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The Best Connection are proud to be working with our longstanding client based in Acton to recruit a Quality Assurance Technologist on an ongoing and potential temp to perm basis.

Hours of Work:

• Will be 09:00-15:00 Monday to Friday

Requirements will include but not be limited to:

• To be the day-to-day shop-floor lead, providing a good example of food safety and quality best practise to all staff.
• To check that staff are completing, recording, documenting and filing their assigned quality checks of the warehouse and production areas.
• To ensure that both you and the staff are following the written hygiene and housekeeping policies, procedures and rules of the company.
• To investigate and undertake the root cause analysis of all customer complaints, informing all interested stakeholders of the corrective action plan to reduce future complaints.
• To validate the hygiene cleaning undertaken by cleaners.
• To ensure that stocks of cleaning chemicals and PPE are replenished by suppliers in a timely manner.
• To complete any technical requests for information submitted by the customers of Cool Chile.
• To undertake periodic internal audits of the site and inform management and the responsible person of any non-compliances, including agreeing the corrective action and timescales.
• To be a member of and take an active part in the companies HACCP team.
• To take and prepare samples of goods inwards raw materials as well as finished products and send to the laboratories for analysis.
• To reject, quarantine/place on hold and items which are not conforming to the companies written specifications.
• To ensure that all risk assessed equipment, such as weighing scales, temperature probes, pH meters are internally calibrated as per the declared frequency.
• To check for any potential risks for the ingress or spread of pests and take immediate action should pests or pest activity be found.
• To check the labels and finished for correctness of information, sealing, batch code and dates.
• To participate in NPD projects as and when they take place.
• To actively take part in providing feedback back to Management on any suggestions for improvement in the business.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree (2:2 or higher) or equivalent higher level diploma in Food Science/Engineering/Technology or related subject.
• Previous experience of working in a food manufacturing environment, as well as recent vocational qualifications (such as Level 2 Food Safety in Manufacturing) is an advantage, but not essential, as training will be provided.

What we offer:

• Canteen.
• Car park on-site.
• Online payslips.
• Weekly pay.
• Pension scheme.
• Holiday pay.
• Personal Accident insurance.
• Ongoing Assignment.

Only successful candidates will be contacted.

• 28 days Paid Annual Leave pro-rata for PAYE (inclusive of statutory holiday)

All vacancies are available and correct at the time of posting. Some details may be subject to change