QA Manager – Food Manufacturing

Hireful Ltd; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Hireful Ltd in Middlesbrough is seeking an experienced QA Manager in food manufacturing to lead the QA team and drive food safety, quality improvements and a strong quality culture.

Reporting to Site Head of Technical, you will coordinate audits, maintain Grade AA BRCGS readiness, manage non-conformances and customer complaints, and work with production and development teams to embed GMP.

Qualifications

• Proven technical experience in food manufacturing, preferably chilled.
• Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene and Level 3 HACCP required.
• Experience leading a QA team and exposure to UK retailers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the QA team to ensure safety and quality.
• Coordinate audits and maintain audit readiness for Grade AA BRCGS.
• Manage non-conformances, customer complaints, and corrective actions.
• Drive GMP improvements and embed a strong quality culture.

Skills

QA management

Food safety

GMP

HACCP

Audits

Leadership

Communication

Excel

Word

Education

Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene

Level 3 HACCP

Job description

Salary: £50k - £55k base salary + awesome employee benefits!

Location: Middlesbrough
Hours: Monday–Thursday, 8:30am–5:00pm; Friday, 8:30am–4:00pm

The exciting part…

Are you an experienced QA Manager in food manufacturing? Are you keen to take ownership of the QA team, drive food safety and quality improvements, and play a key role in achieving and maintaining Grade AA BRCGS status? Are you keen to become part of a business with over 6,000 colleagues across 17 sites, offering the opportunity to develop your career within a diverse and established food manufacturing organisation.

The Role

Reporting to the Site Head of Technical, you’ll lead and develop the QA team, ensuring products and processes consistently meet food safety, legal, customer and quality standards.

You’ll coordinate audits, maintain audit readiness and support the achievement of Grade AA BRCGS status. You’ll manage non-conformances, customer complaints and corrective actions, drive improvements in good manufacturing practice (GMP), and work closely with production, technical and development teams to embed a strong quality culture.

This is an excellent opportunity to influence manufacturing standards, develop your team and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced food production environment.

About You

You’ll have proven technical experience in food manufacturing, ideally chilled food, previous team leadership experience and exposure to UK retailers.

Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene, Level 3 HACCP, and hygiene and chemical awareness training are essential. You’ll also bring strong communication, organisational and problem-solving skills, alongside good Microsoft Excel and Word knowledge.

£50k - £55k base salary + awesome employee benefits!

Hours

Contract type

Full time

Location

Middlesbrough