Production & Quality Lead: Scale-Up & Continuous Improvement

Foodlab Wales; Pontyclun; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

Foodlab Wales is establishing a new UK production operation in Llantrisant, where the Production & Quality Lead will work with the Ops team to ensure safe, efficient and consistent manufacturing. The role combines hands-on product and process expertise with quality control and continuous improvement across the partnership.

We expect strong capabilities in QC checks, recipe verification and cross-functional communication, plus experience scaling up from lab to full production and driving

Qualifications

• Hands-on production experience in food/beverage operations.
• Strong knowledge of QC and quality systems.
• Ability to document and improve processes and records.

Responsibilities

• Support daily production priorities, problem-solving and delivery.
• Ensure products are made to recipes, processes, specs and quality standards.
• Oversee QC checks including pH, Brix, viscosity, colour, taste and packaging.
• Review production and QC records, retained samples and batch docs; escalate risks early.
• Support investigations and corrective action for non-conformances or complaints.
• Transfer recipes from lab/pilot to full-scale production; plan trials and first runs.
• Identify scale-up risks; document instructions and QC limits before handover.
• Build relationships across the partnership with clear communication and shared problem-solving.
• Contribute to production planning, launches and SOP improvements.

Skills

Quality control

Food production

Root-cause analysis

SOPs

Job description

Foodlab Wales is establishing a new UK production operation in Llantrisant, where the Production & Quality Lead will work with the Ops team to ensure safe, efficient and consistent manufacturing. The role combines hands-on product and process expertise with quality control and continuous improvement across the partnership.

We expect strong capabilities in QC checks, recipe verification and cross-functional communication, plus experience scaling up from lab to full production and driving