Quality Assurance Technician
Location: Runcorn
Contract: Permanent
Salary: from £30,000 per annum
About AAK
AAK is proud to be the world’s leading producer of specialty vegetable fats. Through our unique co-development approach, we develop and provide value-adding vegetable oil solutions in close collaboration with our customers, enabling them to achieve long-lasting business results.
By doing so, we solve customer specific needs across many industries including Bakery, Chocolate & Confectionery, Dairy, Foodservice, Infant Nutrition and Personal Care.
Our pioneering spirit and passion for innovation keeps us at the cutting edge of our industry and is what sets us apart. It enables our employees to work in a safe and supportive environment in which they make a genuine impact.
AAK employ more than 3,000 employees globally and with 20 production facilities and customisation plants, and sales offices in over 25 countries spanning six continents we have one of our industries most diverse global footprints.
AAK Runcorn
AAK Runcorn is the home to AAK Foods, a major manufacturer and supplier of sauces, condiments and dressings to the retail and foodservice sectors. Our private label work has won awards for taste and quality, and our products can be found on the shelves of stores throughout the world.
From our site on Davy Road, to the east of the town centre, we work with customers to co-develop new recipes for grocery private label products, retail restaurants, quick service restaurants, foodservice and food ingredients.
About the role
We are seeking to appoint a Senior Quality Auditor to join the Runcorn Technical team. The successful candidate will be working 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday, on a rolling 3 shift pattern (6.00am – 2.00pm, 2.00pm – 10.00pm, 10.00pm- 6.00am)
Responsibilities- Develop and ensure complete compliance to all food safety and quality standards including HACCP, legislation, ISO, BRC & customer COP’s.
- Conduct regular internal audits to ensure compliance across all departments.
- Work with all departments to ensure root cause analysis is undertaken to facilitate continuous improvement projects and ways of working.
- Assist with complaint investigations to ensure appropriate corrective and preventative actions are taken as well as assisting in the closure of audit non-conformances within the required timescales.
- Perform hygiene checks to ensure standards are maintained.
- Provide data for daily and monthly KPI reports and drive quality improvements across the site.
- Ensuring the positive food safety culture across site
About you
The successful candidate should have the following skills and experience.- Previous experience working in a similar role (FMCG experience advantageous)
- Strong attention to detail.
- Food hygiene/HACCP qualification advantageous.
- Able to work well within a team and on own initiative.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to find areas for improvement.
- Problem solving skills.
- Able to make and communicate decisions.
In return AAK offer:
- A competitive salary and benefits package.
- Company pension 3% Employee, 5% employer.
- UK Healthcare scheme, including gym and lifestyle discounts.
- Life assurance cover.
- 25 days holidays plus bank holidays.
- Bonus scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Investment in training and development.
- On-site canteen serving hot food.
- Free hot drinks.
- Free parking on-site.
You may have experience in the following roles: Quality Auditor, Quality Assurance Technician, Quality Control Inspector, Food Safety Auditor, Compliance Officer, QA Specialist, Quality Manager, HACCP Coordinator, Internal Auditor, Technical Officer, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Quality Systems Coordinator, etc.
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