Job Title: Quality Control Operative (Food Production)
Shift :
Monday - Friday 14:00 - 23 :00
5 days, full time, 40 contracted hours (1 hour unpaid break each day)
About Houghton Hams
Houghton Hams is a well-established, family-run, food production business which started in 1989, based in Moulton Park. Since the year 2000, Houghton Hams has rapidly grown and expanded. With customers and clients ranging from high end retailers to individual customers and food establishments, Houghton Hams went from having one building to now having four. We supply to our customers nationally on a next day service. Products include, but not limited to, bacon, gammon joints and hams.
About the Role
To ensure all meat products manufactured within the business meet the highest standards of food safety, quality, legality, and customer requirements. This is a hands-on, shop-floor-based role, with the majority of time spent on the production lines monitoring processes, conducting quality checks, and working closely with production operatives to maintain standards throughout the manufacturing process.
Desirable Responsibilities & Experience
Experience of working within a high-risk chilled food handling environment.
Specific QC or Quality Monitoring experience
Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)/Good Hygiene Practice (GHP) and control of food contamination.
Job Responsibilities
Daily:
Providing continuous online quality review of product to ensure no substandard packs are despatched on designated line.
Label checking – this may require both checking of the label and changing label reels as required.
General quality checks and paperwork completion.
Weight checks from the line and paperwork completion.
Residual Oxygen checks and paperwork completion.
Conducting Metal Detector checks and paperwork completion
Responsible for all due diligence paperwork in area of focus during working hours.
Completion at all times, checking and ensuring there are no gaps from all the areas assigned. Periodic review of designated areas on an ongoing basis.
Ensuring 100% cover of all at risk production runs (as defined by managers or the technical department).
Covering /supporting breaks by reviewing product on other lines as required.
Conducting manual temperature checks of environment as required.
GMP – Raise and close out issues in real time where feasible or pass to the appropriate person for close out at a later stage.
Verifying cooking temperatures/checking cooling processes are followed as assigned/ requested.
Skills / Experience
- Experience working in a food environment is essential (chilled environment preferred)
- Quality experience desirable
- Good attention to detail required.
- Willing and able to work in a cold environment.
- Able to work under pressure.
Accountabilities
The Quality Control Operative reports into the Assistant Technical Manager and is accountable to the Technical Manager, High-Risk Managers and Operations Manager.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £13.50-£14.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Location:
- Northampton, Northamptonshire (required)
Work Location: In person
