JOB TITLE: Internal Quality Auditor
REPORTS TO: Site Technical and Health & Safety Manager
DEPUTY: Technical and Health & Safety Compliance Co-Ordinator
Based - Conwy
Our client is seeking an experienced Auditor to join their Team.
Employment Package:
- Salary £28k (negotiable, dependent on experience and qualifications).
Objectives
- To ensure that Technical and Food Safety procedures are followed.
- To ensure the Quality Management systems are adhered to.
- To support New Product Development Trial and Testing processes.
- To ensure Health and Safety systems are adhered to.
Main Tasks & Responsibilities
Food Safety
- Auditing of Good Manufacturing Practice & processes, to include factory environment, staff facilities, exterior & fabrication of the building, and product quality audits
- Ensuring traceability procedures are followed within the factory
- Carrying out forward and backward, & mass balance traceability checks
- Glass and plastics checks
- Allergen control and verification, ensuring the pre-requisite programme is followed
- Implementation of corrective action when required
- Monitoring of CCP's within the factory
- Co-ordinate factory production trials within the factory for the NPD process
- Assist with third party audits and customer visits
- Training of site personnel
- Carry out staff briefings
- Internal Auditing
- Maintain the Safety Culture System
- Specification collation and review process
- Supplier approval and monitoring
- Auditing on a daily basis of factory documentation.
Health and Safety
- Assist in Health and Safety audits
- Assist in Legislation implementation and research
- Assist in Maintaining Health and Safety Management System
Candidate Criteria & Qualifications
Prior experience
- Previous experience (1 to 2 years) in a similar role:
- Previous experience within the food manufacturing industry (2 to 3 years).
- Good understanding of HACCP, VACCP and TACCP
Qualifications
Internal Auditing qualification desirable but full training can be given.
Must have at least 2 years' experience of Food Manufacturing experience preferably in compliance role.
HACCP Level 2
Food Safety Level 2
Competency & Skills
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- Professional approach with strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong administrative, record keeping and reporting skills.
- Proficient in the use of MicroSoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Ability to work on own initiative and co-operatively with others.
Personal Attributes
- Integrity: Does the right thing, gives credit where it's due, can admit to making mistakes and honours commitments.
- Perseverance - Can overcome adversity, does their best, aims to exceed expectations and looks for the positive.
- Consideration - Works together to support the whole team, appreciates diversity, looks out for their colleagues and avoids making assumptions.
- Adaptability - Embraces change, responds dynamically, can think creatively and has a desire to improve their selves.