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Form of workQuality Control Technician
Permanent
County Durham
£11.55 per Hour (+Shift Allowance)
J14631
Rewards and Benefits on Offer;
- Permanent Contract.
- Additional Shift Allowance.
- Free On-site Parking.
- Immediate Start Available.
- Full Training Available.
- Generous Pension Scheme.
- Holiday Entitlement.
MTrec’s New Opportunity;
MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious Food Manufacturing client, based in Durham, with their newest recruitment drive, by recruiting a permanent Quality Control Technician to join their team. A successful candidate will be responsible for working a 3 Shift System to ensure that finished goods conform to food legislation, BRCGS, customer and quality standards, as well as, controlling the positive release of finished goods following successful testing of products.
If you are an experienced Quality Control Technician, looking for your next career move, apply now for an immediate response!
The Job You’ll Do;
- QC testing of raw materials, intermediate & finished products to ensure compliance with the prescribed standards.
- Maintenance of the testing records and recording any deviations
- Calibration and / or verification of laboratory & production equipment
- Maintaining certificates of analysis for laboratory testing equipment
- Identification & control of non-conforming products ensuring that effected products are held and communicated to the wider team.
- Coordination of external laboratory testing including microbiological, chemical and allergens. Ensuring samples are submitted and any out of specification results are reported.
- Creation of accurate finished product certificates of analysis for customers
- Formulation and label checks of finished products, ensuring the accuracy of the information provided.
- To regularly audit the site for compliance of products, processes & personnel to agreed standards.
- From the audit process identify areas of non-conformance or other issues. Either personally or with the operations team management, take appropriate action to resolve and ensure the non-conformity is appropriately recorded and communicated.
- To monitor the effectiveness of plant cleaning and hygiene control to ensure products meet their specification requirements.
- To ensure documentation is correctly completed and filed.
- To help, motivate and train operators with respect to understanding of Quality Systems in particular personnel/plant hygiene thereby promoting a Quality Culture
- To provide support in identifying and investigating sources of foreign body contamination
- Personally demonstrate the correct safety and hygiene behaviours.
- Support a culture that enhances behavioural awareness to reduce accidents and near misses both from a health & safety and food safety and quality perspective.
- Provide technical support to the production & product development teams.
- Investigation of customer complaints to establish robust root causes.
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment.
- Ensure any issue are communicated to other members of the team.
- Any other reasonable tasks as directed by a manager.
About You;
- Food Manufacturing Experience
- Experience in Quality Control or Quality Assurance
- Knowledge of Hygiene standards
- Knowledge of Technical standards
- HACCP
- QA auditing experience
- Computer Literate
