- Quality Assurance
- Compliance
- Technical
Compliance Technologist
Are you passionate about maintaining the highest quality standards? We are seeking a meticulous and proactive Compliance Technologist for our client. This role is essential in ensuring the highest quality for our products, from ingredients to finished goods and packaging.
Key Responsibilities:
Quality Management System
- Update and maintain the QMS to ensure policies, procedures, and work instructions meet current BRC standards.
- Develop new procedures and documents, collaborating with the factory team for accuracy and effectiveness.
- Manage and communicate updates to QMS documents promptly.
- Participate in HACCP reviews and process validation, documenting results.
- Investigate complaints, generate Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), and update monthly KPI and complaints reports.
- Ensure complete due diligence for all suppliers, including food safety certificates and compliance information.
- Verify certificates for incoming ingredients and conduct ingredient testing as per risk assessments.
- Perform supplier audits as needed.
- Update and create Finished Product Specifications.
- Maintain internal specifications for packaging and ingredients.
- Review ingredient specifications and maintain databases for nutritional information.
- Provide and verify legal information for packaging artwork.
- Coordinate external testing, log results, and highlight significant findings.
- Follow up on out-of-specification results and agree on action plans.
- Conduct technical tests and validation testing as required.
- Perform trend analysis on testing results.
- Ensure internal audit schedules are met and actions completed.
- Participate in internal audits against the BRC standard.
- Assist during external audits (e.g., BRCGS, Soil Association).
- Strong knowledge of QMS and BRC standards.
- Experience in supplier management, internal auditing, and handling complaints.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Flexibility to adapt to various tasks and changing business needs.