Compliance & QA Technologist

Job Description

Our client based in fantastic open plan modern offices in Bournemouth is looking for an experienced Compliance & QA Technologist to maintain and manage their Food Quality systems and to maintain their BRC accreditation.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that all foods are authentic, safe, legal and produced to the specified quality
• To work within projects to ensure best practice applied to help deliver processes and standard operating procedures
• Support the quality team & internal stakeholders in implementing the standard and ensuring certification is maintained.
• Assess and highlight raw material and finished food risks during the development process
• Attend regular project meetings to present quality risk status and action plans
• Ensure all legal requirements are complied with all amended or new designs
• Work closely with suppliers on quality issues by attendance at conference calls, undertake Food Safety Audits, and support food development trials
• Work with the operations team to drive continuous improvement.
• Develop quality aspects of a finished product specification
• Ensuring that all finished product specification are up to date
• Ensure systems are in place to reflect future legislation and its impact on raw materials, finished product and packaging
• To work closely with the quality team to ensure food safety, legality, quality systems and ways of working are maintained.
• To work to deliver our sustainability goals to minimising waste, recycling and challenging unsustainable practices.

Skills and Experience

• A food related qualification together with specific QA food industry experience
• Knowledge of Food Quality systems or exposure to 3rd Party accreditation systems
• Passion for food, knowledge of food industry from ingredients, factories, and packaging
• Knowledge of internal auditing & HACCP
• Team Player as well as ability to self-manage time
• Organised & systematic with attention to detail
• Confident to travel abroad to visit / audit suppliers
• Good communication skills
• Ability to multi-task diverse areas
• Basic knowledge of MS systems

Package

• Salary: £28,000 – £32,000
• Hours: 5 hour per week
• Pension
• Private Medical Insurance

This is a superb opportunity to join an well reputed business. If you are excited to work as part of a fun hard-working team then please do apply now!