Responsibilities include:

• Assess fruit on arrival at the Apple Way site and other off site storage locations in and around Spalding in line with WFL processes.
• Conduct quality assessments on fruit throughout storage on site to ensure quality risk are made visible to the wide business, using Clarifruit QC software
• Conduct post ripened & pre-production quality checks, using Clarifruit QC software
• Conduct quality assessments on shelf life, ripening & hot box trials.
• Make recommendations to Product Managers & Procurement teams regarding management of fruit through the process based on checks conducted.
• Conduct online process validation checks to ensure processes are followed and product being produced meets customer specification.
• Conduct GMP Audits in line with audit schedule.
• Assist in making basic changes to the OAL programmes to support OAL champion at weekends and during holidays.
• Conduct Finished good assessments on packed product where necessary to ensure product meets customer specification.
• Actively seek guidance on the management of High-Risk Management Plans to ensure our site quality assessments are robustly mitigating fruit quality risks.
• Raise and escalate process failures and internal service failures (packing/printing errors) to the wider business.
• Ensure any product which does not meet food safety, quality, legality, or integrity requirements is appropriately controlled in line with our Hold and Quarantine policies.
• Verify and maintain all QC equipment on site.
• Actively promote best practice in relation to Hygiene & Health & Safety standards.
• Look to identify areas of continuous improvement and communicate ideas senior team, use lean tools and techniques such as 5S, root cause.