Quality Assurance Auditor
- Posted 24 October 2025
- Salary £15.00
- LocationWest Drayton
- Job type Permanent - Full Time
- Discipline Technical
- Reference043105
- Job FunctionOperations
- Expiry date 25 November 2025
Job description
Shift - 4on/4off - 6pm to 6am
Pay Rate - £15.00
Quality Auditor
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 sure you’ve tried our products because we supply food for the all the major supermarkets in the UK!
Here at Heathrow, we have a team of around 400 colleagues. We produce gluten free sandwiches and ready to eat or reheat sandwiches, wraps and other bread-based products, salads and ready meals for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.
What you'll be doing
As a Quality Auditor:
* Monitor and audit CCPs (Critical Control Points), their checks and records
* Monitor & audit pre-requisite systems and control procedures forming part of the site QMS
* Audit personnel, environment & equipment hygiene standards prior to and during production
* Carry out investigative swabs to monitor hygiene standards and investigate out of specification results
* Conduct internal audits of products and processes to ensure compliance with procedures and standards and continually improve in line with industry best practices & customer requirements.
* Conduct in-house audits to ensure compliance
* Carry out trend analysis of site information (non-conformances, complaints, out of spec results, internal foreign bodies etc.) and use to target improvements
* Investigate, communicate & implement corrective action following internal or external non-conformances, or out of specification micro results, nutritional results, customer complaints etc.
* Action quality and process improvements, carrying out investigations, traceability, liaising with other departments / suppliers to ensure non-compliances are closed fully & followed up.
* Monitor and audit start up checks to ensure issues are resolved within risk assessed & agreed timescales, liaising with relevant departments (taking photo standards, updating documents when new machinery introduced).
* Carry out coaching, training and ongoing education of factory personnel at all levels in relation to food safety & quality systems
What we’re looking for
Full training will be provided if successful in this role but are looking for the following knowledge and experience:
- Ideally experience within a food manufacturing environment or similar environment
- GCSE or equivalent standard in Literacy and Numeracy
- Ability to work in a fast past, chilled environment
- Practices in Health & Safety and Food Hygiene
- CCP training including HACCP principles for Manufacturing Unit
- Allergen Awareness and Microbiological Awareness
- Accuracy and pays attention to detail
At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make everyday taste better.
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
What you’ll get in return
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- Holidays
- 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
- Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.
Please note due to high numbers of applications this role maybe closed before the posted closing date.