Quality Assurance Technician

Quality Assurance Technician Nights
Job Title:Quality Assurance Technician
Reports to:Quality Assurance Shift Manager
Location: Sunnyhills Road, Leek, ST13 5SP
Hours: Fixed nights 10pm-6am
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.
Are you a meticulous individual with a keen eye for detail looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?
Ornua is actively seeking a Quality Technician to join our technical department as we continue our growth trajectory. The QA Technician will play a key role in maintaining our food safety standards and contributing to our vision of being a Best in Class technical function.
Why Ornua?
Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Kerrygold, Pilgrims Choice.
Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.
Why This Role Is Valuable:
The QA Technician is responsible for leading on;
Auditing of people, products, systems, procedures, and documentation to identify areas of (possible) non-compliance and ensure the necessary corrective action is taken
Maintain quality related records in an orderly manner to allow efficient filing, retrieval, and archiving
Carry out customer/consumer complaint investigation
Maintain the Non-Conformance system, carry out monthly trend analysis
Maintain hygiene standards by following cleaning schedules and keep work areas clean and tidy by adopting ‘clean as you go’ principles
To undertake any other associated duties which may arise.
What You Bring To The Role:
Keen eye for detail
Computer literate with knowledge of MS office
Ability to learn and understand key principles
Organised and confident to work independently
Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.
Would you like to make an impact?
To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com