Advert:
Role: Quality Assurance
Location: Fakenham, Norfolk
Working Hours: Monday - Thursday 06:00AM - 18:00PM
Salary: £13.25 Per Hour
Are you passionate about food quality, food safety, and delivering products that customers can trust?
We're looking for a proactive and detail-focused Quality Assurance (QA) Technician to join our Technical team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in food manufacturing or FMCG who enjoys working in a fast-paced production environment and wants to play a key role in ensuring our products consistently meet the highest standards of quality and food safety.
As a Quality Assurance Technician, you'll be responsible for monitoring and maintaining food safety, quality, and legal compliance standards across our manufacturing operation. You will work closely with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Technical teams to ensure products meet customer expectations and company standards.
Key Responsibilities
Conducting routine quality inspections and product assessments throughout the manufacturing process.
Monitoring production to ensure all products meet specification requirements.
Carrying out product, water and environmental sampling, testing, and recording results accurately.
Supporting the investigation of quality issues and implementing corrective actions.
Maintaining quality records, documentation, and traceability information.
Supporting customer, internal and third-party audits.
Monitoring hygiene and environmental standards across site.
Managing organoleptic taste panels and reporting findings.
Supporting product investigations, customer complaints and recall activities where required.
Promoting a strong food safety and quality culture throughout the business.
Identifying and reporting health and safety concerns.
Verifying equipment checks, including metal detectors, x-ray systems and checkweighers.
What you will need for the Role:
We're keen to hear from candidates who have:
Experience within a food manufacturing or FMCG environment.
A good understanding of HACCP, GMP, food safety systems and quality standards.
Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills.
Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
The ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Competency using Microsoft Office and quality documentation systems.
A flexible approach to working hours, including occasional day and night shift cover when required.
Confidence to make decisions and stop production where food safety or quality standards may be compromised.
Desirable Experience
Previous experience working in a QA or Technical role.
Knowledge of food manufacturing processes and environments
What can we offer you?
Option to purchase additional annual leave
A day off work to support our charity partners
Flexible working options
Pension
Medical benefit
And access to a HUB that offers many discounts from a range of suppliers and retailers
About The Hain Celestial Group
Hain Celestial Group is a leading health and wellness company whose purpose is to inspire healthier living for people, communities and the planet through better-for-you brands. For more than 30 years, our portfolio of beloved brands has intentionally focused on delivering nutrition and well-being that positively impacts today and tomorrow. Headquartered in Hoboken, N.J., Hain Celestial’s products across snacks, baby/kids, beverages, meal preparation, and personal care, are marketed and sold in over 75 countries around the world. Our leading brands include Garden Veggie™ snacks, Terra® chips, Garden of Eatin’® snacks, Earth’s Best® and Ella’s Kitchen® baby and kids foods, Celestial Seasonings® teas, Joya® and Natumi® plant-based beverages, Greek Gods® yogurt, Cully & Sully®, Imagine® and New Covent Garden® soups, Yves® and Linda McCartney’s® (under license) meat-free, and Alba Botanica® natural sun care, among others.
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