Night QA Supervisor — Food Quality & Safety Lead

Addo Food Group Ltd; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Compleat Food Group Nottingham site is seeking a QA Supervisor to lead the night shift Quality team, ensuring product quality standards are met across manufacturing and packaging operations. You will manage QA activities, support the production team on food safety issues, and participate in external audits to drive continuous improvement and maintain compliance with quality management requirements.

The role runs on a night-shift pattern (Wed–Fri 18:00–06:00 and Sat 22:00–06:00) with a

Qualifications

• Relevant food manufacturing experience.
• Ability to use computer programmes including Word, Excel and related IT packages.
• HACCP principles and practice.
• Allergen awareness and implications for labelling.
• Nutritional awareness.
• Hygiene and disinfection principles.
• Principles of risk assessment.
• Legal labelling – basic requirements.
• Basic knowledge of Weight legislation.
• Knowledge of technical KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure QA activities are carried out safely and investigate any QA safety concerns.
• Support production team on resolving product food safety and quality issues across shifts.
• Assist management during external audits and customer visits.
• Ensure QA paperwork and audits are consistent across shifts.
• Conduct process, documentation and procedure audits for compliance with Food Safety/Quality Management.
• Support investigations with QA Ops, Hygiene or Engineering for incidents.
• Troubleshoot QA equipment (X-Ray, check-weighers, auto coding) and log issues.
• Ensure QA tasks are completed on schedule and paperwork is filed.
• Promote best practices across shifts for consistency and time management.
• Develop QA staff to standardise audits, sampling and reporting.
• Assist Development Team during concept-to-launch to ensure compliance of new products.
• Manage External Laboratory services and update product lists for day-to-day sampling.

Skills

Food manufacturing

Computer literacy

HACCP

Allergen awareness

Nutritional awareness

Hygiene

Risk assessment

Labelling

Weight legislation

KPIs

Tools

Word

Excel

IT packages

Job description

The Compleat Food Group Nottingham site is seeking a QA Supervisor to lead the night shift Quality team, ensuring product quality standards are met across manufacturing and packaging operations. You will manage QA activities, support the production team on food safety issues, and participate in external audits to drive continuous improvement and maintain compliance with quality management requirements.

The role runs on a night-shift pattern (Wed–Fri 18:00–06:00 and Sat 22:00–06:00) with a