Quality Assurance Technician - Appcastenterprise : Job Details

Requisition ID 52106 Position Type FT Permanent Recruiter #LI-AP2 Posting Type LI 

Leading to better encompasses all we do at Kerry, it's how we've become the worlds leading taste and nutrition company. Whether it's building and manufacturing sustainable solutions for food, beverage or pharmaceutical consumers, our commitment to lead the world to better nutrition drives us forward. With 25,000+ colleagues across the globe and 15,000+ Kerry products, your opportunities are limitless.

About the role

We have a great opportunity for a Quality Assurance Technician at our Kerry site in Ossett, close to Leeds, West Yorkshire.

It is a full-time, permanent position with rotating days and nights, 12 hours shifts, Monday to Friday.

At Kerry in Ossett, we manufacture a variety of spreadable butters, spreads and margerine’s for every major retailer as well as our own Pure and Smug brands. As a Quality Assurance Technician, you will collaborate with different teams on-site to ensure that products manufactured in our facility consistently conform to industry, company, and consumer expectations. Your responsibilities will include meticulously inspecting finished products, holding, and segregating any items that do not meet specified standards, as well as contributing to minimising costs while maximizing production efficiency.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive pay (£32,498 per annum including shift pay)
• Paid breaks
• Career development opportunities.
• Matched pension scheme up to 10%.
• Employee benefits platform with discounts and offers for retailers online and offline, travelling, utilities and more.
• Employee Assistance Program, supporting your emotional, physical, nutritional and financial wellbeing.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free tea, coffee, and subsidised vending machines

What will you be doing?

Your responsibilities as Quality Assurance Technician will include:

• Conducting quality inspections on finished products, including metal detection, weight conformity and coding and labelling compliance.
• Performing recurring inspections such as the Kerry unique ‘Golden 6’ inspection, hygiene inspections and assessments related to Glass & Perspex.
• Distributing and reporting on relevant quality and food safety KPIs.
• Communicating with shift managers and the technical department regarding any issues that may impact product quality or safety.
• Providing concise and accurate information to support quality related investigations.
• Adhering to food safety, health and safety, and environmental standards.
• Facilitating and coordinating the lineside taste panel.
• Promoting a ‘safety-first’ and ‘quality-always’ culture.

What do you need to be successful?

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with QC testing equipment.
• Desire to work in a quality role.
• Ability to prioritise workload according to business needs.
• Great level of accuracy and attention to details.
• Confidence and ability to make decisions.
• Effective communication skills.
• Proficient in using computer programs such as Excel, OAL, ICCS and SAP.

About Kerry

Kerry Group’s UK & Ireland dairy related businesses includes Dairy Ingredients, Dairy Nutritional Ingredients, Dairy Consumer Foods and Agribusiness. With a revenue in excess of €1bn per year, it is one of the world’s leading dairy businesses. With our strong dairy heritage and deep-rooted connection to our 3,000 milk suppliers, right through to our portfolio of innovative and high-quality brands, the dairy business has a unique and compelling proposition for both consumers and our customers.

Our dairy business has a diversified portfolio of dairy, nutritional ingredients and market leading dairy brands and its vertically integrated dairy processing ensures the highest quality, sustainably produced 1.2bn litres of milk for our dairy, nutritional ingredients and consumer foods business – a key consideration among some of our largest customers across the globe.

We have an unrivalled dairy consumer brands portfolio coupled with a track record in innovation underpinned by technology and science. We manufacture and market our own leading butter, dairy and plant spreads brands: Dairygold, Low Low, Pure and Golden Cow. We are the largest supplier of Private Label dairy spreads, supplying all major retailers in Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. Our cheese brands compete in children’s cheese snacks (Attack-a-Snak), natural cheese (block, slices and grated), and in processed cheese segments and our leading cheese brands include Strings & Things, Coleraine and Charleville Cheese. Through our multi-geograph