Quality Systems Technologist

Quality Systems Technologist

We rise to challenges together 
 
Salary: £24,000- £29,000

Benefits: MyBargains Discount Platform, A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans), Free Independent Mortgage Advice

Location: Highbridge, TA9 4JR

Ways of Working: Site based

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday / 08:30 -17:00

Contract: Permanent

Why join us? 

We’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The fast-paced, high-pressure environment of our 24/7 operation keeps us agile and offers a wide range of career opportunities to explore. We encourage everyone to push their limits, work hard, and demonstrate resilience. And it’s thrilling. Because by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, we’ll continue to diversify, grow as individuals, and succeed together. We’re proud to offer you a career with significant potential for development.

What we do. 

We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. Our Bakkavor site in Highbridge, which is one of our four Desserts sites in the UK, specialises in Cheesecake and Tarts, working closely with our sister site in Devizes that specialise in baked goods.

About the role.   

As a Quality Systems Technologist you will provide Technical expertise, to our customers, suppliers and throughout the business, advising of legal, safety and quality standards and providing specialist technical support to all functions.

 You will support the administrative aspect of the Technical Department taking responsibility for the day-to-day management and maintenance of some or all of the following: QMS, HACCP, Technical Reports, Non Conformance Logs, complaints, microbiological & nutritional surveillance; this work includes data entry, trending, information requests, co-ordination of actions, change management procedure and communicating to relevant parties.

Role Accountabilities:  

• Ensuring effective, professional, timely customer communication. Contributing to customer audits and visits. Communicating relevant information into the relevant governance forums

• Conducting audits as part of the internal QMS. To trend actions and non-conformances and to report into the relevant forums. Working with the Technical management team and communicate outstanding areas & additions to standards to ensure compliance with all current relevant standards, COP and legislation

• Working with the team to ensure all changes associated with launches, delists and promo activities are implemented without out any disruption to support the operation teams and achieves the correct deadlines

• Deputising and supporting others in the Technical team in all tasks as required and be flexible to cover different work, also to be involved with projects as requested

• Operating in a safe working manner and supporting the site on continuous improvements relating to health and safety
• Controlling and issuing technical documentation to the factory and ensuring it is up to date and displayed correctly

About you.   

• You will have good IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Have good interpersonal skills and able to work within a team as well as on own initiative – have keen eye for detail and able to communicate effectively.
• Ideally you will have experience in working in a similar role within the food industry as well have experience in internal auditing and have the ability to solve problems/offer solutions, however this is not essential.
• A Level 2 Food Safety/HACCP would be beneficial but not a necessity.

What you’ll receive.   

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.    

• Life Assurance (1 x salary)
• 25 days holiday
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• MyBargains Discount Platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Independent Mortgage Advice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Overtime
• Free Carparking??? – Site dependant

Proud to be Bakkavor.   

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!   

Find out more and apply.   

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