Quality Assurance Assistant

QA Assistant

• Job Type: Full-time
• Location: Cambridgeshire
• Hours - Nights - Mon-Fri
• Salary: C.£32k
• Brief overview: We are seeking a QA Assistant to support quality, food safety and compliance across a busy food manufacturing site. This QA Assistant position is ideal for someone detail-focused and proactive, with a strong understanding of factory standards, accurate record-keeping and audit readiness. The QA Assistant will work closely with production, engineering, warehouse and technical teams to help maintain high standards across intake, manufacturing and despatch.

Day-to-day of the role

• Carry out routine quality checks, inspections and product testing, including taste, pH, Brix, alcohol and specific gravity checks where required.
• Monitor production activities to ensure compliance with legal, customer, food safety and specification standards.
• Support GMP, hygiene, allergen control and wider food safety requirements across the site.
• Complete GMP audits, glass audits, intake and despatch checks, retained sample control and customer sample activities.
• Conduct daily scale and calibration checks on production equipment and ensure internal calibration schedules are completed.
• Monitor hygiene standards through swabbing, chemical residue checks and verification of cleaning records before line start-up.
• Review temperature monitoring systems, complete water and Legionella-related checks, and escalate issues where needed.
• Audit production, quality, balance, temperature, CoA and CoC records to confirm accuracy and compliance.
• Raise internal non-conformances, support investigations and corrective actions, and help maintain audit-ready standards.
• Release bulk product on internal systems and maintain accurate QA documentation, sample records and system entries.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Knowledge of food safety, hygiene and quality control procedures within a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to follow procedures, work instructions and customer requirements accurately and consistently.
• Strong attention to detail, good communication skills and a disciplined approach to record keeping.
• Basic computer skills, including Excel, data entry and quality systems.
• Experience in food manufacturing or a quality assurance environment would be advantageous.
• Understanding of GMP, HACCP, CCPs, allergen control, traceability and non-conformance reporting would be beneficial.
• HACCP Level 2 or 3, Food Safety Level 2 or 3, or internal audit training would be desirable.
• A proactive approach to identifying issues, escalating concerns and supporting continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Full-time opportunity within a technical and quality-focused environment.
• Chance to work closely with cross-functional teams across production, engineering and warehouse operations.
• Ongoing exposure to food safety, compliance and audit activity in a regulated manufacturing setting.
• Opportunity to build experience in investigations, corrective actions and quality systems.
• Supportive environment for developing practical QA knowledge and broad site experience.