QA Supervisor

Greencore Group Lts; Northampton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore Northampton is seeking a QA Supervisor on a fixed-term 6-month night shift to ensure materials and finished products meet all specs and regulatory requirements.

You will audit, train, and drive quality improvements while collaborating with hygiene and manufacturing teams to resolve non-conformances and maintain a safe, compliant environment.

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to HND level or equivalent food manufacturing experience.
• Experience leading a team in a manufacturing environment.
• Holds Level 2/3 food safety certification.

Responsibilities

• Support QA team to verify materials and finished products comply with specs.
• Audit processes and KPIs; drive consistency across outputs.
• Train staff on new procedures and standards.
• Investigate non-conformances and customer complaints with data.
• Coordinate organoleptic panels; ensure safe working environment.

Skills

Team management

Allergen awareness

Quality culture

Auditing

Communication

Attention to detail

Hygiene knowledge

Microbiological awareness

Documentation

Education

Higher National Diploma

Level 2/3 Food Safety Certification

Tools

Computer systems experience

Job description

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Here at Northampton, we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day. We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer.

What you'll be doing

Fixed term for 6 months

Shift Pattern: Nights (Saturday to Wednesday)

As QA Supervisor (FTC) you will support the QA team to verify that all materials including finished products are safe and conform to all relevant specification, legislation and customer requirements.

• Complete audits and key performance indicators and monitor the consistency of outputs across the team for compliance purposes
• Train the team to ensure that new process and procedures are adopted
• Building production team capability to improve communication and understanding of technical standards
• Investigating customer complaints or any non-conformance raised internal or externally to provide data which informs resolution
• Organise organoleptic panel to ensure consistent quality
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health Safety and Environment policy
• Supporting the management of QA team, ensuring tasks are completed in line with schedules and trackers.
• Monitoring of micro results and initiating any investigations as required.
• Working closely with the hygiene team to ensure swabbing and hygiene audits are completed in line with schedules

What we're looking for

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

• Ideally educated to Higher National Diploma level and/or experience within a similar role in food manufacturing
• Experience of managing a team and leading people
• Holds a Level 2/3 food safety certification
• Basic knowledge of weight legislation and allergen awareness/ practical management of allergens
• Experienced working with computer systems
• Understanding of internal audit process and technical key performance indicators
• Has CCP training including Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles for Manufacturing Unit
• Experience and knowledge of good manufacturing practice (GMP)
• Demonstratable non-conformance reporting techniques
• Microbiological awareness - understanding of basic of food safety
• Basic knowledge of hygiene principles and legal labelling practice

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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