Quality Officer

Job information Quality Officer from the Company Cool Chile Ltd, this latest Quality Officer job vacancy is located in the city London. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Engineering field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Description :

About the company:

Cool Chile is a family-owned business that has been around for nearly 30 years!

We produce our original Mexican tortillas recipe and sauces on-site and import dried chillies, herbs, and Masa Harina directly from Mexico!

Cool Chile is a business with consistent growth which has allowed us to develop new products such as fried corn chips, new tortillas, and sauces.

This is a business that looks after its people and where teamwork is critical for success.

We are looking for a Quality Officer to oversee the company’s Quality System and contribute to the continuous improvement of the systems in place.

• Duties:

· To be the day-to-day shop-floor lead, providing a good example of food safety and quality best practise to all staff.

· To check that staff are completing, recording, documenting and filing their assigned quality checks of the warehouse and production areas.

· To ensure that both you and the staff are following the written hygiene and housekeeping policies, procedures and rules of Cool Chile.

· To log down, investigate and undertake the root cause analysis of all customer complaints, informing all interested stakeholders of the corrective action plan to reduce future complaints.

· To link the complaints with the full details of the complaint, such as invoices/order numbers, the cost of product, courier involved in transportation (if applicable).

· Assist customers in their enquires, especially in respect to quality matters.

· To validate the hygiene cleaning undertaken by cleaners.

· To ensure that stocks of cleaning chemicals and PPE are replenished by suppliers in a timely manner.

· To complete any technical requests for information submitted by the customers of Cool Chile.

· To undertake periodic internal audits of the site and inform management and the responsible person of any non-compliances, including agreeing the corrective action and timescales.

· To be a member of and take an active part in the companies HACCP team.

· To take and prepare samples of goods inwards raw materials as well as finished products and send to the laboratories for analysis.

· To reject, quarantine/place on hold and items which are not conforming to the companies written specifications.

· To ensure that all risk assessed equipment, such as weighing scales, temperature probes, pH meters are internally calibrated as per the declared frequency.

· To check for any potential risks for the ingress or spread of pests and take immediate action should pests or pest activity be found.

· To check the labels and finished product for correctness of information, sealing, batch code and dates.

· To participate in NPD projects as and when they take place.

· To actively take part in providing feedback back to Cool Chile Management on any suggestions for improvement in the business.

Qualifications and Experience:

· A bachelor’s degree (2:2 or higher) or equivalent higher-level diploma in Food Science/Engineering/Technology or related subject,

· Must live or be willing to relocate within a reasonable distance of Park Royal, London,

· Previous experience of working in a food manufacturing environment, as well as recent vocational qualifications (such as Level 2 Food Safety in Manufacturing) is an advantage, but not essential, as training will be provided.

Work time:

· 37.5 contracted hours per week.

· Monday to Friday.

Benefits:

· 20 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays.

· Work pension scheme after completion of probation period

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £11.50 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person