Job Description:
This is a large chicken factory with around 800 employees. No slaughtering is done on-site – they receive chicken parts and turn them into finished products. The company is stable and offers long-term contracts, with a possibility of a direct contract after 12 months.
As a Quality Controller, you will be jointly responsible for monitoring the quality of products, independently performing quality checks throughout the production process – from raw materials to final packaging.
Responsibilities:
• Assess and report results of cleaning and disinfection
• Prepare samples for external laboratory testing
• Perform line checks and product sampling
• Assess quality, temperature, weight, labeling, packaging
• Monitor and test metal detectors
• Identify and correct deviations in the process
• Detect food safety risks and record them
• Instruct and supervise production staff when deviations are found
• Provide training and competency tests to employees
• Enforce hygiene and HACCP rules
• Check measuring equipment (thermometers, scales, etc.)
• Support QA department with various projects
• Report directly to the Head of Quality Service
Additional Info:
• Food sector experience preferred (lab experience also acceptable)
• Language: Good English
• Driving license: Yes
• Own car: Not required, but preferred
• Accommodation: €135/week (single room)
• Health insurance: €38.01/week
• Holiday reservation: 8% (on first 40 h)
• Pension: 8% on top of salary
• Transport: €0.17/km (max €8.50/day) or agency car (-€30/week + fuel)
• Travelling distance one-way: within 40 km (likely ~20 km)
• Own sleeping room: Yes
• City of living place: Yet to be determined