Qa Inspector

Kepak is one to the largest meat producers in Europe with over 15 manufacturing plants across Ireland and the UK. Meat craft, trusted quality and excellent service are the pillars of our proud heritage.

At Kepak our people are our pride and believe that living the values day in day out, underpins our culture.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Quality Assurance Inspector to work in our busy manufacturing site.
This is a full time, fixed term contract for 3 months (possibly longer), working 4.45am to 5.15PM - 3 days on/ 3 days off with a salary of £14.44 per hour.

Come and join the Kepak team!!

JOB PURPOSE:

To provide a service to all departments within Kepak and its customers.
Responsible for ensuring the quality of the product labels and the information held within them are accurate and of standard.

Responsible for ensuring that all products leave the plant within legislative and / or customer specified limits.

You will need to have a good standard of numeracy and literacy, be competent with Microsoft packages.

Level 2 Food Hygiene is desirable

HACCP - awareness of principles - foundation level desirable

Requirements

Label Verification

A good eye for detail and the ability to cross reference the labels against the required specification(s).

Checks to take place as a minimum at start of each production batch, with additional ‘extra’ checks taking place as necessary.

Ensuring the information on the labels are correct.

Product Quality

A good standard of numeracy and literacy is required in order to interpret and record relevant results from checking.

Checks are required to be completed at various frequencies throughout the production shift – some per batch, some daily, some weekly etc.

Checks must be completed with a high degree of accuracy and integrity ensuring adherence to relevant protocols and specification limits.

Product Checking
Daily checks include - product and label verification. Product and tare acccuracy, product temperature checks This is not an exhaustive list.

HACCP Monitoring / Verification
Accurate completion of documentation requiring a good standard of written English.

A high level of integrity required in order to complete the checking / activities in line with the strict requirements of the H.A.C.C.P food safety system.

Checks required to be completed at various frequencies in line with the H.A.C.C.P plan.

Product Testing / Sampling
Completion of carcass pH testing in line with customer specific regimes.

Taking samples from primals and / or carcasses to meet relevant stipulated schedules.

Completion of DNA testing for external laboratory analysis.

All checks required to be taken with a high degree of accuracy – using hand-held Trace Soft monitoring system and a series of documentation in order to log results and / or communicate information from the checks.

Equipment and Scale Calibration
Checks to be completed prior to, during and post production operations on a daily basis and include calibration / checking of the following items of equipment (although not an exhaustive list):

• Carcass rail scales (weight checking),
• Bulk / O.C.M scales (weight checking),
• Metal detector units,
• Steriliser unit (temperature checking),

Audits
Completion of a variety of internal based audits at required frequencies – some daily, some weekly, some monthly.

Main audit types are:

• Good Manufacturing Practice (G.M.P)
• Glass & Perspex (G & P)
• Fabrication / Maintenance
• Foreign body
• Labelling & traceability

Audits need to be undertaken in a professional manner, communicating at a variety of levels inter-departmentally in order to highlight both conformity and, where relevant, non-conformity.

Feeding back audit findings to Q.A supervisors and / or managers.

Interacting with customers and / or 3rd party auditors / visitors when required – maintaining a positive and professional manner at all times.

Document Completion
A high level of accuracy and good standard of written English & literacy are required in order to produce legible documentation.

Benefits

Subsidised Canteen serving Breakfast and Lunch

Pension

Refer A Friend

Cycle to Work scheme

Hamper at Christmas

Training initiatives