Quality Auditor

Our story goes back more than 150 years, to the chilly southern coast of Scandinavia. From our early success in Sweden and Denmark, we’ve grown into the world’s leading specialist producer of plant-based oils, employing more than 4,000 people all across the globe. We work with our customers to make the products you love even better. The oils we produce go into making your chocolate extra‑creamy or putting the crunch into your croissant.

And it’s not just food — we work across industries to make products that are higher quality, healthier and better for the planet. Everything we do is about Making Better Happen™.

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AAK Foods are seeking to appoint a Quality Auditor to join the Technical Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for raising quality and site standards and providing technical support across the business. The role reports directly to the Quality Manager. Working hours will be 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday, on a rolling 3 shift pattern (06:00 – 14:00 – 14:00 – 22:00 – 22:00 – 06:00).

• Develop and ensure complete compliance with all food safety and quality standards including BRC, Customer Codes of Practice, HACCP and Legislation requirements.
• Carry out QMS, GMP, G&HP internal audits to ensure compliance across all departments.
• Ensure that all shift tasks are completed against the QA matrix.
• Support with complaint investigations to ensure appropriate corrective and preventative actions are taken.
• Carry out Allergen, Micro, Environmental swabbing against Technical schedules.
• Support the site on traceability exercises when required.
• Conduct daily taste panels against the product quality attribute sheets.
• Be a Food Safety Culture champion and support the site.
• Work collaboratively with all departments to ensure root cause analysis is undertaken to facilitate continuous improvement projects and ways of working.

• Previous experience working in a similar role (FMCG experience advantageous)
• Strong attention to detail.
• Food hygiene/HACCP qualification is an advantage.
• Able to work well within a team or on own initiative.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to find areas for improvement.
• Problem solving skills.
• Able to make and communicate decisions.

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Company pension 1% Employee, 7% employer.
• UK Healthcare Scheme, Including Gym And Lifestyle Discounts.
• Life Assurance Cover.
• Free Hot Drinks.
• Free Parking Onsite.
• On-Site Canteen Serving Hot Food.
• Investment in training and development.

Everything AAK does is about Making Better Happen™. We specialize in plant-based oils that are the value‑adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. At the heart of AAK’s offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant‑based Foods, Special Nutrition, Food service and Personal Care.

Our 4,000 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers, and with the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen™ for more than 150 years.

AAK prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of students in its programs and activities, or in employment and application for employment.