Quality Assurance - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Cranswick Convenience Foods

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Quality Assurer
Technical & QA Department


Cranswick
Convenience Foods, Milton Keynes

Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a
Quality Assurer position.

Your main duties are to protect the safety of Cranswick products through food safety checks at all stages of the production process.

This is done through sampling, conducting inspections, testing, completing audits, and coaching colleagues in effective Food Safety.


Administration duties include (but not limited to):

  • To Protect the safety of Cranswick products through food safety checks at all stages of the process, through sampling, inspection, and testing.
  • Report any nonconformances either from production, and help to support the team to find a resolution so it doesn't occur again.
  • Monitor the quality system compliance by conducting regular audits.
  • Assist in training and coaching in regard to CCPs and other related processes.
  • Check production paperwork relating to manufacture, curing, processing, cooking, cooling, storage, slicing, packing and despatch.
  • Collect samples of products for micro compliance and testing.
  • Carry out testing for allergens and speciation when required.
  • Ensure that calibration of equipment is carried out in accordance with the schedules provided.
  • Ensure that the swabbing plan/schedule is achieved.
  • Complete locker audits and bag checks to ensure allergen compliance is being adhered to.
  • Assist in Pest control for the site through awareness and reporting of issues/potential issues found.
  • Ensure glass registers are carried out to schedule and up to date each month with issues raised to the supervisor to capture and progress.
  • Complete GMP's across site weekly. If issues are identified, they must be escalated in a timely manner.
  • To support the reporting of any Foreign Bodies either from intake, work in progress or finished product.
  • Maintain the reporting system to enable trending and follow up foreign bodies to a suitable conclusion

Requirements, experience, and person specification:


  • Excellent administrative skills with great attention to detail.
  • Good knowledge of food legislation, safety, quality and customer requirements.
  • Excellent IT skills, including excellent MS Excel skills.
  • Excellent working knowledge of BRC standards would be advantageous.
  • Experience in a technical services role, ideally in a highrisk chilled production environment.
  • Any of the below qualifications would be advantageous, however full training will be given during induction:
  • IOSH working safely.
  • Manual handling awareness.


  • Food Safety Level

  • HACCP Level
  • Auditor qualification.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£14.50 per hour


Benefits:


  • Canteen
  • Casual dress
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Free parking
  • Onsite parking
  • Referral programme

Schedule:

  • 12 hour shift
  • Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Milton Keynes: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 30/06/2023

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