Position Title:

QA Auditor

Reports To:

Quality Manager

Salary Range:

TBC

IOC:

UK

Location:

BUK Rotherham

Job Purpose:

To ensure the company meets customer and legislative food safety and quality requirements.

Responsibilities

Key Components

Measurement

Priority % of Time

Quality Requirements

· An understanding and use of the current NYB Quality management System including how documents are referenced.

· Managing Corrective and preventative action to ensure it is closed out.

· Ensure that documentation at all levels is maintained and where changes are done that they are within the document change procedure

· Collect and file documentation and ensure that archiving is completed.

· Ensure that all deviations from specification agreed are documented and reported through.

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Product & Process controls

· Ensuring independent process checks are completed in each area according to the schedule and relevant actions taken if out of the limits or specifications given.

· Complete and organise the taste panel session on a twice daily basis

· Ensure that the Organoleptic Schedule including customer requirements are maintained and that any out of specification results are followed up diligently.

· Ensure Shelf-life samples are collected accurately and tested at end of life for mould or organoleptic against the Organoleptic schedule

· The Positive release of key ingredients and packaging arriving to site.

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Responsibilities

Key Components

Measurement

Priority % of Time

Auditing

· Assistance during customer audits including traceability exercises

· To complete GMP audits including preparation, the audit, reporting the key actions and following up.

· Glass & plastic register verification including follow up.

· To complete CCP audits including preparation, the audit, reporting the key actions and following up.

· Completing Quality System Audits including preparation, the audit, reporting the key actions and following up.

· To complete foreign body/ fabrication audits including preparation, the audit, reporting the key actions and following up.

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Food Safety

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· A complete understanding of the Rotherham HACCP system.

· To know all Critical Control Points and the associated process for checking them.

· To identify Food safety risks i.e. foreign body, chemical or microbiological risks and to either take the appropriate corrective/preventative action or ensure it is reported accurately to the business.

· To train out appropriately the CCP to relevant team members & competency assessment on the CCP

· To understand and implement the Allergen procedures and controls.

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Laboratory Analysis

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· To maintain and meet the current Rotherham Microbiological schedule using the appropriate systems and sampling.

· To maintain and meet the current Rotherham Nutritional schedule using the appropriate systems and sampling

· To maintain and meet the current Rotherham Allergen Testing schedule using the appropriate system

· To maintain and meet the current Rotherham Swabbing schedule using the appropriate systems and sampling

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Pest Control

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· To identify key Bakery Pests on site reporting the key actions and following up in collaboration and support with the Hygiene team

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Communication / Training

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· To be able to clearly communicate with all levels of the business through the differing methods.

· To be able to take messages through email and phone and direct through to the right level.

· To help drive the training through mentoring and being the expert on shift.

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Responsibilities

Key Components

Measurement

Priority % of Time

Team Skills / Development

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· To present at regular daily meetings the technical KPI’s

· To be able to work on own initiative when required

· Potential to understand the interpretation of Laboratory results and actions to be taken

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Customer Requirements

· To understand and use the relevant customer standards and BRCGS standards within the Rotherham Bakery.

· To help with investigation into customer complaints including preparation for the associated teams

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Job Dimensions

Financial

Non-Financial

none

none

Reporting Relationships

Direct (Indicate No. & Title of each)

Indirect (Indicate No. & Title of each)

· Quality Manager x1

· Shift Manager x1

Working Relationships

Internal

External

· All departments

· Customers / Central Technical / Auditing bodies

· Good communication skills

· Good organization skills

· Good aptitude levels

· Ability to work as a team / individually when required

· Ability to learn quickly and effectively

· Ability to work under pressure

· Understanding of fundamental machine operations

· Bias for action

May include financial scope, employee’s managed, complexity:(Interview must test for evidentiary support)

· Some previous QA experience and relevant qualifications.

· The ability to organize and prioritize your workload

· Proactive approach to work / training

· The ability to work with database functions basic excel / word documents

· Methodical and logical approach to improvements with a keen eye for detail.

· The ability to work well as a team

· High level of relevant technical ability

· Performance driven bias for action approach

· Hands on approach to improvement technical knowledge throughout the general plant population.

· Access to Reward Gateway

· 23 days annual leave

· Private Healthcare

· Opportunities for further development and career growth