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Quality Analyst

Job Posted: a month ago

Salary: £ 36,000 - 41,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Bedford, Bedfordshire

Expire in: 2 days

Job Description

We are recruiting a QA Technician to join a brewery environment, supporting quality and food safety across a busy FMCG manufacturing site. While this role sits within brewing, candidates with wider food or drinks manufacturing experience are very welcome.

This is a hands-on laboratory role, ideal for someone with strong microbiological experience who enjoys working close to production and being part of a shift-based operation.

The role

  * Carry out microbiological and physico-chemical testing across raw materials, in-process and finished beer

  * Record, manage and trend results using LIMS and other laboratory systems

  * Issue product holds and non-conformity reports when results fall outside specification

  * Support equipment calibration, verification and routine laboratory maintenance

  * Collect samples for internal and external testing, new raw materials, packaging and process changes

  * Conduct sensory evaluation of water and beer

  * Support yeast propagation at laboratory scale

  * Maintain high standards of cleanliness, organisation and compliance within the lab

What we are looking for

  * Minimum 3 years laboratory experience within FMCG manufacturing

  * Strong microbiological testing experience is essential

  * Experience within brewing, beverages, food or drinks manufacturing

  * Familiarity with physico-chemical analysis and lab equipment calibration

  * Working knowledge of LIMS or similar laboratory management systems

  * Experience supporting canning or packaging lines is highly desirable

  * High attention to detail, adaptable and collaborative working style

  * Must have the legal right to work in the UK without sponsorship

Shift pattern

  * Rotating 3-shift pattern: 6–2, 2–10, 10–6

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