Gü Desserts | Certified B Corp™
Quality Assurance Technician
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Bishop's Stortford based
We have both day and night shifts available (4 on, 4 off shift pattern)
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At Gü, we believe dessert should be anything but ordinary. We’re passionate about creating indulgent, innovative desserts that make people stop, savour and come back for more.
Behind every delicious Gü dessert is a team dedicated to getting things right — from food safety and quality to process and product standards. We’re now looking for a passionate and detail-focused Quality Assurance / Food Safety Technician to join our team and help us maintain the high standards our products are known for.
Working closely with our Production and Engineering teams, you’ll have a strong presence on the factory floor, monitoring compliance, identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting teams to resolve quality and food safety issues effectively.
🔍 What you’ll be doing
- Carrying out raw material and packaging intake checks, ensuring everything meets specification.
- Performing routine quality, temperature, product and taste panel checks throughout production.
- Conducting and supporting microbiological, physical, chemical and allergen testing.
- Managing laboratory samples, results and Certificates of Analysis.
- Identifying, recording and escalating non-conformances and food safety or quality concerns.
- Reviewing held stock and contributing to Problem Stock Meetings.
- Championing GMP and continuous improvement across the factory.
- Supporting and educating colleagues to strengthen our Food Safety & Quality Culture.
- Maintaining accurate logs, records, documentation and quality systems.
- Providing general support and cover across the QA team when required.
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👇 What we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone who is hands-on, organised and passionate about quality, with the confidence to work closely with production teams and challenge standards when necessary.
If you enjoy working in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment, solving problems and making a genuine difference to food safety, product quality and factory standards, we’d love to hear from you.
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Benefits include:
- 27 days holiday.
- Increased holiday with length of service.
- Option to buy more holiday.
- Enhanced maternity/paternity (Maternity is 6 months full pay after 2 years of service. 3 months full for 1-2 years).
- Free Gu.
- Flexi week opportunity every year.
- Cycle to work.
- Heat scheme.
- Westfield health cash plan
- Summer Fridays and December Fridays (finish at 1pm).
- Specsavers eye voucher.
- Death in benefit service (Metlife Master trust)
Why Join Gu?
At Gu, you’ll be part of a team that genuinely cares about quality, innovation, and doing things the right way. This is a great opportunity to take ownership, influence site standards, and help shape the future of a much-loved dessert brand.
Ready to help us make desserts anything but ordinary? Apply today!
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