QA Operative

Are you detail-oriented, proactive, and passionate about quality in food production? Join our team as a Quality Assurance Operative and help ensure our products meet the highest safety, quality, and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Process Control: Prepare, maintain, and set up dipping processes. Report non-conformances and issues to supervisors, managers, and engineers.
• CCP Checks: Monitor pH, acidity, F0 retort, and understand metal detection procedures.
• Product Quality: Ensure quality during processing, finished products, raw materials, labels, and compliance with quality manuals.
• Sampling & Testing: Collect shelf-life and microbiological samples, swabs, water, and air plates.
• GMP Compliance: Conduct weekly audits, control allergens, ensure segregation and adherence to factory GMP procedures.
• Paperwork & Record-Keeping: Prepare, issue, and archive paperwork, guide colleagues on proper completion, and complete non-conformance or rejection reports as needed.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support traceability exercises and mass balance reporting.
• Log microbiological samples in the online system.
• Provide cover for the Print room during weekends, holidays, and absences.

What We’re Looking For

• Detail-oriented with a strong understanding of food production processes.
• Able to follow procedures accurately and maintain high standards of quality and compliance.
• Comfortable working in a team, with good communication and reporting skills.
• Flexible and reliable, able to provide cover when needed.

Why Join Us? Working hours: 05.00am-17.00pm - 2 weekly rolling pattern (3/4 days Panama), every other weekend off!

• Great Place to Work accredited.
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme available
• Cinema and Sky Store discounts
• Supermarket & other retailer discounts
• Health Cash Plan
• Holiday discounts
• Life assurance & income protection
• Employee referral scheme
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Cycle to Work
• Eyecare contributions
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
• Learning, development, and training opportunities including mentoring.
• Regular social and charity events
• Engagement in local community & early careers events
• Onsite health checks, & annual flu jabs
• Regular wellbeing sessions

We politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them