QA Technician

We’re looking for an energetic and detail-oriented QA Technician to join our Quality team at our Twin Brook site in Clitheroe, home to our centre of excellence for pickled and fermented vegetables. This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of our production process, playing a key role in maintaining the highest standards of quality, food safety and compliance.

You’ll help ensure that every product leaving our site meets our customer expectations, as well as all relevant legal and safety requirements.

About The Compleat Food Group

At The Compleat Food Group, we’re proud to be a food business built on purpose and passion. Formed in 2021, we’re on a mission to create

Food to Feel Good – great quality, tasty and affordable food that people love to eat.

We’re home to some of the UK’s most exciting and loved food brands, including

Wall’s Pastry, Pork Farms, Wrights, The Real Yorkshire Pudding Co., unearthed, Vadasz, Squeaky Bean, Palace Culture, and Harvey & Brockless. Alongside our branded portfolio, we’re a leading supplier of delicious own-label pastry, sweet bakery, party food, olives and antipasti, added-value egg products, continental meats, dips and sauces and plant-based food to the UK’s major retailers, as well as across food service.

Withover 6,000 talented colleagues across 17 sites, and an annual turnover of £1.3bn, we’re united by a shared ambition to shape the future of food for the better.

We are backed by European private equity firm PAI Partners.

To help ensure we consistently deliver safe, legal and high-quality products by carrying out routine quality checks, monitoring compliance with site procedures, customer standards and food safety requirements. You’ll play an important role in maintaining high standards across the site and supporting the continuous development of a positive food safety and quality culture, helping to ensure that quality and safety remain at the heart of everything we do.

• Conduct routine quality checks on raw materials, packaging, work-in-progress, and finished products.
• Verify that products meet customer specifications and quality standards.
• Complete and maintain accurate quality records and documentation.
• Perform product sampling and testing according to established procedures.
• Monitor critical control points (CCPs) and quality control points (QCPs).
• Verify adherence to hygiene standards, including gowning procedures and personnel practices.
• Verify environmental temperatures and report deviations.
• Conduct factory inspections to identify food safety or quality risks.
• Monitor cleaning effectiveness and sanitation standards.
• Ensure segregation of allergens, raw materials, WIP and finished products is maintained.

• Record inspection results accurately and report deviations promptly.
• Maintain calibration records for measuring and testing equipment.
• Prepare quality reports and trend analysis data.
• Escalate food safety, quality, or legal compliance concerns to management.

• Support production teams in understanding quality requirements.
• Promote positive food safety and quality culture.
• Assist with staff training in quality and hygiene procedures when required.

• Understand health and safety responsibilities, site rules and any issues that could affect their own or others’ health,…