Quality Technician (1 year FTC)
| Posting date: | 08 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £14.89 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 October 2025 |
| Location: | IP23 8BW |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Cranswick Country Foods |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Job description:
About Cranswick Country Foods, Poultry:
Cranswick Country Foods Poultry is hiring at our brand new, purpose-built processing facility in Eye, Suffolk.
This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to start or progress their career in the food industry and work for one of the largest integrated poultry businesses in the UK, playing your part in helping us feed the Nation!
As part of our exciting expansion project we are now recruiting for QT maternity cover – fixed term contract. This positions is Quality Technologist (QT) or sometimes referred to as PC for our backshift working Monday – Friday 17:10-01:40.
Job requirements of Quality Technologist:
· Complete agreed food safety, quality, due diligence and legal checks, on time in full at quality, meeting or exceeding site and customer requirements. These are to include Start up, temperature, X Ray, metal detection and label verification
· ensure accurate record keeping in line with required standards demonstrating attention to detail
· Complying to site standard GMP requirements, including all areas of the factory, warehouse, workstations, equipment, walkways and locker rooms. Clean as you go to site standards
· To ensure a timely escalation to the team supervisor of any situations that fall out of the required site or customer standards and ensuring that any corrective actions are recorded and followed through to conclusion
· To actively participate in site quality and technical initiatives to ensure that the product produced is on time, in full, at quality
· Assist the QA team, with customer site visits and other third party audits
What you will need:
Food Safety Level 2
Good literacy and numeracy skills
Experience within a technical QA or QC based role
Works to a high degree of accuracy
Works well in a team
Pay and benefits:
· Salary – £14.89 p/h (including attendance bonus)
Company pension enrolment
Access to our Cranswick hub, with retail discounts and a range of other perks!
Share of the profits with our discounted ShareScheme
Potential opportunities to learn new skills and progress through one of the UK’s leading food manufacturing companies
Death in service insurance
Free onsite parking and canteen facilities
Interested?: Follow the link provided!
Stay up-to-date with future Cranswick vacancies by joining our recruitment mailing list - https://forms.office.com/e/Yvxj2GHSA5
Closing Date: 20th of December 2025 (please note that should we receive significant interest, this closing date may be brought forward)
About Cranswick Country Foods, Poultry:
Cranswick Country Foods Poultry is hiring at our brand new, purpose-built processing facility in Eye, Suffolk.
This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to start or progress their career in the food industry and work for one of the largest integrated poultry businesses in the UK, playing your part in helping us feed the Nation!
As part of our exciting expansion project we are now recruiting for QT maternity cover – fixed term contract. This positions is Quality Technologist (QT) or sometimes referred to as PC for our backshift working Monday – Friday 17:10-01:40.
Job requirements of Quality Technologist:
· Complete agreed food safety, quality, due diligence and legal checks, on time in full at quality, meeting or exceeding site and customer requirements. These are to include Start up, temperature, X Ray, metal detection and label verification
· ensure accurate record keeping in line with required standards demonstrating attention to detail
· Complying to site standard GMP requirements, including all areas of the factory, warehouse, workstations, equipment, walkways and locker rooms. Clean as you go to site standards
· To ensure a timely escalation to the team supervisor of any situations that fall out of the required site or customer standards and ensuring that any corrective actions are recorded and followed through to conclusion
· To actively participate in site quality and technical initiatives to ensure that the product produced is on time, in full, at quality
· Assist the QA team, with customer site visits and other third party audits
What you will need:
Food Safety Level 2
Good literacy and numeracy skills
Experience within a technical QA or QC based role
Works to a high degree of accuracy
Works well in a team
Pay and benefits:
· Salary – £14.89 p/h (including attendance bonus)
Company pension enrolment
Access to our Cranswick hub, with retail discounts and a range of other perks!
Share of the profits with our discounted ShareScheme
Potential opportunities to learn new skills and progress through one of the UK’s leading food manufacturing companies
Death in service insurance
Free onsite parking and canteen facilities
Interested?: Follow the link provided!
Stay up-to-date with future Cranswick vacancies by joining our recruitment mailing list - https://forms.office.com/e/Yvxj2GHSA5
Closing Date: 20th of December 2025 (please note that should we receive significant interest, this closing date may be brought forward)
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