Quality Technician

Gap Personnel who operate as an employment business are currently recruiting for 1 Quality Technician for an innovative packing company based in Nantwich, Cheshire.

Role: Quality Technician

Job term: Permanent Position

Location: Nantwich, Cheshire

Working hours : 6am-2pm/2pm-10pm

Annually Salary : £30k-£34k (based on experience)

Job description: 

• Implementation of food safety and GMP standards and procedures.
• Ensuring that the standards laid down in the QMS are being adhered to.
• Start-up and routine quality surveillance within a food production/ packing environment
• Routine product sampling and on-site analysis (e.g. pH, viscosity, organoleptic)
• Collecting microbiological samples, water samples, environmental swabs and hand swabs as required. – Sample submission to the testing laboratory.
• Undertaking internal audits focusing on GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), Fabrication, Hygiene and Personal Hygiene, and ensuring suitable corrective actions are taken and satisfactorily closed out.
• Raising non-conformities, Quality incidents and taking suitable and appropriate corrective actions.
• Investigating consumer/ customer complaints and involvement in root cause analysis and preventative actions
• Part of the HACCP Team
• Able to create and deliver training and development material to personnel across the company regarding the QMS.
• To provide assistance in the resolution of customer complaints as required.
• Covering colleagues for holidays and/or busy periods

Required Experience and Qualifications:

• Previous experience in a quality role in a food manufacturing environment
• Can-do attitude, enthusiastic and ability to encourage the others and work as a team player
• Be self-motivated and proactive
• Ability to communicate at all levels, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of Microsoft office (Excel / Word / PowerPoint)
• Organised and ability to multitask.
• Good attention to detail

If this role is of interest, then please send a copy of your CV to crewe@gap-personnel.com or call 01270 581888