We are looking for an enthusiastic Quality Assurance Inspector to join us in order to enhance our QA team. Fulltime, site based positions. The Avocado Company, based at our newly invested Ripening Centre of Excellence in Paddock Wood and with grower partners around the world, is an established and growth hungry business, supplying the best quality avocados to retail, wholesale and foodservice customers in the UK and overseas. As a Quality Assurance Inspector, you will assess and report on the quality of our products by carrying out visual, sensory and technical tests during different stages of the process. You will be responsible for ensuring that quality is absolute premium from the moment the raw product arrives, whilst it is in production and until the point of dispatch. As a key member of the Quality Assurance team, you will be focussed on communicating any quality issues to line management and ensuring that the product meets our customer requirements and specifications. It will be your responsibility to make an accurate decision as to whether the product is perfect enough for our customer, and if not what next steps you advise the business to take. If you have experience of working as a Quality Assurance Inspector in the past, you are one step closer to becoming part of our unique team. If you have experience in working with fresh produce, we would love to hear from you. Our perfect QA Inspector would have: Some experience of working with fresh produce in the past. A keen eye for detail as you’ll be trained to spot produce issues to ensure that only perfect stock reaches our customers’ stores. The ability to communicate at all levels as it’s vital that everybody is kept in the loop at The Fresh Produce Centre. Strong organisation skills with the ability to meet deadlines as it can be pretty hectic here, especially in peak seasons Experience of working with Excel and other Microsoft packages would be a bonus too The hours you would work: A 5 on 2 off shift pattern of 42.5 hours per week, with shifts starting from 6:00am up until 4.00pm. What else we can offer you: A competitive salary. 6.6 weeks annual leave incl. bank hols. Pension scheme. Optional company share scheme. Learning and development opportunities. Free onsite parking. Employee Assistance Program. Cycle to work Scheme. Medicash and other benefits. Death in service benefit. You need to have the right to work in the UK. We do not provide sponsorship.