QA Manager

2 Sisters Food Group; Tetford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bus service

Employee discount

50% off group restaurant brands

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free onsite parking

Employee of the Month awards

Development opportunities

In-house training

Job summary

2 Sisters Food Group in Thetford is seeking a QA Manager to lead quality and food safety within the Technical team. The role includes coordinating audits, managing CCPs, and driving corrective actions across production shifts.

You will coach staff, handle non-conformances and conduct spot checks to maintain high standards. The position offers a 4-on/4-off schedule and a competitive hourly rate.

Qualifications

• Solid computer literacy with MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Knowledge of Quality practices and food safety standards.
• Experience with internal auditing, allergen management and root cause analysis.
• Understanding of microbiology and CCPs in production.
• Strong problem solving, conflict handling and time management.
• Junior management/supervisory training background.

Responsibilities

• Uphold Health and Safety procedures across the site.
• Manage periodic food safety, quality and GMP audits and track trends.
• Distribute ad-hoc audits and monitor completion.
• Ensure CCPs are managed by Operations and deviations are controlled.
• Issue NCRs when standards are compromised and oversee corrective actions.
• Coach operations staff on technical issues and conduct competency assessments.
• Manage non-conforming product across the site and approve corrective actions.
• Carry out spot checks on production line temperatures as required.
• Attend Tier 2 meetings and cascade information up and down.

Skills

Computer literacy

MS Excel/Word/Outlook

Quality knowledge

Problem solving

Conflict management

Time management

Team leadership

Education

Food Safety Level 4

HACCP Level 3

Junior management training

Job description

• Compensation: GBP 20.7 - GBP 20.7 - hourly

Company Description

Our Thetford operation is a breaded/coated product centre of excellence. As a value added, non-kill site we have no live animals or butchery onsite. It uses best in class equipment, which enables the site to deliver significant environmental benefits. The low-energy building is the flagship development within the 2 Sisters group.

With 18 sites in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. We employ over 13,500 staff, all of whom have the opportunity to progress as we focus on promoting from within and you can be part of that too.

Knowing that our business is only as good as the people we employ, we ensure that we invest in people like you to enhance skills and professional development.

Job Description

Come and join us! We currently have an exciting opportunity for aQA Manager within the Technical team at our Thetfordsite.

• The hours of work and shift patterns are: 10.00 - 22.00, on a 4on 4off shift rotation
• The rate of pay is: £20.70per hour

Main Responsibilities:

As QA Manager your main responsibilities are to:

• Comply with and uphold all company Health and Safety Procedures.
• Manage the completion of periodic Food Safety, Quality and GMP related audits and evaluate data noting key trends etc.
• Manage and distribute relevant ad-hoc audits as deemed necessary and track completion
• Ensure that the site CCP’s are effectively managed by the Operations team in-line with the defined procedure. All deviations from procedure are to be robustly managed and brought back into control.
• Issue Non-Conformance Reports (NCR’s) where an established protocol or standard has been compromised. The NCR is to be managed by the issuing Quality Auditor/SQAM until completion of the corrective action. Where necessary sign off on corrective action should be reviewed by SQAM.
• Coaching and mentoring of operations employees on technical issues where necessary
• Competency assessments of operations employees completing CCP’s and QCP’s
• Managing non-conforming product across the site. Agreement and sign off of corrective actions where required.
• Conduct spot checks on temperatures of product on production lines as required
• Ensure compliance with all QAS/Quality Contracts
• Conduct and record all swab checks.
• To ensure key ingredients meet the required specifications through inspection upon intake.
• Ensure daily start-up checks on Checkweigher and ACS systems are completed by Quality Auditors.
• Attend Tier 2 meetings and communicate issues and cascade information both downwards from senior team to shop floor and upwards from shop floor to management where required.
• Carry out job related tasks on an ad-hoc basis as and when required.

Qualifications

Our Ideal candidate for this role will have:

• A solid level of Computer Literacy, Microsoft packages such as Excel, Word and Outlook
• Knowledge of Quality
• Food Safety Lvl 4
• HACCP Lvl 3
• Experience of Internal Auditing, Allergen Management and Root Cause Analysis
• Understanding of Microbiology
• Problem Solving Skills
• Ability to deal with conflict
• Time Management
• Junior management/supervisory training course

Additional Information

• Company Bus Service from Norwich, Attleborough, Wymondham and Thetford Centre
• Exclusive 2 Sisters employee discount - offering savings of up to 60% with brands including Asda, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer and Tesco.
• 50% off your total bill in all of our group restaurant brands
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Employee of the Month awards
• Fantastic development opportunities available for promotion and career development
• In-house training

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