Quality Assurance Auditor

Description

Shift Pattern: Friday to Tuesday from 06:00 – 14:30

Pay: Competitive

Role: FTC (6–9 months)

Why Greencore?

We're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast–moving business, we're proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of 1.95 bil. Our extensive direct–to–store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Here at Northampton, we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day . We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer.

What you'll be doing

Ensure the production line complies with all relevant technical, operational, legal, and company procedures.

Support the line in maintaining the highest standards of product safety, quality, and legality, including compliance with HACCP and current legislation.

Work in line with the site's management systems and the company quality manual.

Verify that products are manufactured in a safe, legal, and compliant manner through sampling, testing, auditing, and monitoring.

Escalate quality or safety issues and ensure corrective actions are taken where non–conformance is identified.

Conduct verification checks to ensure equipment is correctly calibrated.

Complete and maintain all required quality and technical documentation, ensuring audit readiness at all times.

Carry out LCM 3% compliance checks.

Complete line technical records, including weight check sheets.

Verify correct production methods are followed and that product specifications and QAS documents are in use on the line.

Complete and record on–line quality taste panels.

Verify that all materials coming to the line meet legal, safety, and quality requirements, including – shelf life, temperature, traceability, labeling, product and material weights and visual appearance

Ensure allergen segregation procedures are followed for raw materials from receipt, during use, and on return to Prep.

Complete process confirmation activities for allergen and non–allergen cleans.

Support the production line in adherence to Critical Control Points (CCPs).

Collect all required samples in line with approved procedures and protocols.

Monitor processes and products to ensure ongoing quality, safety, and legality.

Maintain clear and ongoing communication with the operations team and relevant departments, sharing quality results, trends, and findings.

Provide training and education to operational colleagues to ensure understanding and compliance with technical standards.

Support the Line Controller in challenging colleague compliance with GMP and personal hygiene standards, including PPE uses

Ensure a safe working environment for all colleagues, meeting safety, health, and environmental policy standards.

Support the line with the collection and return of correct production and cleaning tools.

Assist with appropriate product and equipment handling on the line

What we're looking for

GCSE or equivalent; numerate and literate

Basic computer skills

Health & Safety Level 2

Food Hygiene Level 2

CCP/HACCP knowledge for manufacturing

GMP knowledge and techniques

Allergen awareness and risk understanding

Internal audit experience

Non–conformance reporting skills

Microbiological awareness & food safety basics

Basic disinfection principles

Knowledge of legal labelling and weight legislation

What you'll get in return

Competitive salary and job–related benefitsPension up to 8% matchedLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Ad ID: 5417735945