Job Title: Technical Assistant

Salary: £11.45 per hour plus benefits

Shift Pattern: Part-time, 3 days per week

Location: SW London

Our client, a retailer of premium fresh food that also manufactures a range of own-label products, is seeking a Technical Assistant to join their established team.

This role is to support the Technical Manager in ensuring the business meets its obligations concerning food safety and quality. It will require a more focused approach to quality and technical management in our business.

Flexibility will be needed on working days and will involve some weekend work.

This role is initially offered on a three-month contract with a possible extension thereafter.

The Benefits:

  • £11.45 per hour rising to £11.75 per hour after probation
  • 28 days paid holiday
  • Pension scheme
  • 40% staff discount

The Role:

  • Assisting with the development and improvement of the company’s safety and quality culture.
  • Working alongside the production team to ensure paperwork is being completed correctly, accurately, and in line with the site HACCP system and FSMS.
  • Conducting internal audits and coordinating the timely completion of corrective actions identified.
  • Logging customer complaints and non-conformances and assisting with investigations where required.
  • Ensuring supplier and raw material documentation is accurate and kept up to date.
  • Goods in and goods out QC checks.
  • Dealing with supplier issues and non-compliance.
  • Coordinating samples for the lab as per the site testing schedule.

Our Ideal Candidate:

  • A food science degree and/or previous experience of the food industry is desirable.
  • Good communicator
  • Highly organised
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Close attention to detail
  • Computer literate

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