Quality Inspector - Nights

Job Location: Halstead
Halstead, Essex, UK
Company Description
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella, Tic Tac, Ferrero Rocher, Raffaello, Kinder Bueno and Kinder Surprise. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
Diversity Statement
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
About the Role:
In the role of Quality Inspector during night shifts, you will be pivotal in ensuring that our production unit operates in adherence to the quality standards outlined by Group Quality. You will be responsible for overseeing various aspects of production to guarantee compliance with specifications, as well as proposing initiatives for continuous improvement. Moreover, you will contribute to employees’ training to ensure the achievement of quality objectives and will actively monitor the production auto-control system to promptly address any issues that may arise.
Main Responsibilities:
As a Quality Inspector, your role is multifaceted and pivotal in ensuring the consistent adherence to stringent quality standards within our production environment. You will oversee a range of critical responsibilities aimed at upholding product integrity and compliance with regulatory requirements:
Your primary responsibility lies in conducting thorough internal checks, encompassing hygiene and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and diligently maintaining audit schedules to ensure the consistent enforcement of quality standards.
Maintaining impeccable hygiene standards throughout the factory premises is imperative, and you will play a crucial role in upholding these standards at all times, in line with regulatory guidelines and industry best practices.
You will be tasked with auditing critical aspects such as allergen control, Critical Control Points (CCP's), and recipe control, ensuring strict adherence to established standards and specifications to safeguard product quality.
Monitoring of documentation related to traceability, batching, product labels, and printing will be part of your routine, ensuring accuracy and completeness to facilitate seamless production processes.
In the event of food safety and quality issues, you will serve as a reliable source of support for production and Quality Management, offering assistance for laboratory analysis and helping to implement necessary corrective actions to address any identified deficiencies promptly.
Collaborating closely with production staff, you will proactively contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of quality standards, ensuring that our products consistently meet all requisite criteria for excellence.
Effectively managing quarantined goods and actively participating in internal/external audits.
Carrying out swabs for adherence to the environmental monitoring programme.
You will play a pivotal role in addressing any emerging quality issues promptly and effectively, thereby safeguarding the integrity and reputation of our products and processes.
In summary, as a Quality Inspector, you are entrusted with the critical responsibility of ensuring the integrity, compliance, and continual improvement of quality standards within our production environment, thereby playing a vital role in safeguarding our reputation and customer satisfaction.
Who we are looking for:
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload effectively. The ideal candidate will have previous exposure to working within a quality role and will possess strong numerical skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office is essential, and the ability to work under pressure while maintaining high attention to detail and accuracy is crucial.
If you are passionate about maintaining quality standards and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply for this role.
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.
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