Quality and Hygiene Technologist Gateshead, England
Job description
Quality & Hygiene Technologist – Gateshead
Valeo Snackfoods is one of the UK’s top 100 grocery brands. It is headquartered in Norwich and Pontefract and employs around 2,000 people. Our brands include KETTLE® Chips, Metcalfe’s® popcorn, Foxes, Poppets, Barratt (Wham!, Fruit Salads, Black Jacks, Refreshers, Sherbet fountain, Dip Dab) and Manomasa. Valeo Snackfoods prides itself on its passion for real, natural food and has a strong ethical approach to all its business activities.
Weekly hours and basis: 37.5, Monday – Friday, Permanent.
Job Description
To provide technical support to the factory management team and act as a link between the customer or retailer and factory. Provides the factory with clear standards based on customer, legal or VSF expectations, and generates compliance metrics against these standards. Provides guidance around all food safety, legality, integrity and quality issues within the factory, and offers support in the resolution of these issues.
Lead the hygiene agenda on site, ensuring the hygiene team are focussed on the right areas via a clear and focused schedule and OTIF performance is maintained. Deputises for the site Quality and Hygiene Manager where required.
Key Accountabilities
- Ensure a consistent approach to factory and product assessment across all shifts, providing timely KPI reporting to internal and external stakeholders as required.
- Work with the Technical Managers to develop the Quality Culture within the site teams.
- Ensure the implementation of all relevant customer, third party and VSF codes of practice throughout the site.
- Support the site GMP auditing process – ensuring consistency across shifts and leading improvement plans to create robust corrective action plans.
- Ensure customer complaints are investigated and reported fully.
- Accountable for the site hygiene schedule.
- Works alongside Factory / Engineering / Hygiene Teams to ensure all pest control actions are closed out within acceptable timescale.
- Office support regarding factory flow, food safety incidents and introduction of new equipment.
- Act as point of contact for Pest control, Trading Standards and EHO. Develop strong relationships becoming a trusted site contact.
Competencies
- Demonstrates Self Awareness
- Cultivates Innovation
- Communicates Effectively
- Develops Talent
Personal Attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Resilient team leader and positive team player
- Desire to learn and develop
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise
- Calm and organised under pressure
- Solution focused
- Analytical
Qualifications and Experience
- Ideally qualified in a scientific or technical discipline.
- Previous Technical/Quality/Hygiene experience within a food or food manufacturing background.
- HACCP/COSSH/Internal audit trained
- Experience in customer facing roles including retailer audits.
- Strong understanding of product and environmental microbiological and allergen testing requirements.
- Ability to influence cross functional working across teams/sites
- Proven record in investigating and reducing factory complaint numbers
Closing date: 31stAugust 2023
To apply for this position please provide a CV and covering letter to the HR department or email your CV to [email protected]
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: Up to £30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Gateshead: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 31/08/2023
Reference ID: VSFGHDQHT
