Quality Auditor

Yeo Valley; Crewkerne, Blagdon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK dairy producer is seeking a Quality Auditor to drive a quality culture at their Crewkerne site. This role involves coaching stakeholders, ensuring compliance with food safety standards, and monitoring product quality in a dynamic work environment. Ideal candidates will possess HACCP and food safety certifications, alongside strong coaching abilities. The company offers competitive benefits, including a non-contributory pension scheme, healthcare cashback plan, and annual bonuses based on performance.

Benefits

Competitive holiday allowance

Non-contributory pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cashback plan

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidized products and services

Preferential partner rates

Annual bonus based on performance

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Formal qualification or demonstrable experience in food safety or quality.
• HACCP level 3 certification essential.
• Food safety level 3 certification required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with quality and food safety standards.
• Coach site functions on food safety and quality practices.
• Monitor product quality and compliance in real-time.
• Support cross-functional improvements with stakeholders.

Skills

Coaching skills

Food safety knowledge

HACCP understanding

Education

Food degree

HACCP level 3

Food safety level 3

Job description

So, what will I be doing?

As a Quality Auditor you'll be driving a quality culture across our Crewkerne site. Coaching and motivating the key stakeholders you'll be working with, you'll be acting as a catalyst for influencing continuous improvement and better ways of working.

This position is for day/late shift (10am until 10pm) working a 4on 4off shift pattern.

You'll be working with a variety of stakeholder on a range of project and initiatives to drive improvements during a hugely exciting time at Cannington as we embark on a number of site specific initiatives and launches.

In our business you'll be responsible for

• Upholding legal, customer and consumers expectations, and ensuring we are operating in a true quality, food safety focused, working environment.
• Supporting and coaching all site functions on food safety and quality aspects of production.
• Providing an operationally proactive Quality Assurance presencein order tomonitor real time manufacturing Product Quality and Compliance to Quality Standards and Technical Procedures.
• Supporting cross functional improvements when requiredacross allkey stakeholders.

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

Essential

• Formal qualification or demonstrable experience
• HACCP level 3
• Food safety level 3

Even better if you possess

• Food degree
• Internal audit qualification
• Good coaching skills

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• competitive holiday allowance
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidized Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.