Job Description
Job Title: Quality Assurance Technician
Reports to: Quality Manager
Absence Cover: Quality Assurance Technician
Main Functions
Checking raw material, processing and final packaging of products to ensure that they conform to company specifications, customer s specifications and legal requirements. Carry out audits to ensure conformance on day-to-day basis.
NB. In addition to these functions employees are required to carry out such other duties as reasonably required.
Main Duties
- To assist the Quality Manager to exercise effective control over the quality of the Society s production.
- To inform Management of any non-conforming products or practices, and where necessary recommend appropriate action.
- To be familiar with customer product specifications.
- Monitor raw materials entering the factory and perform quality/ safety assessments as necessary.
- Ensure that all documentation is adequately filled out to ensure Due Diligence and traceability at all times.
- To use computerised quality management systems, Microsoft Office applications and other business software as required to record and communicate quality, food safety and compliance information accurately and efficiently.
- Monitor temperatures within the processing areas of the factory.
- Conduct routine environmental monitoring, including collection and submission of products requiring testing.
- Perform audits of the factory facilities and standards and report any non-conformances to the relevant managers.
- Perform examination and calibration of measuring equipment in factory and testing areas.
- Check the product labelling of all production runs and ensure final pack presentation conforms to customer requirements.
- Organise and conduct organoleptic assessments according to customer requirements. Note: Products may contain all major allergens excluding sesame and peanuts.
- Carry out investigations, assist in complaint investigations, validations, traceability exercises, and root cause analysis.
- Maintaining hygiene and housekeeping within your department.
- Ensure safe working practices are followed at all times.
- To be aware of the Society s regulations in respect of dress and personal hygiene within production areas and ensure compliance. To accept the Society s commitment to formal hygiene training for all employees as detailed within the Food Safety Act 1990.
- To undertake training as instructed within Company s training plan to develop skills applicable to specific functions.
- To be familiar with the Society s Health and Safety Policy and have a diligent approach to such matters within the production areas. To accept employee s requirements under COSHH Regulations and to ensure all appropriate safety precautions are followed when operation machinery.
- To have knowledge of the Company s organisational structure and recognise the roles within it.
- To be familiar with, and supervise compliance in Good Manufacturing Practices in relation to the Food Industry i.e. clean as you go and good housekeeping .
- To carry out such other duties as may be required.
- To represent SSMG in a professional manner, to have a pleasant and enthusiastic outlook and flexible and co-operative approach to specific tasks.
