Quality Assurance Specialist

5 days ago


Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom Kepak Group Full time
Job Title: Quality Assurance Operative

Kepak McIntosh Donald, a globally recognized brand and Scotland's largest red meat producer, seeks a Quality Assurance Operative to join their Technical Team.

Job Summary:

The successful candidate will provide vital support to the production area by ensuring all customer, legislative, and industry required checks are completed to schedule and documented accordingly. This role plays a key part in the control, monitoring, and verification activities required by the site's H.A.C.C.P and food safety management systems.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Monitor and verify product to ensure compliance with relevant legislative and customer specifications through daily checklists, including temperature, contamination, labels, weight, and packaging.
  • Verify that all product due to leave the site is within legislative and customer specifications, and within the limits and defined criteria set out in the relevant specifications.
  • Ensure all product labels are accurate, to the required standard, and of high print quality.
  • Complete all monitoring and/or verification practices in line with the H.A.C.C.P plan.
  • Take environmental swabs and product samples for microbiological testing, uploading samples onto laboratory software, and prepare for despatch.
  • Ensure the pH of product is within customer specification and monitor the trends of pH results.
  • Liaise with production staff to monitor foreign body risks to product.
  • Undertake Good Manufacturing Practice audits to ensure production areas meet legislative and customer requirements and liaise with production supervisors on outcome.
  • Take DNA samples, verify samples taken, and prepare for despatch to external laboratory.
  • Carry out E.Coli testing to customer specification within internal laboratory.
  • Assist in the preparation for external audits.
  • Maintain accurate and legible documented records.
  • Perform any other duties as requested by management and within the competency of the post holder.

Requirements:

  • No previous experience is necessary as long as you are willing to learn and progress.
  • A decisive, results-oriented self-starter with high energy levels and initiative.
  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential.
  • A professional approach, strong influencing skills.
  • Meticulous attention to detail is essential.
  • A sound understanding of integrity and compliance to food safety and hygiene requirements.
  • A passion for customer service.

Benefits:

  • 31 days annual leave per year (after probation).
  • 25% discount in our Butcher Shop.
  • Opportunity to earn a performance bonus.
  • Subsidized canteen serving multiple hot food options for breakfast and lunch.
  • Discounts in well-known retailers.
  • Values awards program.
  • Refer a friend scheme.
  • Employee assistance program.
  • Training and development.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Pension plans.
  • Life assurance.


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