control contractor and site

Communicate corrective actions identified by the pest control contractor to the relevant personnel and monitor to ensure they are completed to an appropriate standard and to the agreed timescale

Make sure pest control activities and records meet requirements to pass customer and external audits


Profile job holder

  • Organized and persistent, able to work alone but able to achieve the desired results
through influencing people.

  • Demonstrable team player
  • Degree in a Science or Food Technology or relevant industry experience in an
influential technical/quality role.

  • Demonstrable operational experience, together with significant exposure, gained
ideally in a fast-moving consumer goods environment.

  • Fully conversant with modern manufacturing methodologies.
  • Innovative and entrepreneurial thinker, interested in food and drink and improving
quality systems.


Ultimately, we want you to live, drink, and breathe the Refresco Values as we believe these are what have made us, and will continue to make us, successful.


If you believe you are a great match for this profile, we want to hear from you.

Reward & Benefits
The salary for this role is dependent on experience. Working hours are Monday to Friday - 38 hours per week, and we have free, onsite parking.

In addition, we offer, an annual bonus incentive, a good company pension scheme, 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays (with the option to purchase additional holidays) and access to a sports and social fund.


About Refresco
Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We're passionate about producing tasty, refreshing drinks but we're thirsty for more and growing fast.

We're a global business and have invested heavily to expand our manufacturing footprint to make us the largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices in the world.

We currently produce 12 billion litres from 78 manufacturing plants in 15 countries and we're only just getting started


Our UK business has six manufacturing plants providing a great place to work for 1800 employees producing own label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading UK supermarkets.

We also manufacture many of the best-known branded drinks such as Monster Energy, Innocent, Ocean Spray and Vimto. Whether it's packed in cartons, bottles, or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards and are on our customers' tables for every occasion
- **Refresco are an equal opportun
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