Quality Food Safety Assistant (Lab based)

QFS Departmental Assistant (Lab-Based Role) Kettering £14.50 per hour 12-Month Fixed Term Contract Monday to Friday 8 hours per day (start between 8:00am 9:00am)Interaction Recruitment are currently supporting our client with the recruitment of a QFS Departmental Assistant to join their laboratory-based Quality and Food Safety (QFS) team at their Kettering manufacturing site.This is an excellent opportunity to work within a food manufacturing laboratory environment, supporting a dynamic Quality team in maintaining the highest standards of product safety, compliance and operational excellence. The Role This is a primarily lab-based role, providing essential administrative and operational support within the Quality Laboratory and wider QFS department. Reporting to the Plant Quality Laboratory Manager (with a dotted line to the Quality Manager), you will play a key part in ensuring laboratory systems, consumables, supplier coordination and surveillance programmes run smoothly and efficiently.The position combines laboratory-based administration with occasional factory-floor activity, including sample coordination and consumables handling. Key Responsibilities Manage laboratory consumables (stock control FIFO/FEFO, ordering, storage and system updates) Verify, check and file Certificates of Analysis Coordinate surveillance plans, sample collection, storage and transport to external laboratories Track laboratory results and maintain system accuracy Support quality budget ..... full job details .....