The Grwp are seeking to appoint a Quality Management Technician in conjunction with Grazed Brownies Ltd in Ruabon Wrexham on a full time basis until March 2025

Job purpose

The role will involve evaluation of the current systems in line with business needs and ensuring compliance against customer requirements, third party accreditation, food safety, quality and legislative parameters, to develop competencies for future progression within the host company.

Working with the Senior Management team to improve processes and documented procedures are in line with the requirements of the accreditation standard SALSA Food and Drink Production Standard - Version 6.The project will involve reviewing against the standard and working towards retaining accreditation.

This is a site based role. This full time role is 80 % factory / plant based and 20 % office-based (estimated according to the needs of the business).

This role is supported by a GLLM mentor (equivalent of 0.5 days/week) and a host company supervisor.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

To support the attainment of SALSA Food and Drink Production Standard - Version 6.
Critically evaluate existing food safety and quality management practices and identify the steps needed to embed improvements and where deemed applicable support the implementation of changes in accordance with good management practice and in compliance with relevant legislation and industry technical instructions.
Lead production staff to support relationships with all existing and new customers, ensuring you provide the highest level of customer service and support at every opportunity.
Implementation of the HACCP system and monitoring of CCPs within the factory via critical staff.
Internal auditing of Good Manufacturing Practice & processes, to include factory environment, staff facilities, exterior & fabrication of the building, and product quality audits
Supplier approval and monitoring and ensure intake raw materials and paperwork adhere to specifications
Carrying out forward and backward mass balance traceability checks
Allergen control and verification, ensuring the pre-requisite programme is followed
Monitoring non-conformance and implementation of corrective actions and root cause analysis when required
Lead on maintaining product quality standards and ensure new product quality standards are approved prior to launch.
Liaise with the NPD process to ensure that new products are integrated into the site food safety controls and quality system.
Implement the complaints procedure, including customer liaison and investigation of the issues including root cause analysis where applicable.
Assist with implementing procedures through training of site personnel
Involved in maintaining and updating the department files including SOPs, Risk Assessments, HACCP documents and quality management documents, where required.
Comply with all relevant legislation, regulatory standards for Food Safety and Codes of Practice.
Assist with internal and third party audits, customer visits and regulatory compliance where required.
Operate in line with GLLM and Company Ethical and Environmental, whilst abiding by Health & Safety standards, HR policies, and all relevant processes and policies.
Undertake a formal interim and final evaluation of the project and report and present to GLLM and company.
Any other work commensurate with the grade, skills and capabilities of the post and post holder;
It should be noted that this Job description provides a summary of the main duties and responsibilities of the post and will be subject to periodic review which may lead to revisions in light of the operational requirements of the Grwp.

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