Quality Assurance Technician

4 Days Old

?? Quality Assurance (QA) Technician - Food Manufacturing

?? Wigan | ?? £25,000 - £27,000 | Site-based | Rotating shifts If you're the kind of person who

spots a label error from 3 metres away , thinks 'that doesn't look right' before anyone else does, and gets a weird amount of satisfaction from a properly completed QA record I need to talk to you. I'm recruiting for a

Quality Assurance Technician

role at a busy, established

food manufacturing site in Wigan . This is a hands-on QA position working closely with Production to make sure everything leaving site is

safe, compliant, and exactly as it should be . You'll be part of the team that keeps standards high, customers happy, and audits calm (no last-minute chaos please).

?? The basics

£25,000 - £27,000

Site based (Wigan)

Rotating shift pattern: Shift 1:

6:00-14:30 Mon-Thurs | 6:00-13:30 Fri

Shift 2:

8:00-16:30 Mon-Thurs | 7:30-15:00 Fri

Shift 3:

11:30-22:00 Mon-Weds | 11:30-21:00 Thurs

What you'll be doing (in real human terms)

You'll be supporting quality and food safety across the site, including: Keeping QA paperwork accurate and up to date (the details matter here!)

Monitoring product/site quality, hygiene standards and food safety controls

Supporting investigations and customer complaints (root cause + corrective actions)

Helping reduce waste and prevent non-conforming product

Supporting customer visits and technical audits when needed

Being a calm, organised presence when others are flapping

? Must haves

2+ years QA experience

in manufacturing (food is ideal)

HACCP + Food Safety qualifications (essential)

Confident with documentation, inspections and quality checks

Comfortable working rotating shifts

Sharp eye for detail and the confidence to challenge issues early

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Important note:

this employer

cannot offer visa sponsorship , so you'll need full right to work in the UK. If you're open to hearing more, drop me a message or apply and I'll send full details over.

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Location:
United Kingdom
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering