Quality Auditor (labs) - Weekdays

So, what will I be doing?

As the Quality Auditor for the site Laboratories you will be responsible for supporting the Laboratory Manager and Quality Technologist (Labs) with ensuring Lab Accreditation is maintained. This role will also support the service the Laboratory provides to internal stakeholders.

The salary for this role increase to £30,794 P/a on the 1st June.

Your responsibilities:

• Accurate and diligent in all tasks
• Takes the necessary actions to complete assigned tasks and evaluates processes against QMS requirements
• Review current processes and procedures, pro-actively highlighting areas where they require improvements or updates
• Supporting Quality Technologist (Labs) in their absence. This will include weekly KPI's and day to day running of the Laboratories
• Undertake internal audits to ensure site compliance with the BRC standards, company standards and customer requirements.
• Update weekly Laboratory reports, raising discrepancies to Laboratory Manager where required.
• Supporting the participation of external proficiency and competency for Laboratory Technicians by providing clear instruction and encouragement.
• Supporting the administration duties required for completing Laboratory KPI's
• Assisting Technical Team members with customer product traceability process and any other tasks required.
• Sending daily, weekly, monthly product samples to external laboratories for analysis based on existing schedules.
  • Assisting with ad hoc requests for external analysis by Technical or other departments.
  • Assisting in the monitoring, issuing and control of all display documents on site. Supporting in the issuing of amendment training to all departments when required.
  • Control and maintenance of Technical Purchase Order system and account overview.
  • Control of Laboratory equipment servicing/calibration records. Providing guidance and coordinating daily and weekly calibrations across the Laboratory teams.
  • Support with validation of new test methods and equipment
  • Environmental Swabbing
  • Supporting Laboratory Technicians with day to day challenges

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.