Technical Assistant

The Role

Monday to Friday 0830-1700

• To ensure quality standards are maintained to customer expectations.
• To manage finished product shelf life sample assessment and trend reporting.
• To manage & conduct training as per site requirements
• To conduct quality checks on incoming materials
• To conduct quality panels / log and report quality issues to the team
• To conduct sample collection & delivery to customers
• To complete online quality control & paperwork verification checks
• To manage daily/weekly/monthly factory paperwork archive
• To conduct temperature monitoring checks
• Support NPD trials on line
• To provide support (including process controls) to production
• To investigate customer complaints and production non-conformances as they arise for the site.
• To maintain control & issue of miscellaneous food safety items(e.g., Plasters, cable ties, pens, markers, ear defenders etc.)
• To conduct pre-production swabbing checks - Allergen rapid and ATP
• To manage the site training matrix & identify training requirements.
• To conduct ongoing training including procedure updates & relevant team briefs
• Manage Monthly Technical report generation
• Any other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Food related qualification
• Familiar with BRC
• Management of Site Customer based audits
• Internal Auditing qualification

The Person

• 3^rd level Education Graduate Calibre
• Experience working in a FMCG manufacturing environment
• Familiar with BRC /FSSC22000 standards
• Understanding of Quality Management Systems
• Management of Site Customer based audits
• Experienced using Microsoft packages
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to liaise with people (internal and external) across all levels
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• High level of literacy and numeracy skills
• Must be flexible