Quality Assurance Operative - Lurgan, United Kingdom - Industrial Temps

Industrial Temps

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Lurgan, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking a
Quality Assurance Operative for our client, a leading food processing company of Fresh and Chilled products supplying leading retail businesses in the UK.

Pay Rate:
£10.96 Per Hour + Holiday Pay

Working Hours: 8am - 4.30pm

Job Duties:

Daily verification of all CCPs (cooking, cooling, hot filling, ph, etc.)
Daily temperature checks of all production rooms, chills and products
Daily quality checks on all ingredients, WIP materials and finished products to ensure correct quality and traceability
Complete Daily GMP walk around production area and highlight any non

- conformances to the supervisor/charge-hand/manager and Senior QA/QA Team Leader

Responsible for placing any nonconforming product On Hold/Restricted Use/Condemned and completing relevant On Hold Log
Completing of Daily/Monthly/Quarterly Glass & Hard Plastic Audits
Verify finished product labels and crate/case end labels to ensure correct Use By Dates
Complete weekly hand washing temperature checks
Completion of GMP Audits
Completion of Hygiene & Fabrication Audits
Complete equipment calibrations e.g. temperature probe, pH meters and sieves
Completion of Corrective Action Reports for any nonconforming products or incidents to ensure effective close out identifying root cause and corrective actions
Attendance at daily tier 1 lean board meetings and recording of daily issues onto QA lean board
Daily Fire exit checks
Attending taste panel as part of wider Technical Team
Completion of weekend taste panels and communication of any issues
Collection and storage of all retained product samples
Weekly EOSL Reviews
Complete specific allergen room swabbing release/product testing e.g. Gluten Free/Vegan
Completion of weekly cooking & cooling verifications
Creation of dummy packs for production
Completion of Correct Action Reports for any nonconforming products or incidents
Any other reasonable tasks related to position as deemed suitable by QA Team Leader
To be flexible to work weekends and evenings when required

Job Criteria:

Essential:

A minimum of 1 year experience within in the food industry, preferably within a food manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of food safety principles
Good knowledge of General Manufacturing Practices
Good working knowledge of MS Word and Excel
Good verbal & written communications Skills
Flexible approach to working hours to cover needs of the business

Desirable:

A Food related qualification
Experience in completing Internal/External Audits
Level 2 / 3 Food Safety
Level 2/ 3 HACCP

Key Competencies

Teamwork

Ability to work alongside QA team and production to resolve issues and nonconformances.

Communication

Effectively communicate with employees at all levels within the business from operatives, supervisors/chargehands and managers.

Attention to Detail

Ability to accurately check key information such as use by dates, allergens, batch codes etc.

Reliable

Flexible and reliable when asked to cover holidays, audits, late nights and weekends.

Professional

Remain professional at all times when dealing with all areas of the business including production, technical, NPD etc.

Additional Information:

For more information please call our Portadown office on
ask for
Stefan
INDUSTRIAL TEMPS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AGENCY & EMPLOYER

Salary:
£10.96 per hour

Schedule: