QA Auditor United Kingdom
Job description
Quality Auditor, Greenford, London, shared responsibility towards the maintenance of the company’s current BRC AA grade and it’s standards with everything that involves. Reporting to the QA Manager.
A Bit About Us:
Belazu has been a pioneer of supplying high quality, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Ingredients within the UK’s Foodservice for over 30 years. Having launched into retail in 2015 we have been growing by recruiting more consumers. Our retail range now include cooking pastes, pesto, nuts, oils, vinegars, and tahini just to name a few and we have ambitious plans to grow even more in the next 5 years.
The Role:
The role includes ensuring staff adhere to company systems and procedures, and that all Belazu products comply with the HACCPs and are manufactured to the highest possible standards of hygiene, food safety, authenticity and legality.
The following are the key accountabilities and responsibilities with the role:
- Internal auditing such as GMP, hygiene inspections, fabrication inspections, hygiene, glass & brittle plastic and CCP audits and trending
- CCPs and other procedure verification and competency assessment performance
- Investigation of customer complaints and other internal non conformances
- Product testing such as organoleptic, pH, aw and salt content
- WIP product release for production
- Finished product label checks
- Raw material inspection and testing
- Investigation of out of spec results
- Issue of concessions
- Logging and managing supplier non conformances
- Following the company’s Quarantine system
- Internal calibration and verification of equipment
- Environmental swabbing
- Sending product to the lab for micro analysis as per schedule
- Water analysis
- Results reporting and trending
- Carrying out shelf life testing and per schedule
- Assisting the QA manager in troubleshooting, investigations of any other related tasks
- To adhere to QA Budget and to meet KPIs
- To contribute to the Health & Safety, Food Safety and Socio-Environmental Belazu values, and to help achieve the company wide objectives that are communicated on an on going basis
QA Auditor key skills and experience:
To be successful in this QA Auditor role, you will need a hands on and can-do attitude, with good communication, computer and admin skills. Our dream candidate will have a good working knowledge of food preservation techniques and general food technology.
You will need to have the ability to influence those around you to ensure that the company’s procedures are adhered to at all times. Ideally you will be independent and resilient – happy working in a busy, fast-moving and complex environment.
- Ability to understand and follow Company procedures and policies
- Commitment to training and development
- Attention to detail, logic and common sense
- Ability to react quickly and act on own initiative
- Totally focused on, and committed to, customer service excellence and passionate about “right first time” approach
- Good level of spoken and written English
Belazu are an innovative leader in their field, with an energetic and high performing working culture. We have ambitious plans to grow over the next 5 years and take great pride in the values that form the spine of our business. This is a lovely opportunity to join a business with an impressive set of accreditations, from B Corp status to Gold standard Investors in People. We are a diverse team with a shared set of professional goals and social values that drive a hugely satisfying working experience. We offer competitive salaries and the following suite of benefits:
- 25 days annual plus 8 public holidays per annum
- Auto-Enrolment Pension
- Discretionary annual bonus scheme
- Learning and development opportunities for everyone in the business
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee benefits portal with retail discounts, GP service and financial support tools
- Volunteer days
- Free parking on site
- Up to 40% discount on Company products
- Long service awards
- Subsidised Canteen
Terms
- 40 hrs/wk. Shifts 06:30 - 15:00 / 07:00 - 15:30
- Probationary period 3 months
- Annual salary review (our ‘movers and shakers’ are always rewarded)
- 10% KPI related bonus based around challenging but achievable tasks related to the role
Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully. We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!
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