Quality Assurance Technologist - Bristol, United Kingdom - Appcastenterprise

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1 week ago

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About Kerry


A career with Kerry Taste & Nutrition offers you an opportunity to shape how people across the globe view food and beverage while providing you opportunities to explore and grow as your interests do.

With our commitment to a sustainable future, a careerwith Kerry is something you can feel good about.


About the role

Key responsibilities

Inspection and Testing

  • Participate in taste panels with the site teams to ensure high standards of quality are maintained
  • Complete calibration of equipment to ensure our legal compliance

Good Manufacturing Practices

  • Work crossfunctionally to drive improvement in factory standards to exceed our customer and regulatory expectations

Complaints & Continuous Improvement

  • Assist in the investigation of complaints including the necessary reporting, returned materials evaluation & reporting, communication, and corrective actions, as per the site customer complaint procedure.
  • Continuously improve standards set by facilitating and executing appropriate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Methodologies such as 8 Step Practical Problem Solving within the Production Stream and other site functions.

Quality Inspection

  • Perform routine factorybased food safety and quality standards inspections and audits including (but not an exhaustive list): Fabrication inspections, GMP, Hygiene Verification audits, foreign body inspections, layered confirmation audits, logging allnonconformances.
  • Provide guidance, education and support to the department being audited to enable them to selfinspect and ensure they understand the standards required.

Incident Management

  • Work crossfunctionally in root cause analysis and investigations following site and product nonconformances
  • Work with production teams to drive completion of corrective action plans

Audits

  • Member of the sites internal audit team and the completion of GMP & systems audits
  • Represent the Quality function in external audits

Training

  • Deliver quality focused training to the production teams

Traceability Systems

  • Perform the sites mock recalls in line with company and customer expectations, completing post mock recall reviews to continuously improve
  • Perform traceability exercises as defined during customer visits or external audits

Control of Products

  • Complete Shelflife extension requests, both for raw materials and finished product.
  • Ensuring retained samples and micro samples are managed effectively
  • Positive release of raw materials and finished products
  • Investigate and control nonconforming product

Qualifications and skills

  • Experience in a Manufacturing environment in a similar role.
  • Knowledge of the BRC Global Food Standard
  • Technical & Functional Expertise.
  • Communication & Knowledge Sharing.
  • Quality and Hygiene standards within food production knowledge.
  • Drive & Determination.
  • Eye for detail.
  • Proficient with Microsoft packages

What's in it for me?


Opportunity for career development,?matched pension scheme to up to 10% and access to an employee assistance program and employee benefit platform.


In Kerry we benefit from the knowledge of our colleagues who bring a diverse range of cultures, backgrounds, lifestyles and experiences.

One team fostering an inclusive culture that, above all, inspires food and nourishes life.

One culture where everyone brings their unique perspectives and experiences to help make us better, together.

We are committed to nurturing an environment of positivity and inclusiveness, where everyone can be at their best, both personally and professionally.


  • Our recruitment, selection and assessment process are based on the skills and competencies of the specific roles and based entirely on merit. We are committed to and value Diversity and Inclusion in all recruitment processes within Kerry and do not discriminatebased on gender, race, class, economic status, ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, veteran status, marital status or any other protected characteristic.
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Diversity


In Kerry we benefit from the knowledge of our colleagues who bring a diverse range of cultures, backgrounds, lifestyles and experiences.

One team fostering an inclusive culture that, above all, inspires food and nourishes life. One culture where everyonebrings their unique perspectives and experiences to help make us better, together.

We are committed to nurturing an environment of positivity and inclusiveness, where everyone can be at their best, both personally and professionally.


Our recruitment, selection and assessment process are based on the skills and competencies of the specific roles and based entirely on merit.? We are committed to and value Diversity and Inclusion in all recruitment processes within Kerry and do not discriminatebased on gender, race, class, economic status, ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, veteran status, marital status or any other protected characteristic.

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