The role of the Raw Material Technologist is to ensure that all incoming ingredients, components, and food contact packaging materials meet safety, legal, and quality standards before they enter the manufacturing process. To support the Quality team to instil a quality culture throughout the site, supporting the operations team to help deliver the overall site objectives. Main Responsibilities

Perform routine quality checks, inspections, and testing and checking of raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods
Monitor compliance with quality standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements.
Collect, analyse, and document quality data and test results accurately and in a timely manner
Investigate non-conformances, deviations, and customer complaints; assist with root cause analysis and corrective actions where appropriate
Support and complete internal audits and GMP audits.
Support with external audits, and quality system reviews, including Traceability and mass balance exercises
Maintain QA documentation, including SOPs, work instructions, and records
Calibrate and maintain quality testing equipment and tools ensure all equipment is ready and available for use
Collaborate with technical and operations teams to resolve quality and food safety issues
Assist with training employees on food safety and quality procedures and best practices
Participate in continuous improvement and quality improvement projects
Testing and inspection of all bulk and palletised raw materials to ensure compliance and traceability, including SAP inspection lots.
Review of defect reels to ensure feedback and collection from suppliers
Completion and review of glass and hard plastics audits and results
Review of raw material specifications to ensure most up to date is available for audit review
Feedback of supplier issues to suppliers in non conformance format - review of hold log to ensure these are dealt with in a timely manner
To attend SIC meetings where appropriate and feedback any issues
Paperwork compliance checking and filling, issue of NCRs as appropriate
Complete micro sampling and swabbing as needed
To support the quality culture throughout the manufacturing site.
Supporting the QA and Technical manager and site team to continuously improve against standards for an audit ready factory.
To support the delivery of site and technical KPIs
To ensure ongoing issues are effectively handed over if they are unable to be fully dealt with on shift
Partake in investigations alongside operations on any internal incidents that have led to, or could potentially lead to out of specification product being produced.
When necessary, raise non-conformances, supplier non-conformances, and non-conforming product notices, communicating to all relevant parties accordingly.
Complete GMP audits and escalate actions
Assist, when necessary, in supplier meetings
Assist, when necessary, in NPD trials and aid the NPD and Technical team
Any other reasonable requests by a manager

Fully computer literate in all Microsoft applications
Worked in a food manufacturing environment
Food hygiene level 2
Food Safety Level 3
HACCP level 2
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Kersia Chemical Handling training
Allergen Training
A3 problem solving training

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