Quality Assurance Assistant

**About Us**

You probably won’t have heard of Red House Foods but since 2010 we have quietly made our mark becoming a major gluten and dairy free food producer in the UK. Our privately owned company is driven by a passion for producing the highest quality and best tasting savoury gluten free food, both in frozen and fresh. We have been growing quickly and are looking to recruit someone with the same integrity and passion to work within the Quality Assurance team.

We produce everything from our dedicated gluten free production site in Amesbury Wiltshire, not far from Stonehenge and just north of the Cathedral City of Salisbury. It’s a wonderful area to live and work with close transport routes to London and the South West.

**The Role**

**Objective of the role**
- To support Goods In staff to enable them to perform their tasks as required
- To ensure all Customer and legislative requirements in relation to raw materials delivered to site, are met
- To test all raw materials to schedule and investigate out-of-specification results
- To positively release raw materials supplied to site, controlling any non-conforming raw materials on site, raising concessions / investigating with suppliers as required
- To collect and / or test raw material samples
- To assist in the completion of site Internal standards and GMP audit schedules
- To ensure all documentation is filed in an orderly manner
- To ensure Goods In and Raw material storage areas are suitably presented for Site audits & Customer visits
- To present information to visitors / auditors as required
- To close out all supplier complaints following a satisfactory investigation, highlighting any trends
- To maintain site equipment calibration schedule
- To ensure all glass and hard plastic items are maintained in suitable condition
- To confirm quality of finished products manufactured on site prior to release to customer
- To assist with maintenance of Supplier Approval documentation
- To assure quality of all hand wash and production water
- To ensure Goods In documentation is accurate, legible and completed in full
- To provide Technical cover in Production area in the absence of the Senior QA
- To complete project work as required by the Technical Management team

The job holder must comply with all Health and Safety requirements and promote a safe working environment reporting any defects, incidents or near misses immediately through the appropriate resources provided.

**Main Accountabilities**
- To control non-conforming raw materials, raising concession requests to suppliers as required
- To monitor CoAs, micro and allergen results and positively release raw materials to production
- To conduct factory Glass & plastic, Site standards and GMP audits
- To complete all raw material sampling and testing as required by testing schedules
- To register all Raw Material samples for micro / chemistry / allergen testing and follow-up any out-of-specification results
- To audit all factory paperwork relating to raw materials
- To train Raw Materials factory staff to enhance their Technical awareness and complete their tasks in full
- To provide cover for Senior QA during absence
- To monitor temperature of water used for handwashing
- To sample water used for production and cleaning
- To raise Supplier complaints, trend and track to closure
- To file Production records
- To calibrate all scales, temperature probes, data loggers, stopwatches, weights
- To co-ordinate daily Finished product Taste panels
- To present information to Auditors / visitors
- To assist in the maintenance of Raw material and Supplier Approval documentation
- To complete Technical projects as directed by Technical management team
- To act in accordance with company and legislation with regards to Health and Safety at all times
- To carry out any duties requested in a willing and helpful manner

**Measurement of Performance**
- Audits completed to a satisfactory standard, and to schedule
- Samples submitted to schedule
- Calibrations completed to schedule
- Out of specification results followed up to closeout, and fully documented
- Any non-conforming raw material documented, communicated and issue closed in a clear manner
- Tasks / projects completed within agreed timescales
- Able to demonstrate recommendations made & implemented to raise site Technical standards
- Raw materials released to Production in a timely manner
- All raw material documentation completed accurately, legibly and in full, then filed correctly

**Qualifications required**:
**Ideally Food Safety Level 3 required or a Food Science background although a full training package can be offered.**

**Job Types**: Part time, Permanent 6am to 11am Monday to Friday

Starting hourly rate £13.50

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: From £13.50 per hour

Expected hours: 25 per week

**Benefits**:

- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you currently live