QA Process Leader – Twilight

Job Summary by the Career Balance Team:

Avara Foods is seeking a QA Process Leader to join their team at their site in Wednesbury. The role involves verifying and validating legal compliance in food manufacturing and customer specifications within the Added Value site. Responsibilities include conducting audits, ensuring product safety and quality, and supporting the technical management team during third-party audits and customer visits. The successful candidate should have previous experience in a QA role, good knowledge of processes and products, and strong organizational and problem-solving skills. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to major supermarkets and restaurants.

Job Description:About the Role:
Do you want to earn a minimum of £465 per week? We’re looking for a QA Process Leader to join our team at our site in Wednesbury
The benefits of working for Avara Foods:
£13.50 per hour plus shift allowance of an extra £2 per hour for hours worked between 6pm -6am
Paid Weekly
Overtime available
Earn a minimum of £465 per week
Training and development from day one
Secure contract, guaranteed hours and opportunities for overtime
*T’s & C’s apply
Working Hours
Monday – Friday 18:00 – 00:30
About the role:
As QA Process Leader you’ll be working as part of the Technical Department, verifying and validating legal compliance in food manufacturing and customer specifications within the Added Value site.
To ensure product safety / quality / legality through effective HACCP, Food Defence and Quality System and adherence to customer specifications and requirements.
Undertake audits of our processes and procedures to ensure the site maintains certification and accreditation with all relevant licensing bodies and retailers. Support, where appropriate, the technical management team in preparation for and during third party audits and customer visits.
So you’ll be working in a fast-paced, dynamic FMCG factory environment which is noisy and refrigerated in some areas, manufacturing short shelf life products where hygiene standards are critical.
Main Accountabilities and Duties
Lead the Quality Auditors to always operate in a safe manner.
Delivering training of technical task procedures to colleagues and completing
competency assessments where needed.
Monitor and review QA’s weekly task list and ensure good communication between all shifts.
Monitor and audit Production Operations to ensure that customer requirements are understood and achieved.
Managing the NC’s log for products on hold, ensuring the release, rework, repack and disposal of products in a timely manner, liaising with planning, production and despatch.
Inspecting product against customer quality contract agreements
GMP Audits – conduct against a scheduled frequency to ensure good manufacturing practice at site
Complete required audits such as hygiene audits, glass & plastics, fabrication audits and CCP audits in line with site procedures
Ensure all paperwork is completed in full, in line with company procedures and legal requirements
Carry out verification checks of calibration of measuring equipment in accordance with the schedule
Carry out swabbing verification.
Support the Supply Chain Coordinator with Traceability in accordance with the scheduled frequency and as required.
Working with and supporting the technical coordinators with a full understanding of SI product data base, Clearview, checkweighers etc.
Maintenance of new Micro sampling programme and shelf-life testing
Support the delivery of the Wednesbury Quality Objectives and Food Safety Culture.
HACCP and Food Defence team member.
Support filing of record documents and archiving.
What you’ll need to be successful:
Good knowledge of processes and products
Previous experience of working in a QA role
Accuracy and attention to detail
Ability to work independently but also as part of a team
Organisational skills and ability to plan own workload
Problem solving techniques
Who are we, and what do we do?
You may not have heard of us, but there’s a good chance you’ve enjoyed our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well-known restaurants.
We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.
A little about our Wednesbury site:
Our advanced manufacturing site in Wednesbury, West Midlands, is our newest advanced manufacturing site, and we’ve invested around £4.7 million into state-of-the-art facilities.
Our Wednesbury site is a flagship Added Value centre for Avara, which employ over 150 talented individuals at the site, who help to supply some of the UK’s largest supermarkets and popular restaurants!
What happens after you apply for this role?
After you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a member of the Resourcing Team at our Wednesbury site, to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.
If you’re ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!
Due to Bird Welfare, it is essential that you do not own any Avian Pets or Poultry.
We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
INDHP #TheAvaraWayLocation: Wednesbury