Job Description

Donald Russell is a family-owned, quality food business with a heritage in butchery. We supply direct to family homes as well as to luxury hotels and restaurants around the world and have been the proud holders of a Royal Warrant for almost 40 years.

Our team of employees are incredibly passionate about delivering quality food and a friendly service, with our exacting standards and attention to detail driving everything we do.

Overview

As an integral member of our technical team, we are seeking a compliance technician with a practical and proactive approach to help ensure Donald Russell remains a legally compliant Food Business Operator (FBO) and EC approved plant.

The role

Label Verifications Documentation checks. Making sure they comply with Food Law Regulations and retain these for the purposes of maintaining traceability. Working with the Production team & Hygiene Team to ensure that the standard of site hygiene is maintained as well as Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is maintained. Measuring and Recording temperatures throughout the factory and adhering to procedures for the control of non-conformances. Undertake documented checks of finished Products. Assisting with Food Safety and Hygiene Audits when Required. Dealing with returns from customers and ensuring that returns are dealt with according to relevant procedures and reporting to Customer Services as required. Carry out environmental swabs & hand swabs. Placing products on QC Hold & Informing all relevant persons/departments where and when required. Enforce technical standards and procedures with Production/Fulfilment. Assisting with investigations customers complaints and non-conformance issues.

Qualifications

Internal Auditor Course. (Not essential) HACCP Training (not essential) Food Safety level - (elementary/Level 2)

Skills & Experience

QC/QA Experience

Previous experience working in a technical environment.
Background working in a food production environment (preferred).

Excellent communications skills and the ability to develop strong working relationships with other departments and within the business. Strong planning, organisation, and time management skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel/Word). Customer Focused. Food Labelling Requirements.

Benefits

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discount

Free flu jabs

Free parking

Health & wellbeing programme

On-site parking

Paid volunteer time

Schedule

Monday to Friday

Work Location

In Person

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount Free flu jabs Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Paid volunteer time
Ability to commute/relocate:

Inverurie AB51 4FR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person