Quality Assurance Technician
Aspatria, Cumbria
About Us
First Milk is a wholly British farmer-owned dairy co-operative with a vision to create value for members by delivering long-term prosperity in the form of success, profitability, security and wellbeing.
Owned by the family farms that supply us with milk and invest capital in the business, we produce award-winning cheddar, regional cheeses and dairy ingredients, as well as marketing fresh raw milk to many other UK dairy processors.
We work together as one team, with a relentless focus on efficiency and quality, to deliver competitive total returns to our farmer members. We put customers at the heart of our business, creating value through strong, long-term partnerships.
We are currently looking for a Quality Assurance Technician to join us at our Lake District Creamery on a full-time, permanent basis. Your shift pattern will be 4 on 4 off, working 6am - 6pm.
The Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 34 days' holiday (including public Bank Holidays)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension
- Join an organisation where every team member is encouraged to make a difference
If you have level 2 qualifications or above in HACCP and food hygiene and/or an internal audit qualification, this is an exciting opportunity to help uphold the high standards of our respected organisation.
As a key part of team, you'll be at the heart of driving quality and safety improvements across our Lake District Creamery.
What's more, you'll get to develop your skills in a supportive environment and take part in exciting quality assurance projects, all while being part of a co-operative that values every employee's contribution to our shared success.
Apply today and help us deliver the best dairy products across the UK!
The Role
As a Quality Assurance Technician, you'll help to ensure that our products are of the highest standards and never deviate from that quality.
Specifically, you will join our QA Team and ensure that we manufacture our products in line with legislative requirements, including food and environmental safety and health and safety.
Key Responsibilities
- Creating a continuous improvement culture
- Maintaining high standards of food safety/quality, health & safety and environment
- Driving food safety plan to meet required standards and specifications
- Managing positive working practices
This will be done via key activities such as:
- Analytical testing of product and process samples to meet the site minimum testing schedule. This may include ad hoc samples relating to investigatory work
- Log samples and download results/reports from the contract laboratory database
- Carry out quality checks across the site, as dictated by laboratory work schedules and technical procedures
- Manage lab consumable stocks including updating our electronic stock systems
- Training of site colleagues in a variety of testing methods, CCPs, technical protocols and carrying out staff competency assessments
- Ensure that GMP, procedures and hygiene standards are adhered to across the site by informal walking tours and formally by auditing. Auditing may be in the form of systems, CCP, GMP and hygiene audits
- Compiling and issuing COAs
- Supporting Quality Assurance Manager, Quality Systems Manager and Technical Manager during external visits and audits
About You
To join us as a Quality Assurance Technician, you will ideally need:
- An L2 Food Hygiene qualification
- An L2 HACCP qualification
- An Internal Audit qualification
Other organisations may call this role HACCP Technician, Manufacturing Quality Technician, QA Operative, QA Technician, QC Technician, Food Quality Technician, Compliance Technician, QA Assistant, Quality Control Technician, or QA Officer.
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