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Job Description

Reporting into the Quality Assurance Manager the QA Technician will be responsible for a broad range of duties to ensure our products meet all technical standards and comply with all regulations in order for our products to be fit for consumers.

Your role will be based within a food manufacturing environment and you will be responsible duties such as:

Location:

Blackburn

Company Overview:

Pets Choice is a leading pet food manufacturer whose industry knowledge spans over 135 years. Based in Blackburn, Lancashire, the Pets Choice portfolio of brands offers a variety of products for pets and wild animals under its brands; Webbox, TastyBone, Meatiful, Spike’s World, Goodwyns, Davies, Oceanic and Vitakraft. Each brand offers a unique insight into animals from dogs to ducks and produces high-quality products that cater to a wide variety of consumer needs. As a trusted partner, Pets Choice provide private label goods including extruded food, wet food and retorted trays, and baked fresh meat treats. The business also offers additional services such as packaging design, fulfilment and logistics. With a broad range of capabilities and distribution channels worldwide, Pets Choice are proud to be a major supplier to the UK grocery, independents and pet speciality sectors.

Role:

  • Internal auditing
  • Control of non conforming product
  • Food safety controls
  • Complaint investigations
  • Corrective and preventative actions
  • Investigations into food safety incidents
  • Labelling and packing controls
  • PPE controls
  • Segregation
  • Product traceability
  • Product release and positive release
  • Root cause analysis
  • Cross contamination and allergen controls
  • Implementation of process controls
  • Recipe controls

QAs need to be flexible to work the following shifts:

  • 6:00am - 2:00pm
  • 2:00pm - 10:00pm
  • 10:00pm - 6:00am

Key attributes and skills:

  • Attention to detail
  • Good IT skills
  • Previous experience of auditing, traceability and temperature controls is ideal
  • Good communication skills, must be fluent English speaking, reading and writing

If you would like to apply for this position, please send your cv to

Posted By Pets Choice