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The Lead X-Ray Screener position in Bilston is a permanent, full-time role with a food manufacturer. You will oversee all x-ray inspection processes, ensuring operational effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. This position provides technical leadership, supports food safety goals, and acts as the primary contact for x-ray activities within production. Duties include managing daily operations, monitoring performance, and driving standards. Three shift patterns are available: mornings (5.30am–3pm), days (8.30am–6pm), or evenings (Tuesday–Friday 2pm–10.30pm, Saturday 8.30am–5pm). The hourly rate ranges from £13.44 to £15.60 on Saturdays, plus overtime and benefits. 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