So, what will I be doing?
As Quality Assurance Assistant you'll be providing operationally proactive Quality Assurance. Monitoring real time manufacturing product quality and technical procedures, interpreting the results and identifying opportunities for the site to make improvements.
This role follows a 4 0n 4 off shift pattern 0600-1800. Key responsibilities:
1. Understanding the end-to-end process on site and being able to verify process stability and performance measures.
2. Supporting investigations across site through understanding of site processes, monitoring points and controls. Interpreting all results, against requirements, with the relevant corrective actions or escalation.
3. Capturing, recording and identifying monitoring points in the process. Highlighting areas out of tolerance and resolving/escalating as appropriate.
4. Completing all sampling and testing as required by site, in a safe, accurate and diligent way.
5. Ensuring all tasks are completed and processes critiqued where improvements could be made.
6. Supporting the internal audit process, as required, to drive continuous improvement.
7. Is confident in communicating technical information.
8. Capturing trial results against procedures and gather relevant data to facilitate development of technical product specifications
9. External laboratory systems – logging of samples, sample collection for external testing, booking of samples and reviewing results.
Sounds interesting, what do I need?
The important things:
10. Food Safety knowledge
11. Good attention to detail
12. Methodical analytical approach to tasks
Even better if:
13. HACCP level 2
14. Formal Qualifications
15. Experience in the food industry in a Quality or laboratory role.
16. Internal audit training
Why should I join the family?
We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.
We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:
17. competitive holiday allowance
18. non-contributory pension scheme
19. life cover
20. healthcare cash back plan
21. cycle to work scheme
22. subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
23. preferential rates with our partners
24. annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
25. learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow