Rewards and Benefits on Offer;
- Competitive salary
- Career progression opportunities.
- Stable growing organisation.
- Permanent employment.
- Overtime opportunities (paid at 1.25x)
- Immediate start.
Working Hours:
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Shifts - 4 shift system:
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6am-2pm Monday to Friday,
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2pm-10pm Monday to Friday,
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10pm-6am Sunday to Thursday,
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8:30am-4:30pm Monday to Friday
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(Office based during 4th rotation)
MTrec's New Opportunity;
MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious engineering client, based near Newcastle, with their plans for growth and expansion, by recruiting a permanent Shift Quality Leadto join their team. You will be joining a fast-paced, dynamic company, with an excellent team-based culture and huge opportunities to progress your career. Our client will be soon entering a period of sustained growth and expansion as they widen their customer portfolio, with a significant number of high value orders for many years into the future. You will be joining a very secure and expanding business, where you will enjoy a varied working environment, and great team culture.
If you have a background in Quality Assurance, ideally within an FMCG environment, please apply now for an immediate response.
The Job You'll Do;
- Completion of Process audits against the company standards & procedures to include: audit mixing processes and moisture & water activity tests and colour measurements on finished product in line with product specification; audit coding checks on flow-wrap film, cartons and outer case labels in line with product specification including barcode verification, audit routine verification and fail-safe checks on in-line metal detectors and verification checks on in-line checkweighers.
- Audit tests on finished product against QAS documents.
- Complete all relevant documentation accurately, in full and in a timely manner.
- Conduct rapid swabs on the production line & equipment as part of the line clearance procedures.
- Collect all samples required for microbiological testing, Taste Panels and Retained samples.
- Log samples for testing,
- Deal with Non-Conforming product to prevent its release in accordance with procedure.
- Conduct daily temperature checks on fridges.
- Conduct monthly verifications of temperature probes.
- Carry out environmental swabbing and water testing as required.
- Ensure handover procedure is followed with incoming/outgoing QA operatives by being at the QA Station 10 minutes prior to start of shift.
- Maintain the set hygiene standards and ensure clean as you go procedure is followed at all times.
- Follow traceability procedures - ensure all Raw Materials, Packaging, Work in Progress and Finished product are identified/labelled at all times.
- Follow allergen controls and all other company procedures accurately.
- Follow manual handling guidelines and safe systems of work at all times.
- Ensure correct PPE is worn at all times.
- Completion of Paperwork/Red Pen audits.
About You;
- HACCP/BRC experience is desirable.
- FMCG/Food/Food packaging background desirable.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills is essential.
- Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience is essential.
- Supervisor/Team leading experience is desirable.
- Flexible to cover various shift patterns for other in the department when required.