At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure product quality through audits, investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Company: Join Refresco, a global leader in beverage solutions with a strong quality culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy bonuses, early finishes, generous leave, and health perks.
- Other info: Be part of a team committed to excellence and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on product quality while kick-starting your career in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Detail-oriented individuals passionate about quality; experience in food or FMCG is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 24300 - 29700 £ per year.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Refresco as a QA Technologist, where you'll help ensure our products meet the highest quality standards. You'll be involved in quality improvement activities, audits, investigations, sampling, traceability exercises and training support, working closely with site teams to drive continuous improvement and maintain a strong quality culture.
Benefits:
- Annual bonus and regular pay reviews
- Early Friday finish to kick-start your weekend
- 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase additional leave, increasing your allowance to 31 days plus bank holidays
- Life assurance coverage
- 24/7 virtual GP access for you and your family
- Free eye-care vouchers and discounted glasses
- Employee referral scheme with bonuses for successful referrals
- GroceryAid support services offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical guidance
- Cheers benefits platform providing discounts, free perks, and wellbeing tools
- Free onsite parking and discounted products
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Drive quality improvement initiatives across the site, supporting a right-first-time culture and helping teams deliver exceptional product quality.
- Investigate quality issues and customer complaints, identifying root causes and implementing effective corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Conduct GMP, hygiene and quality compliance audits, ensuring high standards are maintained across all operations.
- Support product testing and quality monitoring activities, analysing results and escalating findings to drive continuous improvement.
- Lead traceability exercises and quality reviews, helping maintain robust processes and high levels of product consistency.
- Deliver training and coaching to operational teams, building quality awareness and supporting colleagues to achieve best practice standards.
The ideal candidate would have:
- A proactive and detail-focused approach, passionate about quality.
- Experience within a food, drink or FMCG manufacturing environment would be beneficial, but this role could also suit someone looking to start their career in Quality.
- Strong problem-solving skills, a keen eye for detail, and the confidence to investigate issues and support effective solutions.
- Relevant qualifications or practical industry experience.
- A willingness to work in a fast-paced environment as part of a team committed to continuous improvement and product excellence.
Ultimately, we encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship as we believe these are what has made Refresco successful so far.
If you fit this profile and are excited by this opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you!
Quality Assurance Technician employer: Refresco Drinks UK Limited
Refresco UK is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Bridgwater, Somerset, where you can lead a critical engineering function within a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. With competitive salaries, annual bonuses, enhanced holiday allowances, and robust career development opportunities, we prioritise employee growth and well-being. Join us to make a tangible impact on product quality and sustainability while being part of a supportive and high-performing engineering culture.
Contact Details:
Refresco Drinks UK Limited Recruitment Team
