Chessington, Surrey (KT9) £27,000 £30,000 per annum 12-hour shifts, 7am 7pm 42.5 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading UK seafood supplier with a reputation for excellence, sustainability, and innovation. Established over 30 years ago, the business has grown from a small family operation into a £100 million enterprise, supplying premium fresh, frozen, and value-added fish products to major UK retailers and food service customers.

With over 700 employees across multiple UK sites, the company is proud of its ethical sourcing practices, long-term partnerships with international fishing communities, and its commitment to quality and responsible growth.

As a Quality Assurance Officer, you ll be instrumental in maintaining and improving the company s technical quality and food safety standards. Working closely with Technical and Operations teams, you ll ensure compliance, conduct audits, analyse data, and support continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

• Maintain and verify food safety and technical standards in line with customer and regulatory requirements.

• Conduct GMP audits and ensure Good Manufacturing Practices are consistently followed.

• Deliver environmental, product, and personnel monitoring programs, analysing results for trends.

• Support HACCP validations, traceability exercises, and mock recalls.

• Approve and verify production documentation, including temperature logs and calibration checks.

• Lead root cause analyses and investigations into non-conformances.

• Collaborate with New Product Development teams to ensure quality controls for new raw materials.

• Experience in a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) or food manufacturing environment.

• Strong knowledge of technical management systems and food safety compliance.

• Excellent attention to detail, organisational, and analytical skills.

• Confident communicator with the ability to coach and influence cross-functional teams.

• Salary: £27,000 £30,000 (depending on experience)

• Company pension

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Sick pay (after one year)

• Bonus (varied and not guaranteed)

• 20 days holiday, increasing by 1 day each year up to 25 days

• Clear progression opportunities into management roles