Quality Technician
Kegworth
FTC, H13
About the Role
To support the quality improvement and right first-time agenda so that products are legally and safely manufactured in compliance with customer and internal Company specifications and standards. To facilitate the launch of new customers, products, and processes into manufacturing
Here are your key tasks and responsibilities as Quality Technician at Refresco:
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Lead and support quality assurance activities by conducting GMP, hygiene, QC compliance, and internal audits, identifying non-conformances and driving corrective actions to ensure compliance with company, customer, and industry standards.
- Investigate consumer complaints, non-conforming products, and process issues, determining root causes and implementing effective corrective and preventative actions to improve quality performance.
- Coordinate and complete quality verification activities, including sampling, traceability exercises, equipment and process validation, HACCP reviews, and risk assessments to maintain food safety and legal compliance.
- Manage the introduction of new products, packaging, and processes into manufacturing, ensuring successful launches, trials, and change implementations that meet customer, food safety, and operational requirements.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and value engineering projects, reviewing existing processes, facilitating quality panels, and providing training and guidance to operational teams to enhance standards and performance.
- Promote a strong culture of health, safety, hygiene, environmental responsibility, and company values, ensuring compliance with policies, supporting cross-site quality activities, and providing cover for key quality functions when required.
About You
We’re looking for an individual with proven operational experience, ideally gained within a fast-paced FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) environment. You will have a strong commitment to quality, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to work methodically in a regulated and process-driven setting.
Ultimately, we encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship as we believe these are what has made Refresco successful so far.
Find out more about the Refresco Values here: https://www.refresco.co.uk/uk/about/our-values
If you fit this profile and are excited by this opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you!
Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.