Quality Assurance Technician

You must be eligible to work in the UK.

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week: Between 06.30am – 16.30pm (although this may vary with demands of the role).

Working Days: Monday – Friday.

Salary – £26,500 per year.

Site Based – Full Time – Permanent.

As a Quality Assurance Technician for GCL Food Ingredients based in Newthorpe, you’ll be joining an industry leader and performing various duties within our ever-growing production facility. Established in 1964, GCL Food Ingredients is a manufacturer and supplier to both foodservice and industrial customers. We aim to work closely with both our customers and suppliers to create a food chain partnership.

Role

The Quality Assurance Technician will be responsible for supporting both the Technical and Production teams ensuring all quality requirements are adhered to and maintained.

Main Duties:

• Work closely with the Production Team to identify and resolve any quality issues that arise during manufacturing.
• Complete routine inspections (glass and hard plastic, fabrication, hygiene, foreign body, GMP) as scheduled, with the appropriate corrective action implemented.
• Support BRC audits & Customer Technical audits, ensuring the department is audit ready at all times.
• Coordinate the regular testing of products to address faults.
• Investigate customer complaints through detailed root‑cause analysis and report findings.
• Conduct quality inspections of raw materials, finished products, trial samples, reference samples, and end‑of‑life products across all lines.
• Collect samples of raw materials, finished products, environmental and nutritional samples as well as pre‑set schedules as and when required.
• Carry out CCP, allergen & species validation studies at the required frequency.
• Carry out equipment validation.
• Develop and update procedures, work instructions and standard operating procedures to align with quality requirements.
• Provide CoC and CoA when required.
• Conduct label, product, packaging and process specification verification to ensure quality and legality compliance.
• Support pest contractor on site.
• Promote excellent communications between departments.
• Drive a culture of change.
• Undertake any other reasonable request from the Technical Manager or the Management Team.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Experience in a similar role is desired.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced food production environment.
• Good working knowledge of food production associated processes and capabilities.
• Health, Safety, Food Hygiene & Environment Awareness Knowledge.
• High attention to detail to ensure quality standards are met.
• Knowledge of appropriate production processes.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc).

Qualifications:

• Advanced Level HACCP.
• Advanced Food Hygiene.
• Previous experience of working in food manufacturing.
• Reporting and analytical skills.

Benefits:

Don’t miss this opportunity to work in a friendly environment as part of an established, family‑run business. We can offer:

• Competitive salary.
• Pension scheme.
• Continuous training provided.
• Free on‑site parking.
• Free tea/coffee whilst at work.
• 20 days holiday + 8 Bank holidays with additional service increases.
• Opportunity to develop yourself and progress as the department grows.

Experience Food Manufacturing: 2 years (required).

Licence / Certification:

• Advanced Level HACCP (required).
• Advanced Food Hygiene (required).