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Technical | QA Assistant - Nightshift

Job in Irlam, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M9, England, UK
Listing for: Birtwistles Food Group
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-12
Job specializations:
  • Quality Assurance - QA/QC
    Food Quality & Safety, Quality Technician/ Inspector, Quality Control / Manager, QA Specialist / Manager
  • Manufacturing / Production
    QA Specialist / Manager
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 34000 GBP Yearly GBP 34000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Irlam

Are you an experienced Technical | QA Assistant looking for a new challenge?

About the Role We pride ourselves on being a people-focused business. Our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals. We do this by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope, and pace of change.

Our culture is the foundation of our business and is reflect in our Mission, Vision, and Values statements.

The post-holder will be responsible for effectively contributing to the work of the technical department, ensuring that effective technical service to the site is maintained and developed.

The post holder will also be responsible for monitoring the factory quality & food safety systems and for determining that quality, safety, and legality are met at each stage of the process by liaising effectively with all relevant parties in a policing capacity.

The main responsibilities of the role are:

Maintaining the Food Safety System policies and procedures
HACCP Studies
Document Control
Coordination of internal audits and distributing the results and ensuring all corrective actions are completed
Collecting micro samples as per schedule
Traceability
Investigations into complaints
Daily auditing of CCPs
Daily label checks
Calibration
Auditing of processing records
GMP/Fabric audits
Temperature checks
Quality checks

The nature of the role requires a flexible approach to working hours.

Core working hours are:

Nights:
Monday to Friday 20.00 to 06.00.

We would welcome applications for this Technical QA Assistant role with the following skills:
Quality Assurance, Technical, Microbiology, Food Science, Food Technology, Compliance, Health & Safety, Food Safety, HACCP, Communication, IT Literate, Quality Standards, Organoleptic Techniques, Audit.

Benefits
Staff sales
20 days holiday plus bank holidays
Birthday vouchers
Employee of the month bonus
Free health checks
Benefits
Staff sales
20 days holiday plus bank holidays
Free car parking
Birthday voucher

Requirements

For this Technical QA Assistant role, it is essential you have a minimum of two years in a technical role with a minimum of one year meat industry and BRC experience
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