Quality Controller (AM Shift) in Milton Keynes

About Deliciously Ella

Deliciously Ella’s mission is to help people eat real food again, with more plants, more of the time. We are growing fast and we’re looking for talented, passionate, purpose-led people who share in our mission to help us get there. Every day, we work to cultivate positive change, sharing delicious, natural, plant-based recipes and food products with the aim of building the world’s leading plant-based platform.

Starting from a recipe website, the business has evolved into a restaurant, a range of plant-based food products, an app, a collection of bestselling recipe books and a growing social media community that sits at the heart of what we do. We launched our first food products in 2016 and have since launched a wide range of products across different categories. We work with all the major grocers and OOH retailers across the UK. We also have a growing international business in the US and Europe.

Working at Deliciously Ella

We have around 75 team members across two sites. Our factory site near Milton Keynes produces some of our best-loved products like our energy balls, caramel cups, nut butter bites and dipped nuts. Our Head Office is based in the heart of central London, on Tottenham Court Road, and this is where our Leadership Team work, alongside our Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing and People teams.

Purpose of the role

• Continuous lineside checking of product and process to ensure products manufactured are to the highest food safety and quality standards, ensuring a preventative, right first time approach.
• Conduct and record continuous product quality and safety focused audits and implement corrective actions.
• Audit lineside production paperwork for on-time accuracy and completion.
• Conduct product sampling and perform product seal and label checks, signing off when required.
• Audit CCPs daily.
• Participate in taste panels.
• Manage incidents (e.g., glass breakage, metal incidents).
• Support wider quality team with root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions where deviations have been observed to occur.
• Conduct daily hygiene audits and ensure hygiene schedule completion.
• Perform glass/brittle material audits.
• Maintain communication with the team on quality issues.
• Help a safe working environment in line with Safety, Health, and Environment policies.
• Work with the Technical Manager to ensure relevant training is completed.
• Promote a positive food safety and quality culture across the site.

Your team

You’ll report to our Technical Manager, and will work alongside our other team of Team Leaders, to maintain standards in the factory and promote a positive, high performance culture. This job is Monday-Friday on the AM shift (hours include 5am-2pm, 6am-3pm and 8am-5pm).

What you will bring (skills and experience)

• Similar experience in within the food manufacturing industry.
• Good written and oral communication.
• Problem solving abilities.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Time management skills.
• HACCP Level 2 (desirable).
• Food Safety Level 2 (desirable).

What we expect from you (behaviours & values)

We believe our team members are what make our business special, and we hire extraordinary people to fulfil our extraordinary mission. We strive for high performance and our values guide the way we work each day:

• Proud - We act in ways that make our families, colleagues and community proud.
• Think big - We think big, constantly searching for ways to grow our business.
• Embrace challenges - We embrace challenges head on and enjoy problem solving.
• Guardians - We’re guardians of our brand and the values it holds.
• Welcome change - We thrive on change, and use it as an opportunity to innovate, learn, and grow.

What we offer

You will have the opportunity to be part of a mission driven scale up business at a hugely exciting point in our growth trajectory, where your voice is heard and where you’re able to actively input in the strategic direction of our business. Some great perks in working for Deliciously Ella include:

• A competitive salary.
• 25 days holiday.
• Free Deliciously Ella App Access for you and five friends and family.
• Contributory pension scheme with the People’s Pension.
• Free Deliciously Ella snacks available in communal areas on site.
• Access to GroceryAid employee assistance resources.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

At Deliciously Ella we are committed to cultivating and maintaining a culture that is inclusive and diverse. We celebrate differences and continually support all team members to be proud of who they are. We pride ourselves on equal employment opportunity regardless of gender, sex, age, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or social class. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their abilities and effectiveness, nothing else.