Quality Assurance Technician

1 week ago

Middleton, United Kingdom McBride Full time
Job Overview

This Quality Assurance Technician role at McBride is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, self-motivated individual to grow their career with an International FMCG business.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the manufacturing process and facilitating solutions to quality-related issues. They will work closely with the production team to ensure that all processes and procedures are in place and suitable for our requirements.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conversant in packaging production processes and associated quality procedures to support manufacturing and facilitate solutions to quality related issues.
  • Support incident investigations that identify root causes of major non-conformances. Working with Filling, Blowmoulding and Logistics personnel to conduct effective investigations.
  • Generate/collate data and evaluation of quality failures in materials or intermediate/finished goods attributes to drive cost reduction, performance improvement and less waste.
  • Audit/contact suppliers as and when required, ensuring all processes and procedures in place are suitable for RMB requirements.
  • Communicating all non-conforming raw material information quickly and ensuring as far as possible that suppliers introduce their own preventative actions.
  • Provide support for first production batches to ensure that they are correctly set and that quality is acceptable with the customer.
  • Attend Departmental Communication Briefs and promote generation and discussion of new ideas with departmental colleagues.
  • Audit procedures to confirm compliance.
  • Communicate with other department colleagues to share learnings/resolve issues promptly.
  • Raise Health & Safety standards by performing planned inspections, risk assessments and accident investigations.
Key Result Areas:
  • Increased technical understanding of blending operation, filling and blow moulding improvement areas
  • Involvement of key site projects to plan
  • Reduced downtime and operating costs through improved internal and external quality of goods/materials
  • Identification and implementation of cost reduction initiatives through process development
  • Improved processes for implementation of new products/improvements/changes to existing products.
  • Demonstrate improvement in departmental KPI's through effective monitoring and review
  • Quantifiable improvement in cost of goods, supplier conformance, internal conformance
Relevant and Quantifiable Measures:
  • Drives improvement, change, cost reduction, efficiency improvement and supports department teams to deliver continuous improvement
  • Supports projects, provides information and development of their own skills.
  • Ensure development and fulfilment of the Site and Company Business Plans
  • Contribute and support site and group business objectives through core values

No direct reports member of site MSQA team.

12 hour continental shift pattern.

Behavioural Competencies / Personal Characteristics:
  • Communication – communicates at all levels clearly, listens and involves others in direction and goal setting.
  • Team Building – Builds effective relationships with people at all levels, while motivating and energising others.
  • Leadership – Takes responsibility for initiatives.
  • Commitment to self-development – Is not limited by previous experience and engages actively in improvement activities.
  • Leading Change – Supports the introduction of change leading to improvements.
  • Drive and self-motivation – Achieves success with others, consistently operates as an example for others.
  • Meeting customer needs – Understands the importance of identifying and meeting the needs of external and internal customers.
  • Building customer focus – Works consistently to achieve customer focus and improve service standards within the team.
  • Performance focus – Uses resources effectively, with a clear focus on critical tasks and the achievement of objectives.
  • Decision-making – Analyses situations, makes sound judgements and takes appropriate decisions.
Technical Competencies & Qualifications:
  • Understanding of Weights and measures legislation and European Standards
  • QA/QC/EHS experience, in an FMCG environment.
  • Understanding of key packaging materials (blowmoulded bottles,labels, outercases, closures)
  • Experience in Continuous Improvement Projects
  • Qualified in a Technical / Quality subject preferably to 'A' Level standard / equivalent or above
  • Computer Literate (Excel. Word. e-mail)
  • Experience of internal auditing
Estimated Salary

£40,000 - £60,000 per annum based on experience and location.

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