Lead X-Ray Screener

Lead X-Ray Screeners sought by a £multimillion pound food products manufacturer to join their team in Bilston. They are recruiting 3 roles, 1 for each of the following shift patterns: Morning: Monday to Friday 5.30am – 3pm Days: Monday to Friday 8.30am – 6pm Evenings: Tuesday to Friday 2pm – 10.30pm, Saturday 8.30am – 5pm The Role: As Lead X-Ray Screener, you are responsible for ensuring the effective operation, performance, compliance, and continuous improvement of all x-ray inspection processes. The role provides technical leadership, supports food safety objectives, drives operational standards, and acts as the primary point of contact for all x-ray-related activities within the production environment. Your day to day duties will include: • Take ownership of the day-to-day operation, monitoring, calibration, and validation of x-ray inspection systems to ensure optimal performance and food safety compliance. • Act as the site expert for x-ray operations, providing guidance and support to production teams while ensuring correct product presentation and system settings. • Monitor equipment performance, identify faults or trends, and coordinate with Engineering and external service providers to resolve issues quickly. • Maintain accurate records, reports, and corrective actions using Redzone, analysing data to identify risks and drive continuous improvement. • Lead investigations into equipment failures, contamination incidents, and process deviations, implementing effective corrective and preventive actions. • Ensure all x-ray-related activities meet food safety, quality, and compliance standards, supporting audits and promoting best practice across the site. • Communicate findings, quality concerns, and performance updates to relevant stakeholders, escalating issues where necessary. • Exercise authority to stop production where food safety, x-ray controls, or operational standards are compromised. Your skills and experience as Lead X-Ray Screener: • Experience with x-ray food safety inspection systems including operation, monitoring, calibration and validation • Knowledge of industrial food scanning within the food manufacturing sector • Working knowledge of food quality and safety standards • Experience of working in conjunction with Quality department • Ability to analyse trends in x-ray data to identify recurring issues and opportunities for improvement • Experience of using Redzone food safety compliance software would be beneficial Benefits: • £13.44 per hour • £14.19 per hour after 6pm (evening shift) • £15.60 per hour Saturday rate (evening shift) • Overtime rate £16.80 (after 45 hours) • Bank holiday rate £20.16 • 42 hours per week • 28 days holiday • Unpaid breaks: 2 x 30 minutes (morning and day shifts), 2 x 20 minutes (evening shift) • Employee discount • Free parking • On-site parking • Full training provided • Company pension • Discounted or free food Lead X-Ray Screeners – Morning, Day, Evening shifts available Bilston, West Midlands £13.44 to £15.60 (Saturday) per hour + overtime + benefits