Apprentice Quality Technician
REDROSE MANUFACTURING LTD
TYNE & WEAR (DH4 5RJ)
Closes in 30 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 May 2025
Contents
Summary
Join our nutraceutical manufacturing team as an Apprentice Quality Technician. We are looking for an enthusiastic and detail-oriented Apprentice Quality Technician to join our Quality Assurance team. You’ll support the maintenance of our Quality Management System and ensure our products meet strict regulatory standards for food safety and EU GMP.
- Wage
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£16,672.50 a year
- Training course
- Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.00pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 July 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
As an Apprentice Quality Technician, the apprentice will play an important role in supporting the Quality Assurance team and maintaining compliance across production processes. A typical day or week may include:
- Assisting with the review and control of quality documents such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), forms, and logs.
- Supporting the management of change controls, deviations, and corrective actions (CAPAs).
- Helping to prepare product samples and sending them to external laboratories for testing.
- Participating in internal audits and regular inspections of the manufacturing environment.
- Assisting with batch document checks and preparation of Certificates of Analysis.
- Maintaining records and databases to ensure up-to-date and accurate quality information.
- Supporting equipment checks, calibration scheduling, and environmental monitoring.
- Assisting in complaint logging, investigation, and trend analysis reporting.
- Attending cross-functional meetings.
Where you'll work
UNIT 21B CHERRY WAY
DUBMIRE INDUSTRIAL EST
HOUGHTON LE SPRING
TYNE & WEAR
DH4 5RJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
Your training course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Your training plan
All training will take place at our main premises and there are no requirements to travel to any other sites.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4-9 Or Equivalent)
- Maths (grade Grade 4-9 Or Equivalent)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
About this company
Redrose is a trusted nutraceutical manufacturer with 30 years of expertise in producing high-quality capsules, tablets.. We offer a full range of services, from product development to large-scale manufacturing. Our internationally accredited facility guarantees premium ingredients, unrivalled lead times, and exceptional levels of customer service, meeting the needs of clients worldwide. We are dedicated to innovation, excellence, and providing expert help, support, advice and guidance tailored to each customer.
After this apprenticeship
Yes, there is a possibility for full-time, permanent employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, depending on performance and business needs.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322647.
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Closes in 30 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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