QA Auditor FTC (Yellow)

Posted 06 November 2025
LocationLondon
Job type Fixed-Term - Full Time
Discipline Internal
Reference043925
Job FunctionOperations
Expiry date 20 November 2025

Job description

Shift Pattern/ Time: 4on 4off, Yellow shift, 18:00-06:00

This is an FTC role from 01-Dec-2025 to 28-Feb-2026

Location: Greencore Bow, Twelvetrees Crescent, London E3 3JG

(Please note this is a full-time role only)

 

Why Greencore?

 

We’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.8bn.

Here at Bow, we have a team of around 1000 colleagues. We produce sandwiches, wraps, platters, sub rolls and baguettes for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Asda, and Morrisons.

 

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

 

What you'll be doing:

As Quality Assurance Auditor, you will verify that raw material preparation, manufacturing production and product storage/distribution is compliant with food safety, legal and customers’ quality standards.

  • Sample, test, audit and monitor to verify that all processes, procedures and products are being manufactured in a safe and compliant manner
  • Conduct verification checks to ensure equipment is suitably calibrated to comply with required standards
  • Complete all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and ready for internal and external audits and highlighting when non-conformance requires corrective action
  • Maintain ongoing communications with the operations team and other relevant functions ensuring they are fully aware of quality assurance activities, results and trends
  • Collect all relevant samples, with adherence to procedures and protocols, to ensure quality, safety and legality of products sampled
  • Provide education and training to operational colleagues and other teams to ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards
  • Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health Safety and Environment policy
  • Follow daily schedule of work
  • Escalation of non-conformances in a timely manner to the appropriate manager

What we’re looking for:

  • Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard with numeracy and literacy skill
  • Able to work with basic computer programmes such as Microsoft Office applications
  • Holds a Health and Safety level two and a food hygiene level two qualification
  • CCP training including HACCP principles for Manufacturing Unit
  • Experience and understanding of internal audit processes
  • Has an understanding of allergen awareness and the associated risk
  • Has a knowledge of GMP techniques
  • Understands non-conformance reporting techniques
  • Microbiological awareness – understanding of basic of food safety
  • Has and understanding of basic disinfection principles, basic legal labelling practice and basic weight legislation

 

What you’ll get in return:

  • Holidays
  • Pension
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Employee appreciation events
  • Company share save scheme
  • Greencore Qualifications
  • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
  • Canteen
  • Onsite staff shop
  • Free onsite car park

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

 

Please note that due to high numbers of applications, this role may be closed before the posted closing date.