QA Auditor (Cerberus)
We rise to challenges together
Salary: £28,500 per annum
Location: Spalding
Ways of Working: Site Based
Shift: 3's & 2's shift pattern, 18.00 - 06.00
Contract Type: Permanent
Benefits: Highly competitive rewards package and excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group
Why join us?
We're ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it's exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together.
What we do.
This fantastic opportunity will be based at our Bakkavor Spalding site, which employs over 1,470 people across 3 manufacturing facilities & 1 Distribution Centre. We specialise in making hand crafted sandwich wraps, salads, dips, soups & sauces and mayonnaise.
About the role.
Working as part of a wider team of QA Auditors and reporting directly in to our Quality Assurance Supervisors, you will play a key role in ensuring that our site continues to meet all quality and technical standards set nationally and by our grocery retailer partners.
As one of our QA Auditors, you will audit, monitor, improve and evaluate quality systems and procedures and provide technical support for the operational teams as well as maintaining and promoting technical and quality standards in line with business needs and customer requirements will be a key focus.
In this position you will work on a permanent day shift which will include some weekend working as set by the rota.
Accountabilities:
Role responsibilities include: To audit compliance against Quality Management Systems, GMP and HACCP controls, raising all non-conformances against relevant standards with objective evidence.
Effectively communicating to enable the operational teams to take the appropriate and necessary corrective action - then following up and monitoring completion of actions.
Suggesting areas of improvement, relating to fabrication and procedures.
Understanding the site traceability system to complete audits to demonstrate compliance and retrieve information for investigation purposes.
To take samples (micro, nutritional, swab and organoleptic) against specific schedules and communicate the progress in a timely manner.
Prepare and facilitate taste panels in accordance with procedure - ensuring that all results are accurately recorded and communicated to site.
Calibration of measurement equipment in accordance with schedules and procedures.
To assist the QA Supervisor in carrying out full investigations on specifications (micro and nutritional), complaints and incidents. Investigations may take the form of sampling, process reviews, traceability, or audits.
To support NPD trials and product launches, assisting in micro testing and product life assessment to ensure products are manufactured to the correct standard as necessary.
Providing technical support and advice to the factory team in the event of customer visit or audit.
Coordination of day to day activities to deliver improvement of Technical KPIs
To operate in a safe working manner and support the site/business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety, and the environment
About you.
Ideally you will have some professional experience within a similar Technical/QA role in a food environment.
Understanding the chain of custody within the food environment and a background of working on small to mid-sized quality improvement projects, such as implementing new procedures and defining new supporting documentation - will be key.
You will be an excellent communicator who can work alone with a proactive and innovative approach to problem solving.
You will always adopt a thorough and diligent approach to every task and you will be able to demonstrate our key values of customer care, can-do, teamwork and not just getting it right but keeping it right.
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You'll enjoy: Life Assurance (1 x salary)
22 days holiday
Staff Shop
Stakeholder Pension Scheme
MyBargains Discount Platform
Personal Accident Insurance
Free Independent Mortgage Advice
Employee Assistance Programme
A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
Discounted tutoring for children
Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)
Free Car parking
Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.
Proud to be Bakkavor.
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
Find out more and apply.
Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.
Category: Technical
Location:
Spalding, GB, PE11 2BB
Date: 8 Apr 2025
Req ID: 24375
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