QA Manager

Hunter Selection; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy is seeking an experienced QA Manager to oversee food quality assurance in Milton Keynes. The successful candidate will manage teams ensuring compliance with BRC standards and drive performance improvements. Ideal applicants will have at least 5 years in a similar role, strong leadership skills, and a background in high-care food manufacturing. This position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits including health insurance.

Benefits

33 Days Holiday

Discounted Company Shares Scheme

5% Matched Private Pension

Life Assurance

BUPA Private Healthcare

Staff Discounts

Subsidised Canteen

Team Events

Skills Matrix Training & Development Plans

Qualifications

• Must have worked in high-care / high-risk food manufacturing.
• At least 5+ years experience in a QA / Technical Manager role.
• HACCP, Food Safety & Listeria Level 4 Qualified.

Responsibilities

• Manage a day & night shift team for food quality assurance.
• Ensure food quality & safety standards across different shifts.
• Prepare the site for customer audits.

Skills

Experience in high-care food manufacturing

Strong understanding of BRC standards

Leadership skills

Attention to detail

Good interpersonal skills

Education

Food Science Degree

Job description

Overview

QA Manager – Milton Keynes

Monday-Friday Days

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000

Benefits: 33 Days Holiday (inc. Bank Holidays), Discounted Company Shares Scheme, 5% Matched Private Pension & Life Assurance, BUPA Private Healthcare, Staff Discounts, Subsidised Canteen, Car & Bike Schemes, Team/Family Events, Skills Matrix Training & Development Plans for all Employees

Our client is a leading food manufacturing company, the site is part of a larger national organisation. Due to growth and further expansion within the factory, they are looking for an experienced QA Manager to lead the food quality assurance function.

Responsibilities

• Managing a day & night shift team of quality assurance technicians, seniors & supervisors
• A complex role making sure all food quality & safety standards are maintained to the highest standards across 2 teams on different shift patterns
• Manage the whole process - raw material intake to food processing to finished packaged products
• Ensure all objective and procedures are detailed within the QMS and are compliant with BRC Global Standard for Food Safety and Retailer Codes of Practice
• Drive team performance, monitoring KPIs, efficiencies & suggesting improvements
• Ensure corrective action, non-conformance reports, RCA and preventative actions
• Prepare the site ready for any customer audits
• Listeria and allergen record management
• Contribute and drive a Food Safety Culture First approach

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Must have worked in a "high-care / high-risk" food manufacturing industry
• Strong understanding of food manufacturing QA requirements in line with BRC and retail customers
• At least 5+ years experience in a QA / Technical Manager role
• Must have managed a team across a multiple days & nights shift pattern previously
• Able to build relationships in the team, empower and instruct when needed
• Have a track record of dealing with non-conformance reports and meeting deadlines
• HACCP, Food Safety & Listeria Level 4 Qualified
• Beneficial to have completed a Food Science Degree
• Excellent attention to detail, performance related individual
• Must be objective oriented, focusing on developing & maintaining KPI's
• Good interpersonal skills, communicating and escalating tasks across multiple shifts

How to apply

"To apply please email your CV / resume to [ ]". - Chris Gumm - (phone number removed)

Company and notice

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Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business