QA Inspector

Overview

Job Title: QA Inspector (12hr shifts rotating days and nights)

Salary: 30596 per annum

Department: Production

Reports to: Shift Manager

Overall Role Purpose

The main purpose of the role is complete ½ hourly quality checks of the finished product against the finished product specifications and advise stakeholders of any deviations, with the aim of meeting AQL. Restrict any product which is out of specification.

• Check the finished product quality against finished product specifications, including customer specific checks where relevant.
• Inform relevant operators of any deviations from customer specifications and liaise with them with the aim to get product back into specification. Conduct rechecks in line with procedures and tag out of specification product.
• Input data from quality and process checks into Excel /QA system/SAP and completes reference batch sheets.
• Maintain the cleanliness of own working area and relevant equipment.
• Ensure own work and own team’s work is compliant with relevant legal, health and safety, environmental and human resources policies, procedures, objectives, and regulations.
• Carry out swabbing in line with Allergen and ATP swabbing schedules. Request recleans if needed and re-swab. Release equipment for use when all swabs pass.
• Carry out calibration, weight checks and temperature checks in line with work schedule.
• Complete ingredient checks for packaging.
• Collect samples in line with procedure and as requested.
• Log any Foreign material (FM) finds and restrict any FM contaminated product if required.
• Completes a thorough handover at the end of each shift to counterpart on following shift.
• Any other reasonable task as requested by your supervisor/manager and daytime QA

• Process Supervisor
• Packaging Supervisor
• Fryer Operator
• Process Operator
• Shift Manager
• Multi skilled Process Operators
• Daytime QA

Maths and English GCSE (or equivalent).

Lamb Weston chemical training, H+S, GMP and Food Safety desirable

• 2-3 years’ product-specific food manufacturing experience.
• Quality control experience.
• SAP/SCADA experience.
• Experience of Microsoft Excel.

• Integrity
  :
  We do the right thing every time, even when no one is looking
• Inclusion
  :
  We embrace differences and make it safe to be ourselves because we all count
• Empowerment
  :
  We think like leaders and act like owners
• Teamwork
  : see the bigger picture and become stronger by putting our heads together
• Drive for results
  :
  We challenge ourselves and each other to find better ways to do things, raising the bar for what’s possible