Quality Technician
This role plays a key part in ensuring compliance with customer requirements, industry regulations, and third-party standards. You'll support audits, champion good manufacturing practice, and help drive a culture of quality throughout the site.
Responsible for:
- Support the development and maintenance of Quality Systems across the site.
- Stay informed on regulatory and compliance changes and apply them effectively.
- Ensure customer, legal, and food industry standards are consistently met.
- Coordinate the implementation of standards throughout the processing environment, maintaining an "audit-ready" mindset at all times.
- Maintain a strong presence on the production floor, coaching teams in GMP and ensuring compliance.
- Assist with customer and regulatory audits, managing non-conformances from root cause through to corrective action.
- Conduct raw material inspections at intake and communicate non-conformances to suppliers.
- Manage supplier approvals including certification, specification updates, and SAQs.
- Participate in the internal audit schedule, including traceability, hygiene, and system audits.
- Maintain and audit the glass/Perspex register.
- Oversee document control - update procedures, manage production paperwork, and ensure accurate record-keeping.
- Perform in-process quality checks to ensure products meet customer specifications.
- Organise and contribute to management taste panels.
- Prepare and send samples for external microbiological testing, carry out internal micro tests, and report any out-of-spec results.
- Conduct environmental swabbing and trend results to identify improvement opportunities.
- Support the Quality Manager and wider management team with additional quality-related tasks as needed.
- Work flexibly as part of a fast-paced Quality team.
Qualifications:
- A degree or third-level qualification in Science, Quality, or a related field.
- 2-5 years' experience in the food industry or a similar environment, including experience within a Quality function.
- Strong understanding of food manufacturing processes.
- Hands-on experience with quality assurance practices and interpreting regulatory requirements.
- Solid knowledge of BRC standards (essential).
- Ability to work independently and drive improvements with moderate guidance.
- Excellent attention to detail and strong technical capabilities.
- Confident multitasker with strong organisational skills.
- Good IT literacy (MS Office, documentation systems).
- A genuine passion for delivering exceptional quality standards.
