FSQMS Lead

Worklane GmbH; Kegworth; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Early Friday finish

28 days annual leave

Leave purchase option

Life assurance

Income protection

24/7 virtual GP

Eye-care vouchers

Referral scheme

GroceryAid support

Cheers benefits platform

Job summary

Refresco UK is seeking a Food Safety Quality Management System Lead to own and govern the FSQMS across all UK sites. You will ensure compliance with GFSI and customer requirements, maintain documentation, and drive continuous improvement in quality governance and operational excellence.

You will lead audits, CAPA, KPI monitoring and training, partnering with the Head of Quality Assurance to support business objectives and certification needs.

Qualifications

• Experience managing Food Safety Quality Management Systems in a food manufacturing environment.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to develop and monitor KPIs for FSQMS.
• Experience leading audits and CAPA processes.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the FSQMS across Refresco UK.
• Ensure compliance with GFSI standards and customer requirements.
• Drive improvements to procedures, policies and system documentation.
• Deliver training on FSQMS requirements and document control processes.
• Conduct internal audits and report audit performance and CAPA progress.
• Develop guidance documents and tools to standardise quality governance.

Skills

FSQMS management

Document control

Internal audits

CAPA governance

KPI tracking

Training delivery

Quality systems

GFSI standards

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join Refresco UK in a key quality systems role where you will take ownership of the Food Safety Quality Management System (FSQMS), ensuring our quality and food safety framework remains robust, compliant and effective across all UK manufacturing operations.

Food Safety Quality Management System Lead
Permanent

Refresco Kegworth

What's in it for you?

• Annual bonus and regular pay reviews
• Early Friday finish to kick-start your weekend
• 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave, increasing your allowance to 31 days plus bank holidays
• Life assurance coverage
• Income protection
• 24/7 virtual GP access for you and your family
• Free eye-care vouchers and discounted glasses
• Employee referral scheme with bonuses for successful referrals
• GroceryAid support services offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical guidance
• Cheers benefits platform providing discounts, free perks, and wellbeing tools

About The Role

As Food Safety Quality Management System Lead, you will be responsible for the design, maintenance and governance of Refresco UK's Food Safety Quality Management System (FSQMS). Working closely with the Head of Quality Assurance, you will ensure the system supports business objectives while meeting Refresco Group, customer and GFSI certification requirements.

You will play a pivotal role in maintaining documentation control, audit and CAPA governance, compliance reporting and quality system effectiveness across all UK manufacturing sites. This role is ideal for a quality professional with strong systems management experience who is passionate about continuous improvement and food safety excellence.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Support the Head of Quality Assurance in ensuring the FSQMS meets business, customer and certification requirements.
• Own and maintain the Food Safety Quality Management System across Refresco UK.
• Ensure compliance with GFSI standards, customer requirements and external certification expectations.
• Maintain controlled documentation within the FSQMS, ensuring effective version control and document lifecycle management.
• Provide governance and oversight for all documentation held within the quality management system.
• Drive improvements to procedures, policies, templates and system documentation.
• Develop and monitor KPIs relating to FSQMS performance, document reviews, open actions and compliance activities.
• Monitor and report audit performance, CAPA completion and adherence to corrective action plans.
• Analyse and report quality incident trends, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Deliver training on FSQMS requirements, system functionality and document control processes.
• Develop templates, guidance documents and tools to support consistency across the business.
• Conduct internal audits of documentation, records and system compliance in line with the internal audit schedule.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen quality governance and compliance.
• Promote Refresco's commitment to food safety, quality, health and safety, sustainability and operational excellence.

About You

The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented quality professional with experience of managing or coordinating Food Safety Quality Management Systems within a food manufacturing environment. You will have strong organisational skills, excellent attention to detail and a passion for driving quality system excellence.

We want someone who will lead and role model the Refresco core values of Agile, Responsible, Excellent, Passionate and Entrepreneurial. Find out more about our values here:

https://www.refresco.co.uk/uk/about/our-values

About Refresco

Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia. Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass.

Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market trends.

Refresco is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and has more than 13,500 employees. www.refresco.com

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision.

We're the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK, employing over 1,800 colleagues who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for many of the UK's leading retailers.

Whether it's packed in cartons, bottles, or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards and delivered to our customers when and where they need them.

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process