QC Lab Technician

Salary: £33,600 – £43,200 per year

This role reports directly to the Quality Manager. The purpose of the Lab Technician role is to carry out the day to day testing of the manufactured products in our QC laboratory, to report on various test results on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and to uphold the auditing schedules in place to ensure the company is audit ready at all times.

This role will be initially on a temporary contract for 6 month, however is likely to be made permanent.

Duties include:

• Conducting and organising tests following product testing schedules internally and externally.
• Working within the team to resolve quality issues both internally and externally.
• Training employees (coaching employees, assisting with producing work instructions, facilitating training sessions).
• Acting as an internal auditor for QMS, Hygiene and GMP Audits.
• Monitoring product safety within chillers and freezers (with input from the Engineering department and Quality Manager).
• Raising and reacting to Non-conformances.
• Ensuring adherence to quality standards (raw material, WIP, finished product, etc.).
• Participating and managing HACCP procedures.
• Conducting traceability activities (internally and during audits).
• Providing appropriate cover for Quality Manager.

Essential skills, experience and knowledge requirements:

The successful candidate must have;

• Basic understanding of HACCP
• Food Safety level 2 – Minimum
• Experience in a food manufacturing plant or FMCG plant
• Good problem-solving skills
• Effective management skills
• Ability to react quickly to issues
• Effective communication skills
• An understanding of audit processes
• Experience of delivering effective training programmes
• Good IT Skills, Microsoft Office and in particular Excel