QA Auditor

Overview: QA Auditor
Kinnerton Confectionery, Sherburn in Elmet,
About the QA Auditor role:
As a QA Auditor at Kinnerton Confectionery, you will play a key role in ensuring we produce high-quality and safe chocolate products. You will be an advocate for driving site policy and procedures, helping to ensure high standards within the factory.
About Kinnerton Confectionery, Sherburn-in-Elmet Kinnerton is no ordinary brand. We were the first brand to offer character chocolate in the UK, back in 1978 under the brand Kinnerton Kids. Since then, we have gone from strength to strength, placing us as one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of seasonal goods, producing millions of delicious advent calendars and Easter eggs every year! We have two UK manufacturing sites in Fakenham (Norfolk) and Sherburn-in-Elmet (North Yorkshire), a London Hub space in Camden and offices in Hong Kong! We are also part of the Zertus UK & Ireland Snacking & Chocolate Market Unit partnered with other food manufacturers across the country. We have a unique offering to our customers with our nut-safe promise and our commitment to product innovation. We’re also the masterminds behind NOMO chocolate, a delicious free-from and award-winning chocolate range.
Shift Pattern:

• You will work a combination of weekdays and Sundays.
• Each week you will rotate between 6 am-2 pm, 2 pm-10 pm and 10 pm-6 am - Monday to Friday
• Sunday night shifts are 12 hours 6 pm – 6 am
• Friday morning shifts after 12 hours – 6 am – 6 pm

Responsibilities:

• Complete a variety of factory audits such as Good Manufacturing Practice, Glass & Plastic, Cleaning Standards etc and update the Quality Manager on daily findings/ incidents.
• Investigate issues in collaboration with factory team’s and drive solutions.
• Act as a Quality Champion for the factory
• Investigate all Non-Conformances and devise corrective actions using root cause analysis.
• Complete site calibrations for scales and probes
• Complete micro testing ensuring the site schedule is updated.
• Ensure all Quality or Food Safety investigations are undertaken, and reports communicated into the Quality Manager.
• Support Taste Panels and collate/ communicate results.
• Carry out post clean inspection, utilizsing Adenosine triphosphate and allergen swabbing to verify clean & cleaning standard audits carried out as scheduled.
• Filing of daily paperwork and retained samples, archiving in a manner which ensures rapid access for complaints and audits.
• Support in the accurate and timely investigation of all customer complaints
• Testing and Inspection of Chocolate Tankers where required
• Raise Waivers as and when required.
• Critical Control Point Training of Operation staff
• Sign off all rework / repair work once complete.
• Completion of Technical Tracker Daily

Qualifications:

• Ideally you will have some experience within a food manufacturing environment with an understanding of quality audits.
• Passion for product quality and food safety
• An understanding of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles (HACCP training would be advantageous)
• Great ability to problem solve.
• Computer and System Literate
• Fast learner
• Strong administration skills and attention to detail
• To be able to have the confidence and ability to challenge.