Quality Auditor

**SHIFT PATTERN**

An average of 5 days per week Monday to Saturday, 40 hours per week, in accordance with a shift rota.

Rotating shift pattern of 5.00am to 1.00pm, 10.00am to 6.00pm and 2.00pm to 10.00pm.

**JOB SUMMARY**

To ensure product safety, legality and quality within the Newmarket factory environment to assist the production teams to deliver high class efficient, flexible manufacturing performance in accordance with business objectives and strategic plans.

This will be achieved through effective day to day monitoring of production compliance in regard to food safety, legality and quality to drive for superior results, exceed KPI targets, and strive for continual year on year improvements.

**MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- To regularly audit all QC documentation as directed and identify non-conformances against the agreed standards, specifications and/or procedures.
- Ensure all site-specific Quality, Housekeeping and Hygiene standards are achieved or exceeded.
- Ensure daily quality inspections and audits are carried out, and raise any non-conformances against the agreed standards, specification and/or procedures with the relevant managers, and ensure appropriate action is identified, actions carried out and documented as required.
- Accurately complete all required quality control documentation for compliance against BRC, Customer and site-specific quality standards.
- Control and monitor the issuing of knives, scissors and metal detector sticks to the relevant Team Leader.
- Carry out Taste panels as per the Technical schedule.
- Carry out internal audits.
- To carry out trace exercise for out of specification micro results.
- To arrange for reference swabs/samples to be sent to the lab and logged for out of specification results.
- Ensure compliance to QMS systems at all times.
- Carry out tasks within your capability and deemed necessary by the QA

Manager/Technical Manager.
- Contribute with the planning, organisation, operation and installation of all new processes and equipment within the factory.
- To know all QMS, HACCP & GMP procedures and standards and ensure they are complied with.

**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**
- Good solid experience in a production leadership capacity within an FMGC environment.
- IT literate to intermediate level.
- Knowledge of Quality Management Systems.
- Energetic self-starter who is results orientated, tenacious and deadline driven.
- A high degree of self-belief and desire to progress.
- Capable of providing clear direction for the teams; motivated to constantly drive safety, quality and production targets and efficiencies to a high standard.
- Promotes autonomy within the team, has a flexible approach, and encourages an ethos of managing upwards.
- Effective communicator; able to engage effectively at all levels with the ability to motivate, persuade, query and challenge.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Desirable**
- NVQ Level 2 Food Manufacturing
- NVQ Level 2 Team Leading
- Level 2 Food Safety Manufacturing

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

**Salary**: £14.05 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Newmarket: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: In person