Quality Assurance Technician

3 weeks ago

Banbury Oxfordshire, United Kingdom C.H. Guenther & Son Full time €31,000 - €33,000

Position: Quality Assurance Technician Team: Quality Assurance
As a key player in our daily QA operations, you’ll be supporting our Quality Manager by guiding our Bakery team with quality insights. This role, split 70:30 between the factory and office, involves providing feedback on bun quality through product assessments and hygiene monitoring. Your commitment to upholding our Quality Management System, customer specifications, legal requirements, and food safety standards is crucial to our success

Product Quality
Conducting quality inspections of our finished products, trial samples, and end-of-life products across all lines, both fresh and frozen, as per schedule and on request
Leading bun scoring sessions on site and carry out product quality checks in collaboration with colleagues
Highlighting any product quality or food safety issues to the person in charge of production and lead risk assessments and root cause analyses, ensuring incident reports are completed accurately and promptly
Communicating bun score improvements to the Quality Manager and Site Team
Assisting with bun sample selections for Bun Cuttings and training sessions, including Bake off, as well as following on from first production.
Quality and Food Safety
Championing for food safety, hygiene, and quality standards, aiming to achieve corporate audit results and spreading these standards throughout the bakery.
Carrying out thorough GMP, Food Safety, and Food Security Audits, including root cause analysis, and ensure actions are verified once completed.
Conducting audits for Foreign Objects, Blue Plasters, Glass, and Plastic, and verify the actions once completed.
Participating in data analysis (QDA) and interpretation of bun scoring sessions, action trackers, and corrective action completion
Verifying labels, products, packaging, and process specifications to ensure quality and legality compliance
You’ll participate in hygiene verification, including swabbing of production lines, collecting water samples, and setting up airplates.
You’ll conduct Mock recall, Traceability and Mass Balance using SAP exercises system, generate reports, issue non-conformances, and follow up to ensure compliance.
You’ll coordinate customer complaints, contact restaurants, and conduct investigations to assist in reducing customer complaints and identifying the root cause of problems.
You’ll conduct product assessment training for new starters and refresher training to ensure full compliance with customer requirements.
You’ll manage and schedule retests for any OOS results, provide corrective actions, and root cause analysis.

We value strong communication skills, both in writing and face to face. Above all, we are looking for people who are proactive, flexible, and wholeheartedly dedicated to their work.

We’re seeking someone with a solid educational background at the GCSE level, ideally with a qualification in Food or Quality Assurance. If you’ve completed HACCP Level 3 and Food Safety Level 3 training, and have Internal Auditor Training, you’re already ticking our boxes but these are not essential.

In terms of skills and experience, we’re looking for someone who has had their hands in the fast-paced world of FMCG. Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint is a must and experience of using SAP would be beneficial. A knack for problem-solving and a genuine interest in QA are key to thriving in this position.

We work a 12-hour shift pattern, with 4 days on and 4 days off, covering both day and night shifts. A willingness to assist with extra duties during high holidays or audit season is greatly appreciated.

We offer a competitive salary of £31,000.Our benefits package includes a company pension scheme and life insurance.
We provide free on-site parking
You’ll enjoy 33 days of holiday each year.
We support a healthy lifestyle with our cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Program, Annual Health Checks, free eye tests
We foster a sense of community with family social events and activities.

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