Quality Auditor

**Quality Auditor**

**£11.87ph**

**BBF Limited**

**Bradford, West Yorkshire**

**Full-time, Permanent (Monday-Friday, 2pm-10pm)**

We are currently recruiting a QA Auditor to join our Quality team on the 2pm-10pm shift, to ensure that all products manufactured comply with quality, safety and legality standards and that the factory is compliant with GMP standards as required by BRC, Best Practice, and our customer standards.

This role is based at our Bradford bakery on a full-time, permanent basis, working Monday to Friday, 2pm-10pm.

**Who are we looking for?**

This is a hands-on role within the factory; however, good administration skills are also of key importance in order to complete all documentation and paperwork as required.

You will have an understanding of HACCP, BRC and other quality/food safety standards and procedures.

**The role of a QA at BBF Limited**
- Monitor quality and GMP standards throughout the bakery working with production to resolve any quality issues.
- Conduct daily factory QA checks e.g: accurate paperwork completion, traceability, process controls, sieve checks, weight controls, quality standards, temperature controls, metal detection, knife control, raw material tracking, GMP etc.
- Maintain the internal calibration schedule for scales and thermometers.
- Arrange product taste panels and feedback to production.
- Conduct shelf-life taste panel assessments
- Working to the prescribed schedule, arrange collection and microbiological testing of all products, environmental swabs and water samples.
- Working to the prescribed schedule, arrange collection and nutritional testing of all products within 6 weeks of launch and then annually.
- Working to the prescribed schedule, arrange collection and allergen testing of all products and equipment swabs.
- Maintain the Certificate of Analysis / Conformance file for both raw materials and packaging (contact materials).
- To maintain the database of nutritional results.
- Assist operations in fault finding to improve quality, cost optimisation and promote a continuous improvement culture.
- Management of the site pest control contractors. Ensuring that any recommendations made by the contractor are carried out and monitored and that completion of corrective action is supported by documented evidence.
- Conduct Traceability and Recall exercise to a set schedule.
- Any other duties as outlined by the Technical Manager to facilitate continual improvements to the Food Safety and Quality Management Systems and Best Practice.

**Who are BBF Limited?**

BBF Limited are one of the UK’s leading ambient cake and chilled dessert manufacturers of retailer own label, licensed and branded cakes, supplying recognisable major retailers across the UK and European market.

Our team of experts develop and manufacture a wide range of high-quality ambient cake products across several different categories including celebration cake, mini rolls, mince pies, fruit pies and a wide range of chilled desserts including cheesecake, crumbles and sponge cakes. These include mince pies, celebration cakes, slab cakes, cupcakes and many more

We are passionate about our products and aim to put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

With recent investment taking us from 1000 employees to over 2000 employees, this is an exciting time to join BBF Limited We are continually looking to grow, but we can only do that with exceptional talent across all levels and disciplines of the business. That is where you come into it

On top of making some really tasty cakes and desserts, we do a lot of fun stuff too Whether that be Christmas fun days, pancake-flipping competitions, Red Nose Day events or odd-sock days, you’ll be coming to work smiling.

Health & Wellbeing
- 20 days’ holiday (plus 8 bank holidays)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to meditation and well-being app

Personal & Professional Development
- Dedicated in-house Learning & Development/Training team
- Online training platform with access to 100+ training courses

A few other bits
- Free on-site parking
- Free refreshments

**Recruitment Agencies**

We operate a recruitment PSL when we require assistance, and we aren't adding to this at present. Any agency assistance will be instructed accordingly and therefore any CVs sent to any BBF Limited employee will be treated as a gift and won't be liable for a fee. Please don't speculatively contact us in relation to this vacancy or any other vacancy.

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

**Salary**: £11.87 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Bradford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person