AddressAbout the role
We are looking for a Quality Controller(QC) to join the Day Warehouse team. As a Quality Controller (QC), you will ensure that all goods in are monitored effectively following food safety guidelines and checked into the building. You will ensure that all goods in are monitored, completing visual inspection of deliveries to ensure that the quality and quantity are adhered to.
What you will do:
- Ensure all goods in are monitored completing visual inspection to ensure produce matches all descriptions, that there are no discrepancies and that all checks are complete for any damages, contamination and other risks.
- Make sure you are working in a safe area for yourself and those around you, so special awareness is always essential, and that health and safety is adhered to.
- Booking in using tablets with an in-house system
- Check in all goods and purchase orders accurately following food safety standards, quality and specifications matching correct counts of incoming goods.
- Conduct daily quality checks on current stock to ensure quality is of the high standards our customers require.
- Warehouse duties of moving pallets from loading bay using powered trucks and organising to the required departments by splitting down pallets which requires manual handling.
- Follow correct non-conformance procedures of rejecting any goods that don’t meet the goods in monitoring standards and liaising with manager/supervisor promptly.
- Monitor daily customer quality reports to ensure there are no issues and to feedback promptly to relevant team members.
- Work closely with yard and warehouse teams to ensure maintain efficiency of incoming goods.
- Maintain a good housekeeping culture to ensure workspace is tidy and audit ready.
- Support QC team members to complete checks,
- Complete daily tasks and accountabilities.
- Monitoring of high risk products
What you will need:
- A good attention to detail
- Willingness to work as part of a team
- Ability to use your initiative
- Good understanding of product quality
- Competence in using computers as most our work is done via this method
This role is commutable from Nelson, Colne, Barnoldswick, Earby, Burnley and Accrington with good access to the M65.
Let us tell you some more benefits you would receive:
- Fancy volunteering? We will give you one day off a year to take part in volunteering.
- Generous discounts on our products
- Cycle to Work Scheme that offers discounted bikes and cycling equipment.
- Donate through your pay to a charity of your choice. The money is simply deducted through your pay before tax, so for every pound you donate, the 20p that usually goes to tax will go to the charity instead!
- We also have a range of employee assistance services which can be tailored to give you support on various matters such as financial, health and wellbeing advice.
- We treat our teams to a free meal every few months, from our visiting fish & chip van, to freshly made bacon baps from our in-house chefs
About us
Wellocks, is one of the leading UK food distributors in the hospitality industry. We provide fruit, vegetables, dairy, eggs, poultry, meat, store cupboard essentials and everything else chefs will need in their restaurant kitchen. Thanks to our highly skilled team, we also offer pre-prepared veg and freshly-made pasta which is a key part of our service.
From our humble beginnings in 1961 supplying potatoes to local pubs and restaurants, 60 years later we now supply over 1,200 restaurant kitchens across the country with amazing ingredients.
We’re proud to be part of the William Jackson Food Group, a dedicated family-owned food business which started in 1851. Our sister businesses are Abel & Cole, Jacksons Bakery and Belazu. Family values and the commitment which comes with such a long-standing business are rooted in our culture here at Wellocks.
Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully. We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!
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Anna Heyworth
