QA Admin in Ashford

Salary up to £35,000 dependent on experience. Shifts Monday - Friday, 08.00-16.00 with flexibility.

We have introduced the QA administrator to support the Area Quality Leads (AQLs) and wider technical function in maintaining site compliance by ensuring accurate, timely completion of quality documentation, audits, and verification activities. The role provides essential coordination and administrative support to uphold food safety, due diligence, and audit readiness standards across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date quality documentation, including SOPs, line standards, and controlled records, ensuring audit readiness at all times.
• Actively contribute to Daily Direction Setting (DDS) meetings, providing quality performance updates and escalating food safety or quality risks.
• Support Area Quality Leads with Quality Incident Reporting (QIR), ensuring incidents are logged, tracked, and closed out in a timely manner.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations, ensuring accurate data collection and effective tracking of corrective actions.
• Coordinate and support traceability exercises and mock recalls, including documentation collation and completion.
• Manage site quality controls including held stock records, glass and hard plastic audits, sampling plans, and retention samples.
• Conduct GMP audits and support CCP verification, validation, and wider audit readiness activities in line with HACCP, BRCGS, and customer requirements.

Experience

• Experience in a food manufacturing, QA, or technical environment with a solid understanding of GMP, food safety standards, and quality procedures.
• High attention to detail with the ability to maintain accurate, clear, and audit-ready quality records and documentation.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and work to defined priorities.
• Competent in Microsoft Office and data handling, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and support technical systems or document control platforms.
• Effective communicator able to work confidently across production, quality, and technical teams and elevate issues appropriately.
• Ability to follow procedures, support investigations (RCA, non-conformance, traceability), and challenge or elevate where standards are not met.

Measures of Success

• Quality documentation, SOPs, and line standards are consistently accurate, up-to-date, and maintained to an audit-ready standard, supporting positive internal and external audit outcomes.
• Food safety and quality risks are proactively identified, clearly communicated through DDS, and escalated in a timely manner to prevent incidents and non-conformances.
• Quality incidents are logged, investigated, and closed out on time, with RCA actions tracked and completed to prevent recurrence.
• Traceability exercises, mock recalls, held stock processes, and quality controls (glass & hard plastic, sampling, retention samples) are completed accurately and in line with site and customer standards.
• GMP audits, CCP verification, and validation activities are completed effectively, ensuring ongoing compliance with HACCP, BRCGS, and customer requirements.

Benefits and Perks

• 25 days annual leave and 8 bank holidays.
• Contributory pension up to 7.5%, plus life assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and occupational health support.
• Company shop.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Free on-site parking and strong transport links.

At Premier Foods, we believe in inclusion, authenticity, and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued, and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love, or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome. We're proud to be a Disability Smart employer and are committed to supporting disability inclusion throughout our recruitment process. If you experience any access issues or require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know so we can ensure you have the support you need.