Job description

Fantastic Market Leading Food Manufacturer now looking to recruit...

Reporting into the Head of Technical, profile for the role is as follows:

Summary

To ensure that all technical procedures and policies effectively implemented in the factory and Quality and Food Safety system are adhered to through all stages of manufacture.
To ensure that products are produced to the agreed spec and that hygiene levels within the factory are maintained.

To ensure maintaining the highest GMP standard across the factory and site is audit ready any time.

Key Responsibilities

To ensure all CCP checks within the process are performed at the required intervals and the results are within specification and to verify that CCP checks are within specification. To ensure corrective action is taken and recorded as required.
To order and collect finished product samples, raw material samples, environmental and hand swabs for the micro lab and compile results.
To ensure all paperwork relating to the production process is checked and filed daily.
To monitor that the quality and food safety system is adhered to through GMP audits, internal system audits, and traceability audits and to ensure foreign bodies’ risks are kept to a minimum through fabric audits and glass audits.
To ensure products are labelled with correct labels with the correct use by dates and batch codes during production and to ensure all paperwork relating to temperature monitoring are printed out daily and inspected.
Aid in investigations into customer complaints as required.
Conduct taste panel exercise.
Conduct Induction Training for new staff and help maintaining the company values, policies and standards.
Making sound decisions regarding removing any substandard products or ingredients and reporting to immediate supervisor or technical department.
Goods out checks and positive release
Carrying out manual temperature checks
Weekly Calibration of scales and probes
Monthly knife, glass and hard plastic audits
Promoting a safety and quality culture via teamwork and coaching colleagues in production

Person Specifications

BSC (Hons) degree in relevant food technology discipline or equivalent certificates is preferable
Good understanding of food manufacturing processes and food hygiene standards

Working knowledge of BRC requirements and HACCP
Excellent attention to detail

Organised and methodical way of working
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Good time management
Good computer skills

Now is an excellent time to join this business as it has enjoyed continued growth and looks set to continue in the same vain!

Shift: Monday to Friday 14:00 – 22:00 ( + once month weekend cover)

If you are interested in this position then please forward a copy of your most up to date CV to andrew@drnewitt.com or contact Andrew Donaldson on 0131 226 5060.