Quality Officer - Trefriw, United Kingdom - Nelsons

Nelsons

Verified Company

Trefriw, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Responsible for the local supervision of the Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) processes and procedures, in order to meet the daily site demands of all operations and services requiring QA/QC involvement.

A senior team member providing QA/QC services for the testing of raw materials, packaging components and finished product, and as a support service for production activities, ensuring that all stages of product manufacture and warehouse are in full compliance with the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and other regulatory requirements.

This role is responsible for assuring that the sanitation and cleaning standards are adhered to in the physical plant and grounds.

Responsibilities:

Ensure all training relevant to the position and required tasks are completed and kept up to date. Use assigned initials within cGMP environment
All documentation relating to Nelson's products are kept within Quality Management System (QMS) and adhere to Data Integrity (see POL002)
Understanding and adhering to cGMP environment requirements
To review Manufacturing batch records production documents to ensure all tasks performed are in keeping with GMP
Issue controlled copies of Standard Operating procedures and Quality Record Logbooks to production and warehouse
Issue of controlled Master Manufacturing Instructions and labels to Production and warehouse in accordance with the weekly planning schedule for batch manufacturing.
To perform weekly environmental monitoring and water testing
Prepare and send finished product and raw material samples to external laboratories for testing
Ensure all laboratory equipment calibration and maintenance is kept up to date
To work closely with all staff on site and especially production staff to ensure a good quality culture and openness
To coordinate customer complaints investigation, in conjunction with the QC and Customer Service departments and provide reports and recommendations as necessary
To own and implement improvement projects across the site that increase Quality compliance
Manage the Quality Management System (QMS) at Spatone and be an expert user in QPulse, the Nelsons QMS platform
Provide periodic written reports and metrics to the Head of Quality and the Head of Supply Chain, highlighting the progress against predetermined quality targets
Ensure methods of analysis and specifications are updated regularly or when necessary.
Ensure all derived data is accurately recorded and stored in the correct files and that any test anomalies are reported to the HoQ via a 'Quality Incident Report' or 'Material Defect Report'
Authorise the release of raw materials, packaging components and unlicensed finished goods
Ensure all required retained samples are correctly identified and stored
Facilitate root cause fault finding of production and QA/QC deviations and support recommendation of corrective actions
Perform periodic audits of the production and warehouse facilities to verify and monitor the applied principles of GMP and GDP and determine that there are no deviations from the planned schedule or requirements of issued batch documentation
Provide routine GMP/GDP training where required to employees at the Spatone site on areas relating to QA/QC to ensure a full and thorough understanding of GMP
Develop and manage the site Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) process
Support site validation activities in compliance with appropriate legislation

Requirements:

Good Laboratory Standards qualifications or relevant experience
Extensive Knowledge of GMP
Numerical, analytical and investigative skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Experience of a QA/QC role in either Food or Healthcard
Previous experience of monitoring and reporting results
Ability to implement change effectively within a production environment
Ability to work accurately, with attention to detail
Strong IT skills
Ability to prioritise and deal effectively with a varied workload

Bonus if you have

Educated to degree level or equivalent
Continuous Improvement training
Experience of working in the Food supplement or bottled water industry

Benefits
Annual bonus

25 days holiday per year PLUS Christmas shut down - whoop

Free products and staff discounts to keep you healthy and happy

Paid days off to volunteer for some awesome charities

Cycle to work scheme.

We also have regular socials plus all your standard stuff such as pensions, eye test vouchers and season ticket loans.

We can tell you all about what is available to you when you start