West Yorkshire

QA Technician

QA Technician

Are you an experienced QA Technician? Have you got experience of working in a food manufacturing environment.

Our client a market leading food manufacture are looking to recruit a QA Technician to join their team based in Leeds.

The QA Technician needs to ensure that all products manufactured and packed at company meet the required food safety & quality standards and specifications. To ensure that work is carried out in a safe manner in compliance with the company’s Health and Safety Policy and Procedures and works safely with other employees.

Key Responsibilities of a QA Technician:

  • Support the business objectives to product safe and legally compliant food.
  • Support the site product assessment systems to ensure products made are of the required quality and meet customer agreed specifications.
  • Conduct audits of the manufacturing facility with respect to GMP, hygiene, glass and other foreign bodies and compliance to procedures.
  • Support the site product launch system by creation of accurate launch packs and production documentation.
  • Support & co-ordination of customer complaints investigations to find root cause of complaints and support identification of preventative action as appropriate.
  • Co-ordinate sending of samples for laboratory analysis according to site schedules & interpretation of incoming results, escalating where out of specification.
  • Control of out of specification stock through raising of internal holds and holding/released stock via the business’s warehouse management system.
  • Conduct swabbing activities according to site schedule and as support for production during free from production or site validation/verification activities.
  • Review and approval of packaging deliveries against approved artwork files.
  • Support the business during third party audits and traceability exercises through presentation of QA function auditors and/or document retrieval.

What’s in for you as a QA Technician?

  • Salary £25,614.40 per annum
  • Other benefits
  • Working hours: Monday- Friday, rotating shift pattern: 4 weeks on day shift 6:00 am-2:30 pm, 1 week on nights 10:00 pm-06:30 am.

Skills required to be a QA Technician?

  • Full understanding of a QA Technician requirements and relevant experience in role.
  • Experience of working in a food manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to make decisions.
  • Ability to work on own initiative.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ideally Food Safety and HACCP to level 3.

Major Recruitment are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straight forward.

INDMS

Artwork Controller

Artwork Controller

Are you an experienced Artwork controller? Have you got experience of working in a food manufacturing environment.

Our client a market leading food manufacture are looking to recruit a Artwork Controller, responsible for artwork check and approval to comply with legal and customer specific requirements to support the wider technical team based in Leeds.

The Artwork Controller needs to ensure that work is carried out in a safe manner in compliance with the company’s Health and Safety Policy and Procedures and works safely with other employees.

Key Responsibilities of an Artwork Controller:

  • Ownership of artwork check process and completion of the technical section of the artwork review form.
  • Working closely with and support the specification team.
  • Managing artwork consistency, accuracy and follow customer requirements from receipt of first version to final print proof sign off.
  • Co-ordinating with marketing/GTM team to support product launch activity, and flagging where key dates are at risk of being missed e) Support for spec team for checking & updating NPRF technical sections.
  • The artwork controller may be asked to perform other duties as necessary to the Companies requirements.
  • To ensure that the Company is professionally always represented, both inside and outside the business.
  • To protect the health, safety and welfare of the jobholder and others always.
  • Keeping updated with latest customer specific requirement/ legislation changes by taking an active role in continuously developing your skills and knowledge through self-development activities and/or through attending Company organised training and development opportunities.

What’s in for you as an Artwork Controller?

  • Salary £24,000.00 per annum
  • Other benefits
  • Working hours: 40 hours per week over 5 days and is subject to company’s flexible working policy with 50% of the working week site based and 50% home based.

Skills required to be an Artwork Controller?

  • Knowledge of legal labelling with respect to UK and EU legislation.
  • Experience of working in a food manufacturing environment.
  • Experience of artwork approval.
  • Ability to work on own initiative.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to work with multiple stakeholders both as part of a team and individually.
  • Work well under time pressure.
  • Formal qualifications in legal labelling will be a significant advantage.
  • Continuous improvement mind-set and coming forward with improvement ideas.

Major Recruitment are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straight forward.

INDMS

Commercial Property Secretary

Commercial Property Secretary

£22,000 – £25,000 #INDCB

Location: Cross Gates LS15

Hours: Flexible

The Company

Major have teamed up with a wonderful corporate law solicitors. They provided advice and legal services to businesses in Leeds and throughout the UK for decades, always making it our mission to secure the best outcome for our clients.

They can draft and inspect corporate contracts, handle company registrations, oversee management buyouts, resolve disputes, deal with the acquisition and sale of businesses, and much more, so when you need a corporate law solicitor, we’re the company to call.

The Role

Dealing with day-to-day admin duties

Providing support with the conveyancing process

Keeping accurate and up to date information on clients

The Person

Must have previous experience as a sectary in a law firm.

Previous experience in admin within the Commercial Property

Marketing Manager

* Build and execute a marketing strategy for the company including viable budgets.
* Working with leadership to develop the company brand and product brands.
* Manage all facets of marketing including but not limited to, website, catalogues, videos, editorials, leaflets, mailshots, newsletters, questionnaires, exhibitions, photography, graphic/logo design, datasheets, letterheads, business cards, packaging.
* Scrutinise the spelling/grammar and accuracy of public information.
* Help drive the communication of all existing, new and future products both internally and externally.
* Create, edit and publish photography/videography.
* Monitor competitor activity (e.g. social media/exhibitions) and report accordingly.
* Working closely with the different areas of the business to understand their news, priorities, plans and opportunities.
* Keep abreast of trends and changes in the industry and wider business world.
* Undertake market research and plan, manage, and execute marketing campaigns to drive revenue growth and report on performance.
* Understand overall business objectives and contribute to strategic direction.

Sales Executive- OTE £30,000

Major Recruitment are exclusively recruiting for a professional accredited organisation in the Colton area of Leeds who are seeking a number of Sales Executives to start immediately.

Please note this role is office based at the company premises in Leeds and IS NOT a remote working or hybrid role.

Experience is preferred however not essential.

Duties and tasks will include:

  • Making outbound calls to businesses on a dialler system
  • Speaking to businesses UK wide
  • Working towards KPI’s
  • Working towards targets
  • Using a CRM

Candidates welcome to apply for the role will have an excellent telephone manner, be target driven and motivated.

Hours of work are Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm. Parking is available.

OTE of £30,000

INDLS

Marketing Executive

* Management of social media accounts including creating engaging content and responding to all customer posts. This includes content to drive organic growth in terms of follower numbers, impressions and reach. Run paid advertising on these channels where appropriate to achieve a variety of business objectives, such as driving website traffic, social shares, video views, newsletter sign-ups etc.
* Create and adapt company assets (video content, product / vehicle photography, logos, etc.) to suit various marketing activities across different platforms.
* Effectively manage email marketing campaigns to generate leads, offering creative input and strategy. Track key metrics to evaluate effectiveness.
* Assist with updating content on the website including news and case studies.
* Write, edit and proof-read material for online communications to an excellent standard, ensuring consistency and compliance with key communications messages, quality standards, branding and design.
* Conduct research on competitors, market trends, and end-to-end customer journey to drive engagements and conversions.
* Any other activities requested by the Marketing Manager in line with the marketing plan.

Sales Executive- OTE £30,000

Major Recruitment are exclusively recruiting for a professional accredited organisation in the Colton area of Leeds who are seeking a number of Sales Executives to start immediately.

Please note this role is office based at the company premises in Leeds and IS NOT a remote working or hybrid role.

Experience is preferred however not essential.

Duties and tasks will include:

  • Making outbound calls to businesses on a dialler system
  • Speaking to businesses UK wide
  • Working towards KPI’s
  • Working towards targets
  • Using a CRM

Candidates welcome to apply for the role will have an excellent telephone manner, be target driven and motivated.

Hours of work are Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm. Parking is available.

OTE of £30,000

INDLS

QA Technician

QA Technician

Shift: Monday to Friday

Working on behalf of our clients, BPSS are looking for a QA Technician. This function will ensure the maintenance and improvement of all site required Quality and Food Safety standards, legalities and procedures from raw materials to finished goods.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the business objectives to product safe and legally compliant food
  • Support the site product assessment systems to ensure products made are of the required quality and meet customer agreed specifications
  • Conduct audits of the manufacturing facility with respect to GMP, hygiene, glass and other foreign bodies and compliance to procedures
  • Support the site product launch system by creation of accurate launch packs and production documentation
  • Support & co-ordination of customer complaints investigations to find root cause of complaints and support identification of preventative action as appropriate
  • Co-ordinate sending of samples for laboratory analysis according to site schedules & interpretation of incoming results, escalating where out of specification
  • Control of out of specification stock through raising of internal holds and holding/released stock via the business’s warehouse management system
  • Conduct swabbing activities according to site schedule and as support for production during free from production or site validation/verification activities
  • Review and approval of packaging deliveries against approved artwork files
  • Support the business during third party audits and traceability exercises through presentation of QA function auditors and/or document retrieval.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

  • Basic Food Hygiene – essential.
  • Knowledge of the workings of the factory and factory systems/procedures – preferable.
  • HACCP Level 2, Intermediate Food Hygiene and Internal Auditor trained – preferable.
  • Competent in the use of Microsoft packages such as excel and word
  • Strong organisation and prioritisation skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills across all levels and functions.
  • Able to demonstrate a strong attention to detail.
  • Team player with the ability to build strong relationships across all functions/departments.
  • Proactive and flexible with a positive attitude and able to work on own initiative.

BPSS acts a recruitment agency for this role.

Trainee Technician

Trainee Technician £28k – £30k inclusive of shift premium

Working Hours/Benefits

AM/PM rotating
AM – Mon – Thu 6am – 2pm Fri 6am – 11am
PM – Mon – Thu 2pm – 10pm Fri 11am – 4pm

Stakeholder pension scheme (max 10% employer contribution) including Life assurance x4 salary and Permanent Health Insurance (PHI) cover
Generous annual leave & company benefits, plus free on-site parking.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist in responding appropriately to unexpected and/or continuing situations, which develop in the work environment.
  • Assist the team to deliver departmental KPI’s and reduce outstanding work.
  • Follow up orders and ensure spare parts are ordered which require fitting to the machines.
  • Assist in analysing history on equipment and breakdowns. Provide technical assistance to ensure shortest possible machine downtime, recording and creating manuals & drawings to help early machine recovery.
  • Attend departmental meetings with team members to discuss projects, issues, team briefings etc.
  • Process, review, and expedite work orders, modification and equipment drawings, schematics, check sheets, job instructions, and calibrations records.

Skills & Abilities

  • An understanding of maintenance policies, procedures, and terms.
  • Project management understanding with an emphasis to improve reliability.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Ability to undertake a high level of activity.
  • Respond effectively and perform basic arithmetic accurately and quickly.
  • Good IT skills
  • Good organisational and time management skills.

Qualifications

  • Recognised engineering apprenticeship.
  • Minimum ONC or City & Guilds level 3 or equivalent (Technical Certificate, etc.)
  • Time served apprenticeship
  • Familiarisation with the use of machine tools

Artwork Controller – Food Manufacturing

Artwork Controller

Hybrid working

Working on behalf of our client, a food manufacturing business, we are looking for a new Artwork Controller.

Duties:

  • Artwork check and approval to comply with legal and customer specific requirements to support the wider technical team
  • Ensure that work is carried out in a safe manner in compliance with the company’s Health and Safety Policy

Who are we looking for?

  • Ability to work at home with internet connection is essential
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work with multiple stakeholders both as part of a team and individually
  • Formal qualifications in legal labelling will be a significant advantage
  • The ideal candidate will be able to display knowledge of legal labelling with respect to UK and EU legislation and have some experience of artwork approval

BPSS are a recruitment agency working on this new perm role.