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QA Specialist – Food Quality | Hoorn

Posted on 2 November 2026

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Laurens Verheijden

Chemicals & QHSE advisor

l.verheijden@teamaxtreno.com

At our client company in Hoorn, Noord-Holland, you’ll work 20–24 hours a week as a QA Specialist. You’ll advise production on quality and food safety and support lasting improvements. Full-time salary reference: €3,185–€4,943 per month.

The role

At our client company's production site in Hoorn, Noord-Holland, you will work as a QA Specialist in food manufacturing. You will link the quality and production teams and help ensure that products and processes meet quality and food-safety requirements.

What you'll do

  • Support and advise production on quality and food-safety matters.
  • Translate relevant legislation and standards such as BRC/IFS and HACCP into practical procedures for the production floor.
  • Discuss quality issues in depth and encourage colleagues to pursue continuous improvement.
  • Work with colleagues on lasting improvements to product quality, process control and food safety.

What you bring

  • Completed higher professional education (HBO); a food-related field is preferred.
  • At least five years of work experience; experience in the food industry is preferred.
  • Knowledge of or affinity with BRC/IFS, HACCP and relevant legislation and regulations.
  • A quality-focused mindset and interest in process improvement and collaboration.
  • Strong communication skills and confidence working across different organizational levels.
  • An analytical, accurate approach; independent and proactive, with the ability to bring colleagues along in quality improvements.
  • Results-oriented, with attention to detail.
  • Good spoken and written Dutch and English.

Conditions and benefits

  • 20–24 hours per week; the work schedule has not been specified.
  • Full-time salary reference: €3,185–€4,943 per month, depending on knowledge and experience.
  • A laptop, mobile phone and a good pension plan.
  • 25 days of annual leave.
  • A varied role with considerable responsibility, in a team where quality, collaboration and development are central.
  • Confectionery to take home.
  • Contract type has not been specified.

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