Quality Assurance Auditor​/Night Shift

Position: Quality Assurance Auditor / Night Shift
Quality Assurance Auditor / Night Shift £29,562.64 – £34,345.46 per annum Night Shift – 10PM–6AM Monday – Friday Site Based The Company A leading food manufacturing business operating within a fast-paced production environment. The company supplies products to a broad customer base across the retail, wholesale and food-to-go sectors. The business is continuing to grow and is looking to strengthen its Quality team with a conscientious and detail-focused QA Auditor who can help maintain high standards across food safety, quality and compliance.

The Role You will be responsible for carrying out quality checks across the production and packing processes, ensuring products meet internal standards, customer specifications and legal requirements. Working closely with Production and other departments, you will monitor critical control points, complete internal audits, maintain accurate quality records and identify and escalate non-conformances. You will also support corrective actions, traceability checks, allergen management, customer complaint investigations and external audit preparation.

This is a hands-on, site-based quality position with a strong presence on the production floor. It would suit someone with previous food manufacturing quality experience who is confident challenging non-conformances and supporting a positive food safety and quality culture.

Key Responsibilities Carrying out routine quality checks throughout the production and packing processes Completing MAP, lead detector and seal integrity checks Ensuring products meet internal quality standards, customer specifications and legal requirements Monitoring CCPs and other quality checkpoints in line with HACCP requirements Identifying and reporting non-conformances and escalating issues promptly Supporting corrective and preventative actions when quality issues arise Working closely with production teams to communicate quality standards and resolve concerns Conducting scheduled GMP, hygiene and site-standard audits Assessing compliance with food safety and quality management systems across the factory Ensuring quality records are completed accurately and in line with company procedures Documenting audit findings and supporting the development of corrective action plans Following up previous audit actions to verify effective close-out Supporting preparation for BRCGS, customer and regulatory audits Supporting traceability checks, allergen management and shelf-life monitoring Assisting with customer complaint investigations and root-cause analysis Monitoring hygiene standards across the site and escalating issues where required Supporting microbiological sampling and product-testing requirements Promoting a strong food safety and quality culture across the site Working with other departments to ensure quality expectations are understood and achieved Identifying recurring issues and opportunities to improve quality standards and processes Assisting with updates to procedures and quality documentation

The Person Previous experience within a QA, Quality Assurance or food safety position Previous experience within food manufacturing

Experience with in a chilled or high-care manufacturing environment would be advantageous Good understanding of HACCP, GMP and BRC food safety standards Experience completing audits, reporting non-conformances and supporting corrective actions Knowledge of allergen controls, traceability and retailer standards Excellent attention to detail with a methodical and thorough approach Strong observational skills and the confidence to challenge non-conformances Clear communication skills with the ability to work across all levels of the business Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage…