Total 201 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Bury, Greater Manchester

About Us
At the Guinness Partnership we are driven by our social purpose to provide great homes and services to our 135,000 residents across the country. Of our 65,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them. We have a strong development programme, building more of the much needed affordable housing nationwide.
Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
About the role
We have an opportunity within the Risk and Assurance Team for a Risk and Assurance Apprentice to join us on a 24 month contract, based at our offices in Oldham.
At Guinness, we are dedicated to developing a culture of excellence and innovation in our risk management and assurance practices. Our Risk and Assurance Team plays a pivotal role in ensuring our operations run smoothly through supporting teams to identify, assess, and mitigate risk.
You'll be part of a knowledgeable and friendly team that is proud of the work they do to ensure that Guinness has a robust approach to risk and assurance. You'll be an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a passion for working with others to get things right. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to kick start your career in a dynamic field.

During the apprenticeship you will be working towards achieving the Level 4 Apprenticeship - Internal Audit Practitioner qualification.
Our working style is a hybrid model. Working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm with 80% on the job training and 20% off the job time to further your learning. The college provider will work alongside you to help you achieve your goals.

Salary
The salary on offer is dependent on your age, and is above Government recommendations for National Minimum Wage & Living Wage:
* Under 18: £14,955 per annum (£17,800 in 2nd Year)
* 18-20: £16,623 per annum (£17,800 in 2nd Year)
* 21 - 22: £20,974 per annum
* 23 & Over: £19,050 per annum

What we're looking for
As a Risk and Assurance Apprentice, you will work closely with our experienced professions to learn and contribute to various aspects of risk management and assurance. This will involve working with risk owners to update the risk register on our risk management system and developing the use of our system, supporting the delivery of the internal audit contact including tracking recommendations through to completion, testing controls and processes to check they are operating effectively across all areas of the business, and collating information to feed into reporting.

You'll also be able to demonstrate:
* An ability to work effectively within a team and build relationships with stakeholders.
* An ability to work methodically, following agreed procedures.
* Good oral and written communication.
* Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
* An ability to prioritise between conflicting deadlines and timescales.
* An ability to work to the Guinness Behaviours.

Desirable experience:
* Experience of Risk Management.
* Previous experience of working in the social housing sector

Essential Qualifications:
* Level 2 (C+ or 9-4 GCSE or equivalent) or higher.

Desirable:
* Educated to Level 3 (A level in a in a business-related subject or equivalent) or higher.

If you're interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless

About Us

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Student Advice & Support Assistant (customer service role)
QA Higher Education, Manchester City Centre
Monday - Saturday 5 days per week, fulltime contract, on campus daily

Do you have experience within a busy student facing or customer support environment or are you a recent Graduate looking to gain experience and grow your career within the Education sector?

Are you used to a fast paced, customer facing role where you are constantly multi-tasking? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

About the role: As a member of the Student Advice & Support Centre (SASC), you will provide customer advice, support, and information services to our students contributing to our outstanding student journey and experience.

You will work alongside a wider team acting as the first point of contact for all QA Higher Education students, handling a full range of student enquiries received face-to-face, telephone and virtually), referring to more specialist teams where appropriate.

Your ability to give our students an excellent level of customer service is vital to our student success. Good IT, ability to use our CRM system, Word and Excel skills a MUST!

NB in general you will be required to work one evening until 9pm per week and on average one Saturday per month

Here's some of what be doing: (click through to read the full JD)
Support the SASC Team Leaders in ensuring the delivery of an excellent forward facing customer service for all centres.
Log and refer enquiries using various QAHE systems.
Use initiative to resolve queries that have a readily available answer by reference to policy, experience and/or where some discretion can be applied.
Work to specific procedures to ensure a consistent and excellent customer service.
Act as a more knowledgeable team member to resolve non-standard or complex queries or advise when to escalate. Acting as the front-line service for various student support related departments.
Assist in various aspects of the service development as deemed appropriate.
Responsible for ensuring that all enquiries are answered in a timely manner, that referrals are correctly made, and students are receiving consistent information.
Use the Student Portal and FAQs developed within the SASC teams to answer and refer student queries.
To support the enrolment of all new students providing a timely and seamless customer experience.

Bring your experience:
Good administration skills with attention to detail.
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, in particular, Excel and Word.
Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
Managing a busy and varied workload, in a pressurised environment, meeting required deadlines
Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to work on own initiative.

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#graduateopportunity
#manchester
#studentsupport
#administrator
#customerservice
#LifeAtQA

A little more about QA:
Students preparing for undergraduate study. Working professionals looking to specialise in their field. Career changers. Everyone should be given access to outstanding higher education and our aim at QA is to make that possible.
We work with our partner universities to offer courses ranging from foundation programmes to postgraduate degrees covering subject areas including Accountancy, Business, Computing, Cyber, Digital Marketing, Events Management, Project Management and Web Development and delivered in city centre locations.
Equal Opportunities
At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.
We look forward to hearing from you!

A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.


Due to retirement, an exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join the Infection Prevention and Control / Tissue Viability team at Manchester University Foundation Trust. We are seeking to appoint an accomplished, experienced Infection Prevention nurse with strong management skills and speciality knowledge.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing support, act as an expert advisory resource, and deputise for the lead nurse in their absence. If you consider yourself to be a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual with demonstrable speciality experience within Infection Prevention, and you possess strong leadership skills then we would like to hear from you.

The Infection Prevention / Tissue Viability team deliver a 7-day service during the hours of 08 – 17.00. The successful candidate will be predominantly based at the Oxford Road Campus.

The post holder will ensure the key functions of the Matron for Infection Prevention and Control/Tissue Viability Nursing are undertaken for the Trust through; effective and clear leadership, ensuring the monitoring and maintenance of robust Infection Prevention and Control/Tissue Viability standards of practice are maintained and embedded within the Trust. Ensuring key processes are in place to support all Trust employees, patients, and visitors with maintaining required standards in order to delivery harm free care to our users and protection of our employees. Oversee the delivery of multi professional training programmes, surveillance, collaborative multidisciplinary working, interagency working and contributing to clinical governance arrangements across the Trust.

The successful person will manage a team of Infection Prevention and Control/Tissue Viability Nurses across the locality providing day to day line management and supervision.

As an integral part of the Trust’s Infection Prevention and Control/Tissue Viability Team the post holder will provide advice and support and act as an expert advisory resource.

The successful candidate will support the Lead Nurses for Infection Control/Tissue Viability in the management, leadership and development of the Infection Prevention and Control/Tissue Viability Nursing Service, deputising for the Lead Nurse Infection Control/Tissue Viability as required.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!




This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Jul 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Looking for a meaningful opportunity in the field of electrical inspection? Our client, a highly esteemed partner of the UK Ministry of Defence, are seeking an experienced Electrical Inspector to join their team. As an Electrical Inspector, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of deliverable hardware, thereby contributing to the success of this critical partnership. This is an opportunity to work with a dynamic team that values quality and excellence and to make a real difference in the world of defence.

What we're looking for:

• Several years of experience as a skilled person.
• IPC 610 & IPC 620 certified / trained preferred.
• Manual handling and ESD Training.
• Possess and exhibit experience in inspecting the work of others.
• No colour blindness.

Qualifications:

• Approved Apprenticeship/Apprenticeship Framework/Modern Apprenticeship
• OR
• Vocational G or H Units with Further Education, City & Guilds Parts 1, 2 & 3
• OR
• Vocational TR23 Units with Further Education, ONC or City & Guilds Parts 1, 2 & 3
• OR
• Vocational NVQ3 with Further Education, BTEC ONC/HNC

What you'll get to do as an Electrical Inspector:

The candidate will be responsible for maintaining the quality of deliverable hardware and certifying the product in line with processes and procedures. They will also inspect for correct assembly, physical damage, and faulty finishes or painting. They will monitor operators and control non-conforming items, raising reports as necessary. The candidate will maintain product certification and approval via regular audits, ensuring compliance with all procedures. They will also possess a versatile skill base and maintain workmanship standards while contributing to an environment of process improvement.

"Please Note: Our client requires all employees to achieve the appropriate clearance relevant to the role"

More about the role:

Our client's relationship with the UK military spans back over 70 years. They have delivered countless landmarks in defence engineering, supplying vital defence capability to meet the needs of the armed forces over land, sea, and air.

This role is based in Bolton, one of their newest cutting-edge facilities, which also offers showers and bike racks. The Bolton site is considered one of the North West's leading manufacturing capabilities for the next 25 years and beyond. Training and development are offered to all employees.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Creative Support are recruiting for a Senior Quality Practitioner (Medication Lead) to join the national quality team. The role is based in Stockport town centre with national travel. There is potential for some flexible working.

Scope of the role

Creative Support has an established nationally focused quality department, which undertakes aspects of quality assurance work, compliance and good practice work nationally across our service user groups. These include a regular audit programme, a proactive audit schedule which works ahead of external inspections from regulators, local authorities and the CQC. Medication good practice and person centred support are imperative to achieving high quality services. The quality department is looking to enhance its team with this new Medication lead role.

Summary of the Role

The role of Senior Quality Practitioner – Medication Lead is a newly developed role which will significantly contribute to quality assurance across the organisation. The role will concentrate on medication governance and improvement processes across our national services, particularly those services who are registered with CQC. Creative Support currently has over 650 services, including Learning Disability, Mental Health, Care Homes, etc. The role will be well supported within the highly experienced and established quality team who have been together in its current work for over 10 years.

Key areas of concentration for this post holder are to have a lead role in medication good practice including ensuring policies and toolkits enable excellent medication management and to audit sites to ensure compliance against policy and protocols.

You will be based within the Quality team and will contribute to our audit and social care governance processes. Full induction and comprehensive training provided. The role is newly developed and hence the successful candidate will be involved in the strategy for the role in conjunction with the Head of Quality. This is a progressive role for an experience professional in Health and Social Care with a passion for high standard of health support and medication good practice. This is a varied role and suits someone who is organised, caring with great insight into good practice standards.

The role is based in Stockport town centre with national travel. There is potential for some flexible working.

If you would like to know more about this role please contact Claire Robinson, Head of Quality on 07974 320 577 or through our Head Office on 0161 236 0829.

Vacancy Reference Number: 72633
Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 33 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK. – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme.

Develop a robust equalities measurement framework working with our academic sector, business intelligence and population health. Ensure the design and implementation of GM IC E&I development and action plans are evidence based and relevant to service or function improvement, identifying the most effective approaches to equality policy and practice. Develop strong relationships across ICS business and functional areas to improve awareness of E&I mainstreaming, supporting services to develop equality evidence based, outcome-focused approaches to service design and delivery Set out the parameters for a robust Equality Impact Assessment infrastructure. Carry out research in E&I issues and provide evidence-based research and data, translating into practical actions to advance equality. Lead the analysis for reports of ICB equality statutory and constitutional requirements Provide insight, data, strategic analysis, recommendations, and solutions with respect to delivering the ICB Equality Objectives and strategy. Together with others, create critical links between community intelligence and health and care data to interrogate new and emerging disparities.

Your new company
This is a large and well regarded national law firm that has an excellent profile.

Your new role
This role will see you join the risk and compliance team and manage various tasks, including working closely with fee earners, completing file reviews for all areas of the firm, liaising with new starters and delivering risk and compliance inductions.

What you'll need to succeed
The successful candidate must have gained a strong academic background, including a 2:1 in their LLB. Ideally, you will have gained experience / exposure to risk and compliance in a legal setting. It is essential that the candidate has excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills.

What you'll get in return
The successful candidate will benefit from working in a well regarded national law firm with ongoing progression and development. The client is offering a competitive salary dependent on experience. Hybrid working options are available.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Vehicle Technician/ MOT Tester - Bury

Salary - Up to £38,000 Basic

Hours - Monday - Friday - 8am - 5:30pm, No Saturdays

Ref - OC16597

We have a new job vacancy available for a Vehicle Technician/ MOT Tester in Bury. My client is a great independent specialist, who prides themselves on quality. This is a great opportunity for a Vehicle Technician/ MOT Tester that is looking for a place to settle in long term. If you're a Vehicle Technician/ MOT Tester currently on the lookout then apply now!

Vehicle Technician/ MOT Tester Benefits:

• Training and developement opportunities
• 28 days holidays (including bank holiday)
• Company Pension

Vehicle Technician/ MOT Tester Role:

• Carry out servicing and maintenance of all vehicles
• Electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic fault diagnosis and repair, this work may include warranty approved work in line with our brand parameters
• Department of Transport (MOT) testing duties (if qualified)

Vehicle Technician Requirements:

• Full UK driving license
• NVQ, IMI or City and Guilds level 3 ideally but will consider time served experience also

Octane Recruitment

Consultant - Al-amin Abiru

VTNTH

Octane Recruitment are a leading Recruitment agency specialising in Automotive, Motor trade, Engineering, OEM and various related industries.

We are recruiting across the UK for Vehicle Technician, Vehicle Mechanic, Commercial Vehicle Technician, Diagnostic Technician, Senior Technician, Master Technician, Mobile Vehicle Technician, PDI Technician, Prep Technician, MOT Tester, Fast Fit Technician, LCV Technician, Light Commercial Technician, HGV Technician, Bus Technician, LGV Technician, HGV Engineer, HGV Mechanic, HGV Fitter.

Octane Recruitment cover a variety of different sectors including Technical, Mechanical, Engineering, Sales, Service, Aftersales, Bodyshop, Fleet & Rental Management, Accounts, Finance, Marketing, & Payroll, Managerial, Logistics, Parts, Administration, Call Centre / Contact Centre, Senior Appointments, Head Office Positions and Confidential Appointments.

Who are we?

We’re the biggest name in Europe’s vehicle remarketing industry, selling 1.3m vehicles per annum, across 60 locations and with a turnover of £2billion. We believe our people are the best in the business, they are friendly, expert and professional.

Role: MOT Tester
Salary: £35,000.00 per annum
Location: Manchester
Working Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00-17:30

Main responsibilities:


Completing MOT Tests
Carry out all repairs in line with approved methods to restore the vehicle to its original condition.
Plan and organise time effectively to ensure all tasks are completed within set deadlines, achieving efficiency.
Diagnose problems on vehicles in the workshop and if needed undertake electrical diagnosis on vehicles
Ensure all the relevant documentation is accurately completed and all company procedures are followed


Skills and experience required:


Qualified as an MOT Tester
Qualified to City and Guilds or NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 (essential)
Full UK Driving Licence
Willing to support junior techs and offer support/expertise when needed.
You will be passionate to work within the motor industry and take pride in their work, to the highest standards of work set by customers
You will need to work independently on vehicles and have experience to make decisions when required
Excellent attention to detail


Why choose BCA?


Training courses available for our staff, including Level 2 and 3 in Hybrid Vehicles Training
Deals and discounts on new cars for you and your family
Access to BCA Rewards, which provides online and in-store discounts with a range of retailers such as Asda, Tesco, Boots, Ikea, Currys and many more…
Company Schemes that include Eye Care Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme & Referral Scheme


We try to make working for BCA rewarding in every sense, including a positive work environment, training and development opportunities as well as exciting career options. If you're looking for a career that has great teamwork, training, rewards, long-term scope and is going places - apply now!

Our policy is to employ the best-qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.

Lecturer in Computing
QA Higher Education, Full Time Role
Face2Face LOCATION Manchester City Centre Campus
Are you a Higher Education Lecturer in Computing looking for a permanent role within a dynamic organisation, where you can be proud and feel rewarded watching our students succeed?
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of our growing and expanding campus. We are student centric and very passionate about our contribution to our students' future ………come join us!
Your focus: As Lecturer, you will be responsible for our students' progression and academic achievement up to level 7. Planning, preparing, teaching modules both online and in the classroom using our innovative delivery methods and cutting-edge curriculum. You will provide guidance and support to our students with your knowledge and expertise, powering each student's potential.
Bring your experience: Applicants should have suitable and relative experience in teaching general programming (e.g., Python) and with at least one speciality such as Cloud Computing or Web Development or Mobile Development or Networking or IOT or Data Science or Big Data or DBMS or Relational Programming or Artificial Intelligence or Knowledge Engineering or Deep Learning or Information Systems. Must hold a Masters degree or higher in Computer Science/IT or related subject areas. Experience teaching in higher education (e.g., levels 4 to 7) is required. A teaching qualification and HEA membership would be distinct advantages.
What we can give you:
Access to innovative delivery methods, and exciting course material.
Chance to work with like-minded educational enthusiasts; able to share and learn delivery best practice and industry leading knowledge.
Receive specialist coaching and support from your education leaders.
A little more about QA:
Students preparing for undergraduate study. Working professionals looking to specialise in their field. Career changers. Everyone should be given access to outstanding higher education and our aim at QA is to make that possible.
We work with our partner universities to offer courses ranging from foundation programmes to postgraduate degrees covering subject areas including Accountancy, Business, Computing, Cyber, Digital Marketing, Events Management, Project Management and Web Development and delivered in city centre locations.

Equal Opportunities
At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.

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#computer science
#masters
#highereducation
#python

Your new company
A large multinational company looking for project control lead to manage the construction programmes. Make sure they are delivered on time, to the correct standard and within budget. They are a well-known name in the industry and have positive reviews on Glassdoor, where 80% of its employees would recommend to a friend.

Your new role
You will be the go-to person for the planners & schedulers, the quantity surveyors and cost engineers to control projects from start to finish and make sure they will be delivered to the right standard and on time. As the project control lead you will influence the direction of the projects and understand the risks and issues that may arise and deal with those accordingly.
The construction programmes are a mix of refurbishments, FM and new build. Currently, the portfolio has up to 70 projects which are across, production, packing, warehouses,
research and development facilities, labs and offices.
Projects range from £100k - £12.5 million, with the average projects being £500k - £1.5 million.

What you'll need to succeed
A degree qualified in quantity surveying or project control with a background working as either QS or planner. Hands-on experience with cost and schedule risk analysis. You will have knowledge of planning, scheduling, cost management so that you can successfully lead the project control team.
Knowledge of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
Experience in various software systems including SAP, Contract Management (CEMAR preferred or similar), purchasing software (Coupa preferred or similar), Portfolio management systems and Microsoft Office.

What you'll get in return
In return, together with a competitive salary, there is a flexible working arrangement with 2 days available to work from home, a range of benefits to choose from for your physical, financial and mental wellbeing.
Have you thought about relocating to the North-West? This company offers relocation packages!

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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QA Technician
£24,000 - £26,000
Wigan, Lancashire
Food Manufacturing
Job ref: 8701

The company
This role is working for a successful BRC AA Graded food manufacturer. The company produces high-quality food products and exceptional service - enabling their food manufacturing customers to innovate and increase productivity without compromising on quality.
About the QA Technician job
The purpose of your role will be to ensure that products meet the customer-approved specifications and the legal requirements according to FSA standards and company procedures.
Key tasks
• Maintain accurate records of all quality paperwork received and/or returned from other Departments and ensure tasks (QA Matrix) and any other requested activities are completed within the designated timescales.
• Ensure that all quality and food safety systems are operated throughout all departments with full documentation and that they meet the requirements within the BRC Global Food standard and legislation.
• Assist with customer complaints: identify root causes and determine corrective actions required to prevent further complaints; ensure complaints are closed out as per company procedure.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with customers, external contacts and colleagues.
• Prepare and assist in customer visits and site technical audits where necessary.
About You
The successful candidate shall have proven experience of working in a Quality Assurance environment and ideally be educated to degree level in Food Science. In addition, HACCP and Food Safety qualifications are essential.
• PC literate as well as an excellent communicator at all levels, both written and verbally.
• Able to plan and organise work efficiently and effectively, work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Work independently and as part of a team with a proactive attitude.
• Excellent attention to detail that reflects thorough and accurate work.
More details
The QA Technician job is based in Wigan, Lancashire and pays £24,000 - £26,000 according to your experience.
The package includes 21 days holiday plus bank holidays, Pension, Investment in People and Training, Referral Programme for successful employee referrals, Wellbeing and Engagement Programmes, Onsite Mental Health First Aiders, Employee Assistance Programme for yourself, your partner and any children in full-time education up to the age of 21, this includes counselling, Onsite Car Parking, Company Sickness Pay, Seasonal Flu Vouchers.
The working hours are rotating shifts on a three-weekly schedule as per the below -
Week 1 Monday – Thursday 06:00–14:30 & Friday 06:00-13:30
Week 2 Monday – Thursday 08:00-16:30 & Friday 07:30 – 15:00
Week 3 Monday – Wednesday 11:30-22:00 & Thursday 12:00-22:00
Alternate job titles
Quality Assurance Technician | QA Auditor | Quality Assurance Auditor | QA Technologist | Quality Auditor | Quality Assistant | QA Assistant | Quality Assurance Technician

Looking for a meaningful opportunity in the field of electrical inspection? Our client, a highly esteemed partner of the UK Ministry of Defence, are seeking an experienced Electrical Inspector to join their team. As an Electrical Inspector, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of deliverable hardware, thereby contributing to the success of this critical partnership. This is an opportunity to work with a dynamic team that values quality and excellence and to make a real difference in the world of defence.

What we're looking for:

• Several years of experience as a skilled person.
• IPC 610 & IPC 620 certified / trained preferred.
• Manual handling and ESD Training.
• Possess and exhibit experience in inspecting the work of others.
• No colour blindness.

Qualifications:

• Approved Apprenticeship/Apprenticeship Framework/Modern Apprenticeship
• OR
• Vocational G or H Units with Further Education, City & Guilds Parts 1, 2 & 3
• OR
• Vocational TR23 Units with Further Education, ONC or City & Guilds Parts 1, 2 & 3
• OR
• Vocational NVQ3 with Further Education, BTEC ONC/HNC

What you'll get to do as an Electrical Inspector:

The candidate will be responsible for maintaining the quality of deliverable hardware and certifying the product in line with processes and procedures. They will also inspect for correct assembly, physical damage, and faulty finishes or painting. They will monitor operators and control non-conforming items, raising reports as necessary. The candidate will maintain product certification and approval via regular audits, ensuring compliance with all procedures. They will also possess a versatile skill base and maintain workmanship standards while contributing to an environment of process improvement.

"Please Note: Our client requires all employees to achieve the appropriate clearance relevant to the role"

More about the role:

Our client's relationship with the UK military spans back over 70 years. They have delivered countless landmarks in defence engineering, supplying vital defence capability to meet the needs of the armed forces over land, sea, and air.

This role is based in Bolton, one of their newest cutting-edge facilities, which also offers showers and bike racks. The Bolton site is considered one of the North West's leading manufacturing capabilities for the next 25 years and beyond. Training and development are offered to all employees.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Please see Job Description in documents section for full details of the job and personal specification.

to apply email cv - info@catherinewhyterecruitment.co.uk

Credit control - £25k - £26k depending on exp. based in Manchester m16 area
Experienced Credit Controller with overall knowledge of all AR sales ledger duties with good organisation skills. join our small friendly team.
Monday to Friday 9am -5pm - responsibilities – Must be able to work on Sage line 50
Post Daily bank payments to accounts. Allocate invoices off remittance advices.
• Chase Remittance Advices where missing
• Email statements to customers
• Chasing overdue invoices for payment dates
• Dealing with invoice queries (send evidence/backing docs)
• Sending copy invoices
• Raising Vat invoices (convert from PDF to work)
• Experience of excel/Word
• Excellent telephone manner

Good benefits / free on site parking / great company