Fruit Quality Lead & Line QC Specialist

Mansfield Fruit Farms Ltd; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Mansfield Fruit Farms Ltd. is seeking a dedicated quality team member to uphold food safety, fruit quality, pack presentation and accurate labeling for products packed at Mansfield's.

You will report to the QC Manager and help ensure customer specifications and legal requirements are met. The role involves leading line teams, completing documentation, ensuring traceability, and maintaining high service levels above 99.9%.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking quality control procedures per the quality management system and completing the associated documentation genuinely and legibly, filed appropriately.
• Undertaking inspections and checks at specific standards to ensure that the fruit and product meets customer and legislative requirements and traceability procedures.
• Highlighting and communicating any quality trends or product non-conformance to the QC Manager immediately.
• Engage, manage and motivate the team working on the line to ensure optimum level of productivity and fruit utilization. Training, daily team briefing sessions, setting standards for packing.
• Ensure production plans and stock sheets are followed.
• Ensure Compliance data and Quality control processes are maintained to BRC/Customer standard and if required assist to internal / external audits.
• Maintain a healthy business relationship between FWM and its customers, growers and suppliers ensuring you communicate to QC Manager when needed.
• Service levels are maintained at above 99.9% and match customer's expectations.
• Work as an effective team, making sure that workload has an equal share between all of team members. Ensuring full flexibility within Online QC department. When necessary cover for members of the QC Team including Intake/ Outloading QC.
• Provide training for new QC team members.
• Ensure all equipment is calibrated daily / as required; need to be treated, handled with care and maintained in good condition.
• Ensuring Health & Safety, food safety and hygiene standards are maintained and adhered to .
• Following QC Manager's work instructions due to seasonal changes and quality trends.

Job description

Mansfield Fruit Farms Ltd. is seeking a dedicated quality team member to uphold food safety, fruit quality, pack presentation and accurate labeling for products packed at Mansfield's.

You will report to the QC Manager and help ensure customer specifications and legal requirements are met. The role involves leading line teams, completing documentation, ensuring traceability, and maintaining high service levels above 99.9%.