As a QA Officer in Hallum, you safeguard quality and food safety in food production. You work full time with different departments on checks, documentation, customer queries, audits and analyses.
The role
As a QA Officer with our client company in Hallum, Fryslân, you work to safeguard quality and food safety in food production. You develop, implement and maintain quality standards, working closely with different departments.
Your responsibilities
- Assess quality and food-safety deviations with the relevant departments. Where necessary, stop production or place raw materials, auxiliary materials, semi-finished goods and finished products on hold.
- Review and update documents, the quality manual and quality systems, and maintain process and product assurance programmes.
- Prepare product specifications in customer systems and respond to customer questions, questionnaires and nutrition-related queries.
- Advise and support departments on quality, food safety and applicable legislation.
- Prepare complaint reports and handle product holds and incidents.
- Carry out sensory assessments of finished products and regular freshness checks on semi-finished goods, identifying possible deviations promptly.
- Manage the pest-control plan and follow up on reports of pest activity.
- Conduct inspections, hygiene rounds and internal audits, and support external audits.
- Take samples for microbiological and other analyses and interpret the results.
- Manage packaging-related documentation and keep it up to date.
What you bring
- MBO+/HBO-level work and thinking ability in Food Technology.
- Experience in quality within the food industry.
- Good command of Dutch and English, plus basic German.
- An independent, proactive approach, initiative and confidence in making decisions.
- An entrepreneurial, flexible, accurate and customer-focused attitude, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Working hours and offer
This is a full-time role. Specific working hours and any shift pattern are not stated.
The salary is in accordance with scale 9 of the collective labour agreement, with additional employment benefits. The role offers professional development and growth opportunities in a positive, supportive working environment.