QA & Trainee QA (Quality Assurance)

1 week ago

St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom Danish Crown UK Full time

Who are we looking for:


We are looking for people to join our amazing team in our Bugle site on both day and night shifts which fit in with family life, especially if you have children to collect from school.

Nigel and the Team would like to hear from people who are looking for a long
- or short-term period of work, but ideally people who want a sustainable permanent career, where we can teach you a lifelong skill. As you become more skilled your earnings really can improve.

Who are we:


We are a food company owned by Danish farmers supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers all over the world.

From butchers to business developers, we're more than 23,000 colleagues, all committed to lowering our carbon footprint and becoming climate neutral by 2050, for better food and a brighter future area of responsibility


This job description concerns the position of QA, which is a support role to the food safety team assuring compliance to site policies, procedures, and customer requirements.


Benefits of working for Danish Crown:

We have a number of amazing benefits on top of the competitive pay, these include (on some shifts) subsidised travel to work, subsidised canteen, free canteen snacks/food, tea and coffee, free parking, free food packages, discounted staff shop on food and much much more....


Specific tasks

  • Assuring compliance to site policies, procedures, and customer COP's.
  • Work alongside/with the management team to assist with operational issues.
  • Provide adequate information on issues, concessions and capture for the daily management meetings and general investigations.
  • Work within the food safety team to monitor and trend supplier quality issues.
  • To ensure that all operating systems and procedures are adhered to as per the standard.
  • Provide support and cover as and when needed.
  • Provide support during customer audits and visits as and when required.
  • Be a point of contact on the factory floor covering both main shifts and provide weekend cover regarding food safety and legal compliance
  • To complete and manage the sampling program for the site
  • To complete daily KPI's against departments for weekly review
Job responsibilities and assignments

Job Purpose:

To deliver the key quality duties outlined within the factory safely, effectively and efficiently to meet the required customer and technical standards.


Health and Safety

  • Ensure all staff wear correct PPE including ear protection, clothing, cutting gloves and shoes.
  • Ensure all teams compliance to the food and hygiene requirements.
  • Ensure the team operate within company health and safety standards and that workstations are kept clean and tidy at all times.
  • Report any hazards or machine problems immediately to Manager / Leader or designate and support resolution as appropriate.

Business Performance

  • Delivery of the key food safety duties outlined.
  • Ensure Good standards of General Manufacturing Practice and that the departments are audit ready at all times.
  • Ensure all Technical standards are met across the site and support with this as required.
  • Contribute to Departmental and Site improvement projects as required.
  • Resolving unexpected problems as required.
  • Continuously review and identify ways to improve efficiency and yields and reduce labour costs and waste whilst maintaining quality and technical standards.

Leadership & Development

  • Lead effective 2way communication within their team to ensure all staff are kept informed of business, departmental and team issues to help support an engaged and motivated workforce.
  • Coach and mentor staff to enable them to perform their work effectively, efficiently, and safely to required standards, especially through the QMS eSmiley system.
  • Support Departmental and site Training champions and coordinator with the development of training plans and attend required training.
  • Assist as required with Training and Development initiatives.
  • Act as a role model and lead by example demonstrating Core company values, behaviours and high performance standards at all times.
  • Provide appropriate constructive feedback to improve performance to Operators on an informal basis specifically relating to food safety and the sites QMS.
  • Take personal responsibility for own development and ensure knowledge and understanding of best practice and factors affecting business performance is kept up to date.
  • Be an active internal audit team member ensuring the schedule is completed in a timely manner.
  • Internal audit skills, ability to complete an internal audit, communicate, report and close out actions
  • Incident management, following an incident manage risk to safe level to ensure food safety
  • Complaint investigation and management
  • Detailed understanding of area CCPs and the CCP procedures
  • The ability to complete a traceability audit
  • Understanding of impact and cost of decisions within the business
  • Understanding of costs, micro, chemical,

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