Quality Assurance Auditor

Posted 05 August 2025
Salary £14.09
LocationWisbech
Job type Permanent - Full Time
Discipline Production
Reference038444
Job FunctionOperations
Expiry date 20 January 2026

Job description

Day Shift - 4 on 4 off - 6am to 6pm  

£14.09 per hour

 

Why Greencore?

We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better.  We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.  Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

 

Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 525 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready to cook meals for major retailers such as Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Co-op.

 

What you'll be doing:

In the role of Quality Auditor, you will be required to verify that raw material preparation, manufacturing production and product storage/distribution is compliant with food safety, legal and customers’ quality standards.

  • Sample, test, and monitor to verify that all raw materials are being supplied in a safe and compliant manner.
  • Assist in traceability requests.
  • Complete routine micro sampling by collecting all relevant samples, adhering to procedures and protocols, to ensure the quality, safety, and legality of the products sampled.
  • Conduct weekly, monthly, and quarterly checks on ambient materials.
  • Liaise with suppliers and manage rejections and non-conformances.
  • Maintain ongoing communications with the operations team and other relevant functions ensuring they are fully aware of quality assurance activities, results and trends Complete all necessary documentation, ensuring it is accurate and ready for internal and external audits.
  • Provide cover for holidays and sickness within the team and provide education and training to operational colleagues and other teams to ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards
  • Communicate effectively between all departments.

 

What we’re looking for

  • Food hygiene – Level 2
  • Health and Safety - Level 2
  • Ideally HACCP Level 2
  • Allergen Awareness Training
  • Previous raw material experience
  • Experience of chilled manufacturing
  • Microbiological awareness – understanding of basic of food safety
  • Computer literate in Microsoft Office applications

 

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. 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 get in return:

*        Competitive salary and job-related benefits

*        Holidays

*        Discounted Staff Shop

*        Pension up to 8% matched

*        Life insurance up to 4x salary

*        Company share save scheme

*        Greencore Qualifications

*        Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

*        Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

 

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