Quality Technician

Job Description

Interim QA Support 8 Weeks Minimum (Food Manufacturing)

Salary: Day Rate

Location: Greater London

Work Pattern: Monday Friday (Business Hours)

About the Role

A well-established food manufacturing business is seeking a detail-oriented Interim QA/QC Technician to join its Quality and Technical team. This is an excellent opportunity for a food industry professional who is passionate about food safety quality assurance compliance and continuous improvement.

Working closely with the Technical and NPD functions you will play a key role in ensuring products are manufactured to the highest food safety and quality standards while supporting audits compliance activities and quality systems across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with food safety standards quality systems and internal procedures.
• Maintain and oversee technical and production documentation ensuring records are accurately completed signed off and securely filed.
• Monitor food safety controls throughout production ensuring adherence to HACCP GMP hygiene and quality requirements.
• Carry out CCP verification activities including metal detector sieve and compliance checks.
• Conduct internal audits and inspections identify non-conformances and support corrective and preventative actions.
• Coordinate equipment calibration maintenance documentation and routine cleaning schedules.
• Manage product and environmental sampling programmes including arranging external laboratory testing.
• Deliver food safety GMP hygiene allergen and SOP training including inductions and refresher sessions.
• Support customer third-party and regulatory audits ensuring documentation and traceability records are audit ready.
• Perform routine GMP hygiene technical and foreign body audits across the site.
• Monitor product changeovers allergen controls cleaning verification and labelling compliance.
• Conduct product quality assessments including sensory physical and chemical testing.
• Ensure maintenance sign-off procedures are completed before equipment is released back into production.
• Promote PPE compliance hygiene standards and a strong food safety culture throughout the business.
• Review supplier documentation Certificates of Analysis (CoAs) specifications and audit reports to ensure ingredient compliance.
• Provide support to NPD activities and assist with wider technical team responsibilities when required.

About You

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Previous experience within a QA QC Technical or Food Safety role in food manufacturing.
• Good understanding of HACCP GMP food hygiene and quality management systems.
• Experience conducting audits inspections and compliance checks.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent record-keeping skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Good communication skills with the confidence to train and support colleagues.
• Experience supporting customer third-party or regulatory audits would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of allergen management traceability and food safety legislation is desirable.

If you have a passion for food safety quality assurance and maintaining high standards within a manufacturing environment we would be keen to hear from you.