Quality Controller | Wolverhampton
| Company: | Scotbeef Ltd |
| Location: | West Midlands |
| Salary: | Competitive |
| Ref | QCO-08 |
|---|---|
| Vacancy | Quality Controller |
| Category | Full Time |
| Location | Wolverhampton |
| Closing Date | Open Vacancy |
At Scotbeef Ltd, we are currently going through an exciting period of growth and have a fantastic opportunity for a Quality Controller to join our team.
We are a family-owned business with more than 100 years of experience in supplying high-quality meat products to the UK retail sector, foodservice and export markets. Our company was founded in 1920 and is now run by the 4th generation of the Galloway family and have sites strategically located throughout the UK that allows us to achieve our overall mission to be the best producers of innovative, high quality food products.
As Quality Controller you will be responsible for implementing our Food Safety plan in line with Quality policies and procedures. Ensuring all quality documentation is completed satisfactorily, including AutoCoding whilst complying at all times with company operating requirements, especially in respect of quality, health, safety & ethics, traceability, product integrity, labelling and company personal & food hygiene rules.
Main responsibilities
- Ensure implementation of food safety and quality policies and procedures.
- Conduct checks at all stages of the process from raw materials to finished product.
- Ensure all raw materials are checked at intake and report any non-conformance to supervisor.
- Conduct all start up checks in relation to metal detection.
- Ensure strict adherence to quality, food safety, hygiene, ethical, product labelling and allergen handling processes.
- Conduct taste panels as per customer requirements.
- Assist in the investigation of customer complaints.
- Assist in conducting internal audits.
- Collect & log micro samples when required.
- Produce and maintain all appropriate records.
- Ensure own familiarity and compliance with company policies and procedures, standards of operation and safe operating procedures.
- Ensure consistent and timely attendance at work.
- Provide flexibility to meet company operating requirements.
- Provide pro- and re-active and supportive verbal and written communication to team members, supervisors and managers.
Skills required
- Speaking, writing and understanding good spoken and written English language. (This is an essential health & safety, traceability and quality control requirement which will be tested as part of the recruitment process).
- Basic numeracy skills.
- Attentive to detail.
- Flexible, adaptable and keen to learn.
- Learning and implementing new information quickly.
- Strong team collaborator.
- Accreditation Food Hygiene equivalent at minimum level 2; able and willing to gain level 3.
- Good communication skills at all levels.
- Flexible, adaptable and keen to support others’ development.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule: 8 hour shift
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Quality control: 1 year (preferred)