Quality Assistant

3 months ago

Witham, United Kingdom Community Foods Ltd Full time

Job title - Quality Assistant

Reports to Quality Supervisor (Deputising by the QAM)

Department - QA

Location - 29-31 Eastways Industrial Estate, Witham

Hours per week -06.00-15.00

Job type - Permanent

**INTRODUCTION**

Community Foods Limited are a major supplier of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, pulses, and other ambient stable ingredients to the UK food industry, including a number of market leading brands. They are suppliers to several major multiple supermarkets packing own label products for M&S, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda, Lidl and others. They are also wholesalers, agents, and brand holders, with a portfolio of organic and natural brands, including Crazy Jack Organic and Sanchi, and operate a packing and dried fruit reprocessing plant in support of these business sectors.

**THE ROLE**

The role is intended to provide support for the Quality Manager/QA Supervisor in the following areas:

- Maintain and manage the Quality function on shift.
- Ensuring proper operation of the Manufacturing Facility at Witham from a Quality perspective.
- Documentation verification and control.
- Ensuring facility compliance with the policies and procedures detailed in the site QMS.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Production documentation verification checks.
- GMP and H&H audits.
- Checkweigher checks.
- Finished product sealing integrity checks.
- Daily Equipment and Procedural Checks, (Scales, Knives, Metal Detectors, Finished product weights).
- Hygiene/Allergen swab testing after cleaning down and record keeping.
- Printing labels on request.
- Uploading programmes to the lines.
- Fridge temperature monitoring.
- Manage sample collection.
- Oversee the Positive Release system to ensure all products dispatched from the facility are within customer specification.
- Implement Insect Lure program to include monitoring, record keeping and trap replacements as per procedures.
- Conduct customer and supplier relationships in a professional and courteous manner.
- Raise Corrective Action Requests.
- Collect traceability documents.
- Help production with technical queries.
- Other business needs.

**OTHER**

The incumbent could be expected to deputise for the Quality Supervisor in a number of situations, including inspections by customers or regulatory bodies, and will normally play a key role in preparing for such inspections. The Quality function at Community Foods is very much a team-based operation, so it will be expected that the incumbent will work with and assist technical colleagues to achieve the overall goals of the department. The incumbent should be prepared to undertake such extra tasks as reasonably requested by the Quality Manager.

**CONFIDENTIALITY**

During the course of your employment you may have access to, see or hear information of a confidential nature and you are required not to disclose such information, particularly that relating to service users and staff.

You must not make any disclosure to any unauthorised person or use any confidential information relating to the business affairs, unless expressly authorised to do so by the company.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

Post

**Quality Assistant**

Department

QA

**REQUIREMENTS**

**Education and qualifications**
- Food manufacturing experience (preferred in QC/QA role).

**Skills and abilities**
- Attention to detail.
- Positive attitude.
- Team spirit.
- Desire to succeed.

**Good Working Knowledge / Experience of**
- Outlook
- Excel
- Word
- SAP

*Community Foods Ltd reserves the right to alter the content of this job description, after consultation to reflect changes to the job or services provided, without altering the general character or level of responsibility.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £21,000.00-£23,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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