Premier Recruitment Group is working in partnership with a well-established and international organisation based in Rainham, Essex to recruit a Quality Auditor to join their team. This is a full-time and permanent role.

Working pattern: Day shift

Sunday, Wednesday & Thursday (1st week)

Monday, Tuesday, Friday & Saturday (2nd week)

6:00am - 18:15pm

Main Responsibilities:

Job Overview/Purpose

This role ensures that production standards are met and maintained for a given product before it leaves the site. Positive release of all batches using software programs. Inspections samples from a production lines to confirm acceptable quality status. The Quality Auditor also monitors all events on a production shift and shares findings with relevant departments.

Main Duties

* Daily process sheets for each product run
* Raw material concessions
* Printing daily ECS & Yokogawa graphs
* Daily Clearance sign off sheet and verification of production records
* Daily Sensory
* JDE release and physical release of pallets
* Setting up and reading Ellab loggers
* pH testing D+1 (when needed for new products)
* Temperature checks of Ishida, freezers, chillier and all fridges and incubators
* Setting up samples for marketing sensory
* Completion of non-conformances
* Completion of raw material non-conformances and correspondence with suppliers
* Carrying out tensile testing and burst testing of pouches
* Checking raw materials deliveries and receipting them on JDE
* Glass and hard plastic audits
* Sending ingredients, water or finished product for micro testing or nutritional analysis
* Raising POs for purchases/analysis work
* DMR seriousness/supplier spend and responses figures/charts
* Managing held stock (finished product and raw materials) updating spreadsheet with this information.
* Internal balance and temperature probe calibrations
* Collating and managing control samples for marketing sensory

Experience:

* Degree in the Sciences, Food safety and HACCP awareness and preferably some experience in QA roles
* Good IT Skills (Microsoft Office programmes; Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), web-based programmes & data management systems
* Strong literacy and numeracy skills
* Passion for food, food safety and food quality standards
* Be methodical in your approach with keen attention to detail.
* Have strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to work in a team.
* Ability to analyse data and solve problem.
* Organised with the ability to plan and prioritise different tasks.

If you are interested please apply directly or contact Tom Kurczab at Premier Recruitment Group.