QA Technician

· Act as a role model for all your colleagues by continually complying with the standards

· Escalate any potential issues that pose a risk to Food Safety or Product Quality to Site Management

· Follow SOPs and comply with the requirements in order to deliver GMP, to ensure there are no quality deficiencies

· Update and maintain quality records to ensure the site is compliant with all relevant regulatory and third party standards.

· Enable the site to be "Always Audit Ready" by contributing to a culture of compliance where:

o Manufacturing GMP Standards are always maintained.

o Manufacturing records are accurately completed in real time to facilitate actions that allow the approval of documentation as required.

o Processes and procedures, including on line/in-process quality checks are followed rigorously to deliver consistent quality product

· Carry out internal audits/inspections in accordance with agreed schedules and collaborate with Team Leaders to resolve any identified issues

· Monitoring the sites strict microbiological requirements for finished product and plant hygiene.

· Carrying out the release of finished product in accordance with internal procedures

· Assist in investigations of key customer/consumer complaints to determine root cause and contribute to subsequent corrective actions

· Work collaboratively with all areas of the manufacturing process to proactively raise/resolve issues that arise

· Additional duties as and when required that are relevant to the department and/or the Site.

· Educated to degree standard or equivalent in Science discipline or equivalent work experience in a Quality team.

· Demonstrable experience of carrying out microbiological and chemical testing

· Knowledge of a drinks manufacturing operation ideal

· Excellent attention to detail

· Strong communication skills

· Self-driven

· Positive & proactive approach

· Organised

· Flexible

· Results and solution orientated

Bottlegreen is nestled in the tiny village of South Woodchester in the heart of the Cotswolds, where we use natural spring water blended with Elderflower to capture the essence of the countryside in our range of exquisitely flavoured adult soft drinks. We are a well-established company with a solid brand name and our loyal customers rank us the No.1 Cordial manufacturer in the UK.

Hours of Work: 39-hour week over a 2 shift pattern (5 day working week).

Pay - Competitive based on experience.

Role Purpose - As an individual and working as part of a team, support the production of finished drinks in a safe and compliant way to required quality standards. Working with all areas of the factory to improve efficiency and reduce process loss. Challenge deviations from standards at every opportunity; contributing to a team culture of continuous improvement and unrelenting pursuit of excellence., We can offer you a company pension scheme, enhanced sick pay and there's a company bonus if targets are hit. There is both a site and a companywide reward scheme, with the candidates being nominated by the workforce not management. We shut down between Christmas and New Year, the bank holidays are yours and what's more, you'll have the chance to purchase extra.

And if that's not enough, we'll give you a Birthday Day off!

Groupwide, we can offer an enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, Life Assurance and career development if that's your thing. For general wellbeing, we have a year-round calendar of health and wellbeing events, a 24/7 Employee assistance programme for all employees and a Perks Scheme with discounts and savings.

We also fund-raise for a charity nominated by the employees (burger days and cakes are always a winner!) and you'll have the chance to volunteer for a day - paid of course!

We look forward to seeing your CV in our inbox!

The Bottlegreen Team.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company events


• Company pension


• Free parking


• Health & wellbeing programme


• On-site parking


• Paid volunteer time


• Sick pay


Schedule:

• 8 hour shift


• Monday to Friday


• No weekends


Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme