• Carry out internal audits as per audit schedule issued by Technical Manager
• Maintain training matrix. Arrange technical training, conduct staff trainings and briefings. Highlight gaps to department heads.
• Ensure up to date job descriptions are held on file for all operational employees
• Conduct and document competency checks including but not limited to CCPs, quality checks, preventative controls. Monitor ongoing compliance with documented spot checks.
• Monitor cleaning and factory hygiene. Provide feedback to production and highlight areas for improvement.
• Ensure ATP, Allergen and environmental swabbing is completed and operators completing the cleans are competent.
• Document cleaning procedures
• Chemical approval. Ensure correct documentation is held on file for all chemicals
• Equipment calibration and ensuring measuring equipment is in good working order
• Generating and updating mixing procedures.  
• HACCP team member. Contribute to site HACCP plans.
• Carry out mock traceability and mass balance tests for materials with assured status claim.
• Create and maintain Packing Specifications for all products. Ensuring production always have the most up to date version
• Artwork sign off focusing on barcodes, packaging codes and legal information
• Support technical manager with the supplier management system, specifically ensuring certificates and specifications are kept up to date.
• Ensure hard copies of quality documents including site signage is kept up to date
• Maintaining medical questionnaire paperwork
• Collate and check agency paperwork
• Participate in food safety culture plan
• Completion of packaging weight information and of customer packaging questionnaires
• Production paperwork checks
• Materials and finished goods checks and release
• Generation of customer paperwork where required
• Arranging sample testing as per testing schedule
• Determine and implement quality improvements.
• Support Technical Manager in implementation of third-party accreditation and customer own label standards
• Support Technical department during staff shortages such as holiday cover.
• Any other reasonable duties that support the effective delivery of the role.

• Food Science degree or similar
• Good attention to detail
• Proficient in the use of IT programmes such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
• Highly organised
• Proactive
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Positive can-do attitude

• Experience working in the food industry in similar role
• Food Safety L2
• HACCP L2
• Internal auditor trained
• Experience working with RTE ambient

Location: Gloucestershire

Contract Type: Permanent 

Hours: 37.5 hrs per week plus 30 min break 

£24-26k – Dependent on experience

The Company

Pulsin is a rapidly growing health food manufacturing business trading in the UK and overseas. The successful applicant will be joining a small, committed, and hard-working team in a fun, relaxed and innovative working atmosphere.   

The Role

Reporting to NPD Manager & Head of Technical

The ideal candidate will be passionate about the food industry and willing to go the extra mile to improve site standards. Key responsibilities include: 

Responsibilities

• Manage updates to packaging artworks 
• Maintaining and updating pack copy sheets
• Working with external suppliers on specific projects such as printing and new packaging formats 
• New product development specific data entry
• Assist with product testing including shelf-life organoleptic testing of NPD samples, benchmarking against existing and competitor products
• Assisting NPD Manager in making product samples and sending to customers as required
• ‘Blue sky’ thinking for new concepts and recipe testing
• Arranging weekly quality attribute tests on existing products. Creating QAS for new products
• Complete New Product Checklists
• Oversee machine trials and document accordingly.
• Ensure Finished Product Specifications are kept up to date. 
• Conducting and documenting shelf-life trials including ensuring samples are sent off for external analysis
• Completion of internal audits as scheduled by the Technical Manager
• Carry out mock traceability and mass balance tests for materials with assured status claim. 
• Provide cover for members of the technical/ product teams during absence
• Other Ad hoc tasks to support the technical & product departments.

The Requirements

Essential

• Food Science degree or similar
• Good attention to detail
• Proficient in the use of IT programmes such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
• Highly organised 
• Proactive
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Positive can-do attitude

Desirable

• Experience working in the food industry in similar role
• Food Safety L2
• HACCP L2
• Internal auditor trained
• Experience working with RTE ambient

To apply please send CV’s and a covering letter to dominique@pulsin.co.uk & mollie.hall@pulsin.co.uk No recruitment agent contact please.