QA Technician Leeds, England
Job description
QA Technician
Dartmouth Way
We are looking to recruit an experienced QA Technician to join our established team at our Dartmouth Way Site.
Job Overview:
To ensure that all products manufactured and packed at Symington’s meet the required food safety & quality standards and specifications. To ensure that work is carried out in a safe manner in compliance with the company’s Health and Safety Policy and Procedures and works safely with other employees.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the business objectives to product safe and legally complaint food.
- Support the site product assessment systems to ensure products made are of the required quality and meet customer agreed specifications.
- Conduct audits of the manufacturing facility with respect to GMP, hygiene, glass and other foreign bodies and compliance to procedures.
- Support the site product launch system by creation of accurate launch packs and production documentation.
- Support & co-ordination of customer complaints investigations to find root cause of complaints and support identification of preventative action as appropriate.
- Co-ordinate sending of samples for laboratory analysis according to site schedules & interpretation of incoming results, escalating where out of specification.
- Control of out of specification stock through raising of internal holds and holding/released stock via the business’s warehouse management system.
- Conduct swabbing activities according to site schedule and as support for production during free from production or site validation/verification activities.
- Review and approval of packaging deliveries against approved artwork files.
- Support the business during third party audits and traceability exercises through presentation of QA function auditors and/or document retrieval.
The Person:
Candidates will be able to display a full understanding of a QA Technician requirements and relevant experience to support their application. With an ability to make decisions, candidates applying will need to have excellent communication skills- written and verbal. Ideally you will have Food Safety and HACCP to level 3 and must have worked within the food industry previously.
Working hours:
The role is a full time position, working 40 hours per week, rotating Sunday to Thursday / Monday to Friday, on the following rotating shift pattern: 4 weeks on the night shift 10:00pm – 6.30am, 1 week on the afternoon shift 2.00pm – 10.30pm.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £24,085.00-£30,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Leeds, LS11 5JL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Quality control: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leeds, LS11 5JL
