QA Technologist

**QA Technologist**

**Leominster, Herefordshire
Tyrrells, the home of the Premium Hand Cooked Crisp is famed for turning the humble potato and other root vegetables into rather noble nibbles. Now part of KP Snacks, Tyrrells is a dynamic and fast moving environment where every member of the team makes a valued contribution.

Critical to our premium product status, we’re looking for flexible, committed and enthusiastic individuals with a keen eye for quality to join our manufacturing team at Tyrrells Court.

Reporting to the Quality Manager, your key responsibilities will be building and maintaining the QMS/HACCP system and providing technical assistance to customers, consumers and colleagues throughout the business. In addition, you will be conducting internal audits and supporting external audits; analysing systems and procedures to ensure compliance; validating and verifying quality and food safety systems; investigating consumer complaints, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions; updating and maintaining retailer systems as well as deputising for and supporting the Technical Manager and others within the Technical team as required. You will also need to support the development of the site IWS Quality Pillar.

This role involves working Monday to Friday, 09:00 am to 5:30 pm although some degree of flexibility may be required.

KP Snacks is proud to be part of the Intersnack Group. With an annual turnover of more than €3 billion, the Intersnack Group has grown and flourished to become a market leader in savoury snacks, present in over 30 countries across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and beyond, employing more than 14,000 employees and 44 factories globally (33 in Europe, 3 in Australia, 3 in New Zealand, 2 in India and 3 in Vietnam).

The multi-award-winning culture at KP Snacks is friendly, welcoming, supportive and collaborative. We encourage everyone to be the best they can be, working together to achieve great results.

We are also incredibly proud to have been named as one of the Top 25 Best Big Companies and one of the Top 10 Food & Drink Companies to work for in the UK (via Best Companies)

up to £25k base salary

Bonus

Pension

Lots more flexible benefits to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing

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With basic Food Hygiene and/or HACCP training, you will also need to be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of document and data/quality control systems and have practical experience gained within a food manufacturing environment. A good communicator and relationship builder, you will have a keen eye for detail, be thorough and analytical with a hands-on style that is highly visible and credible on the shop floor.