At a Glance
- Tasks: Support quality assurance activities and improve product standards on site.
- Company: Dynamic company focused on quality and continuous improvement.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, flexible shifts, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with diverse backgrounds and career advancement.
- Why this job: Join a team making a real impact on product quality and safety.
- Qualifications: Experience in QA/QC and a passion for quality assurance.
Location: Middleton
Pay Rate: £15.57 per hour
Contract: Temporary ongoing contract
Shift Pattern: 4 on / 4 off rota (2 days, 2 nights)
Job Purpose
To support day-to-day quality assurance activities on site, ensuring products meet quality, safety and compliance standards (including BRC), while supporting production and continuous improvement.
Key Activities
- Contribute to site CI projects to improve the overall quality of raw materials and finished products, environmental impact and/or productivity.
- Provide flexible QA/Analytical support to blending, blowmould and filling processes to assist and ensure conformance in each of the departments in relation to quality-related issues.
- Generate/collate data and evaluate quality failures in materials or intermediate/finished goods attributes to drive cost reduction, performance improvement and reduce waste.
- Where agreed with the Quality Manager, undertake project work related to the prevention of customer complaints and major rework.
- Support incident investigations that identify root causes of major non-conformances, working with Filling, Blowmoulding and Logistics personnel to conduct effective investigations.
- Be conversant in packaging production processes and associated quality procedures to support production and facilitate solutions to quality-related issues.
- Audit/contact suppliers as and when required, ensuring all processes and procedures in place are suitable for RMB requirements.
- Communicate all non-conforming raw material information quickly and ensure, as far as possible, that suppliers introduce their own preventative actions.
- Support investigations into consumer/customer complaints.
- Communicate fully with other team members between shifts to ensure efficient solutions to problems and completion of common goals.
- Provide support for first production batches to ensure that they are correctly set and that quality is acceptable to the customer.
- When needed, undertake QC testing following the Quality Procedures/Instructions for all liquid samples.
- Produce Management Information as required.
- Ensure changes to work procedures are communicated to relevant departments.
- Audit procedures to confirm compliance.
- Raise Health & Safety standards by performing planned inspections, risk assessments and accident investigations.
Skills & Experience Required
- A HSE qualification or demonstrable experience working within a safety/environmental role.
- Appreciation of quality assurance systems including: ISO 9001:2(Apply online only) SGS Laboratory Accreditation SGS Supplier Accreditation.
- Understanding of Weights and Measures legislation and European Standards.
- QA/QC/EHS experience in an FMCG environment.
- Understanding of key packaging materials (blowmoulded bottles, labels, outer cases, closures).
- Experience in Continuous Improvement Projects.
- Qualified in a Technical/Quality subject, preferably to ‘A’ Level standard/equivalent or above.
- Computer literate (Excel, Word, Email).
- Experience of internal auditing.
Multi Skilled QA Technician in Middleton employer: Winsearch
As a SHEQ Manager with us, you will join a forward-thinking company that prioritises employee development and offers a competitive salary of £50,000 plus vehicle/car allowance. Our work culture fosters collaboration and innovation within the roofing and construction sectors, providing ample opportunities for professional growth in the North of England, where you can make a meaningful impact on health and safety standards.
We think you need these skills to ace Multi Skilled QA Technician in Middleton
Quality Assurance
BRC Standards
Continuous Improvement
Data Evaluation
Root Cause Analysis
Packaging Production Processes
Supplier Auditing
