Quality Assurance Auditor - Nights - FTC

Shift - Monday to Friday 22:00 - 06:00
Competitive salary

12 month Fixed Term Contract

Why Greencore?
You may not have heard of us, but we're sure you've tried our products because we supply food for the all the major supermarkets in the UK.

Here in Consett, we have a team of around 280 colleagues. We produce a range of chilled ready meals for some of the UK's leading retailers, including Co-op, Sainsbury's and Weight Watchers.

What you'll be doing
The purpose of the role as a Quality Assurance Auditor is to verify that raw material preparation, manufacturing production and product storage/distribution is compliant with food safety, legal and customers' quality standards. Key accountabilities of this role include:

Sample, test, audit and monitor to verify that all processes, procedures and products are being manufactured in a safe and compliant manner
Conduct verification checks to ensure equipment is suitably calibrated to comply with required standards
Complete all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and ready for internal and external audits and highlighting when non-conformance requires corrective action
Maintain ongoing communications with the operations team and other relevant functions ensuring they are fully aware of quality assurance activities, results and trends
Collect all relevant samples, with adherence to procedures and protocols, to ensure quality, safety and legality of products sampled
Provide education and training to operational colleagues and other teams to ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards
Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health Safety and Environment policy
Escalation of non-conformances in a timely manner to the appropriate manager
Follow daily schedule of workWhat we're looking for
To be successful in this role, we are looking for the following qualifications and skills:

Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard with numeracy and literacy skill
Able to work with basic computer programmes such as Microsoft Office applications
Holds a Health and Safety level two and a food hygiene level two qualification
CCP training including HACCP principles for Manufacturing Unit
Experience and understanding of internal audit processes
Has an understanding of allergen awareness and the associated risk
Has a knowledge of GMP techniques
Understands non-conformance reporting techniques
Microbiological awareness - understanding of basic of food safety
Has and understanding of basic disinfection principles, basic legal labelling practice and basic weight legislationThese skills are desirable and not essential during the recruitment process. Full training will be provided if successful in the role.
We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. At Greencore we put our people at the core. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
What you'll get in return

Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Pension up to 8% matched
Life insurance up to 4x salary
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career