Quality Auditor; Intake

We're excited to offer a great opportunity for a Quality Auditor (Intake) to join our dedicated Technical team in Ebbw Vale, where you'll play a key role in inspecting and testing incoming raw materials and packaging, identifying non-conformities and working closely with suppliers to resolve issues and ensure the highest standards of quality and compliance.

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.

With over 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.

Working Hours: Monday
- Friday: 7am - 3pm

Location: Ebbw Vale
- Wales

Salary: £28,915 per annum

As a Quality Auditor (Intake), you'll play a key role in ensuring that all raw material deliveries, including packaging, meet company and customer specifications. You'll carry out inspections and testing on incoming materials, identify any non-conformities, and liaise directly with suppliers to drive investigations and ensure issues are resolved effectively. Your work will help maintain the highest standards of quality, food safety and compliance from the very start of the production process.

• Manage the receipt of raw materials and packaging, ensuring all deliveries comply with approved specifications, artwork and QAS requirements, and that all required certifications and supporting documentation meet agreed standards.
• Ensure chemical, microbiological and organoleptic samples are collected in line with current sampling and testing schedules, following the required procedures to maintain sample integrity and traceability.
• Ensure samples are booked onto the laboratory portal and dispatched to the appropriate laboratory for testing. Review and assess results before releasing materials, and promptly report, investigate and action any out-of-specification results.
• Inspect incoming packaging against approved standards, specifications and artwork requirements before authorising its release for use.
• Conduct and document temperature verification checks for products and the relevant production or storage environments, escalating any results outside defined limits.
• Conduct CCP verification activities relevant to the area being worked in, accurately record findings and promptly report any non-conformances for appropriate corrective action.
• Participate in regulatory, certification and customer audits, supporting audit preparation, providing relevant evidence and assisting with the timely completion of any resulting corrective actions.
• Conduct scheduled calibration and verification checks on relevant equipment, accurately record the results and elevate any equipment found to be outside acceptable tolerances.
• Communicate with suppliers regarding non-conformances, obtain appropriate investigation findings and corrective actions, and provide clear feedback and updates to the site.
• Complete and communicate supplier non-conformance…