QA Operative PM

Danish Crown A/S; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Quality Assurance (QA) operative for their PM shift in Rochdale. In this hands-on role, you will support the food safety team with essential checks, verification activities, and audits, ensuring compliance with site policies and customer requirements. Strong communication skills are crucial as you'll interact directly with production teams. A background in food safety and prior QA experience are preferred. This full-time position offers development opportunities in a global business.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Enhanced company sick pay

Matched company pension scheme

Heavily discounted meat

Well-being programs

Free parking

Free tea and coffee

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous working knowledge of Food Safety & Hygiene, HACCP & BRC.
• Experience of Non-Conformance management.
• Able to communicate precise information for food safety incidents.
• Experience within a factory environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the food safety team with checks, verification activities, and audits.
• Ensure compliance with site policies and customer COPs.
• Build strong working relationships with Production.
• Complete internal audits and communicate actions.

Skills

Food Safety & Hygiene knowledge

Non-Conformance management

QA/Technical experience

External audits (BRC)

Computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Excellent communication skills

Factory environment experience

Internal audit skills

Complaints investigation experience

Ability to work under pressure

Flexibility and multitasking

Education

Food Safety & Hygiene knowledge

Non-Conformance management experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

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We are a food company owned by Danish farmers, supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers all over the world. From butchers to business developers, we are more than 26,000 colleagues.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for processing operatives to join our team working on bacon and gammon product production lines.

Why come to Danish Crown? – Here’s a few reasons for you to think about.

Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and share parental leave

Enhanced company sick pay

Matched company pension scheme

Heavily discounted meat for all staff through the staff shop.

Well-being programmes, with free optional health care cash plans to cover your everyday healthcare costs and which offer a wide range of digital and virtual wellbeing tools to support both your health and the people you care about.

Free Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues and their families

Free parking

Free tea and coffee on all sites

Development opportunities for those that would like to progress in a global business

We are looking for a new QA to join the PM shift. As QA you will hold an essential support role to the food safety team, being responsible for various checks, verification activities and audits related to food safety, quality and integrity. You will assist in assuring compliance to site policies, procedures and customer COP’s.

This is a shop floor-based role so is suitable for someone who enjoys a hands‑on position and requires building a strong working relationship with Production.

The hours of work are 14.00 to 23.15 Monday to Friday (42.5 hours per week).

Specific Tasks

• Some previous working knowledge of Food Safety & Hygiene, HACCP & BRC
• Previous knowledge/experience of Non-Conformance management
• QA/Technical experience & experience of External audits (BRC)
• A good level of computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point), competent in report writing
• Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate precise information to help deal with food safety incidents
• Experience of working within a factory environment
• Internal audit skills, ability to complete an internal audit, communicate and close the actions
• Complaints / Non-Conformances investigation experience
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver to deadlines
• Flexibility and ability to multitask

Also, completing any reasonable additional tasks to support business needs as required.

Educational Background

• Some previous working knowledge of Food Safety & Hygiene, HACCP & BRC
• Previous knowledge/experience of Non-Conformance management