Quality Assurance Technician - PM Shift

Quality Assurance Technician – PM Shift

PROPER SNACKS – Nuneaton

Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom

We are looking for a QA Technician to join our Nuneaton-based Technical team. At PROPER SNACKS the Technical team are the taste makers and gatekeepers of quality and food safety, ensuring the most delicious products are ending up in our snackers’ hands. You will operate as an integral part of the site’s quality & technical team based in the Nuneaton Snacktory and report into the Quality Manager.

Monday to Friday, 2pm‑10pm.

• Attend daily Tier 1 meeting and effectively communicate & escalate issues as required.
• Monitor product safety, quality and legality and ensure issues are escalated appropriately and the right actions are taken.
• Carry out routine internal audits, including Glass & Brittle plastics & Quality audits.
• Verify key measuring equipment such as scales, oxygen meters, etc. on schedule.
• Prepare and partake in sampling and organoleptic testing (taste panels).
• Communicate with Shift Managers, Team Leaders and Engineers about issues arising during GMP, CCPs or any internal/external audit to ensure corrective actions are taken and support the production team during investigations.
• Ensure all checks, data entry and paperwork are completed accurately & on time, in line with company policy.
• Provide coaching and assistance to production team members to support problem‑solving activities.
• Check intake of raw materials to ensure ingredients are fit for purpose.
• Assist a member of the technical team with ad‑hoc tasks as reasonably required.

• Some quality assurance experience, ideally in a food manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of GMP and basic food safety principles.
• IT literacy – MS Office, e‑mail, Excel, Smart‑Device apps.
• Good communicator with strong spoken and written skills.
• Good numeracy skills – ability to work out averages, percentages, etc.
• Detail‑oriented and diligent.
• Team player who collaborates effectively.
• Strong influencer to build good cross‑departmental relationships.
• Reliable and flexible can‑do attitude.
• Food Safety HACCP (Level 2 qualification) – desirable.

PROPER SNACKS is the home of PROPER and Eat Real – the UK’s fastest‑growing major snacks company. We’re a diverse team of builders, thinkers, creators and makers based in London and Nuneaton, serving snackers across Europe. Our values are:
Be builder, Dream bigger, Seriously fun.

PROPER and Eat Real is an equal opportunities employer and we do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the recruitment or interview process.