Overview
Veetee is a global ambient foods and rice company, a major supplier to retailers, wholesalers, and other food manufacturing businesses. We have two factories and three warehouses in Rochester, Kent, one manufacturing site and corporate office in India, and a Sales & Distribution team in the USA.
The main purpose of this role is to review the manufacturing process and products, plant hygiene, GMP, G&P and other internal verification, as well as reviewing all raw materials and packing deliveries.
Here's what you'll be doing:
- Regular checks on the process and packing lines to ensure that all products are being manufactured to the correct specification.
- Regular checking of the packing lines and equipment to ensure it is working correctly and that items such as weigh checkers, metal detectors are working and are in calibration.
- Ensuring that the date coding and labelling of finished goods are accurate, readable and according to customer requirements.
- Carrying out traceable tests.
- Maintaining product samples of daily production and ensure they are regularly checked for quality or defects.
- Conducting test on raw materials and packaging quality.
- Routine monitoring of process line e.g., metal detection, weight checks, product seals, bar codes checks and verification, best before end date, film alignment, glue traces, code positioning, case contents and case coding as relevant, taking immediate actions to remedy any deviation from specification and recording all tests in the Finished Product and Check Weigh Forms.
- Ensuring all associated paperwork is completed properly, accurately and on time.
- Ensuring production deadlines are met interms of line release post clean-downs, changeovers, etc.
- Assist operations team on minimising wastage.
- Ensuring the tidiness of the work area.
- Help and assist in training others on the equipment once fully competent.
- Assist in non-conformance investigations and resolutions as required.
- Any other reasonable duties, responsibilities, or requests that may be issued by management from time to time.
Shift Pattern
4 on, 4 off
Days and night shifts
Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship
Pay: £14,722.50 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Rochester ME2 4LT: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
