Quality Assurance Coordinator

Hewett-Recruitment; Bewdley; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewett-Recruitment is recruiting a Quality Assurance Coordinator for a busy food manufacturing site near Bewdley, England. The role focuses on maintaining the quality management system, ensuring food safety compliance and supporting continuous improvement across the operation.

You will work cross-functionally with production, logistics and health & safety to meet BRCGS standards, HACCP and customer requirements, conducting internal audits, supplier assessments and training.

Qualifications

• Experience in food manufacturing or production.
• Knowledge of BRCGS standards and food safety requirements.
• Experience conducting internal audits and corrective actions.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence colleagues at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop the quality management system (QMS).
• Ensure compliance with BRCGS standards and certification requirements (halal and kosher where applicable).
• Support audits, corrective actions and ongoing training on quality, safety and hygiene.

Job description

Quality Assurance Coordinator (HQ00038582) Bewdley, England

Salary: GBP38500 - GBP40000 per annum

Quality Assurance Coordinator

Salary: Circa £38,500
Location: Near Bewdley
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm (fully site based)

Are you an experienced quality professional looking for your next challenge within a successful food manufacturing environment?

We are recruiting for a Quality Assurance Coordinator to play a key role in maintaining and developing an established quality management system, supporting food safety, quality compliance and continuous improvement activities across a busy manufacturing operation.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience of BRCGS standards, internal auditing, HACCP and food manufacturing quality systems who enjoys working cross-functionally and making a genuine impact on product quality and compliance.

The Role

As Quality Assurance Coordinator, you will support the ongoing development and maintenance of the quality management system (QMS), ensuring compliance with food safety legislation, customer requirements and recognised industry standards.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the maintenance, review and continuous improvement of the quality management system (QMS)
• Ensuring compliance with BRCGS food safety standards and other certification requirements, including halal and kosher standards
• Promoting a positive food safety, quality and hygiene culture across the site
• Supporting customer, third-party and certification audits, including audit preparation and corrective action management
• Conducting internal audits and GMP inspections to verify compliance and identify improvement opportunities
• Investigating quality incidents, customer complaints and non-conformances, implementing effective corrective and preventative actions
• Participating in HACCP and TACCP teams, supporting risk assessments, CCP verification activities and food defence initiatives
• Managing and coordinating the site calibration programme for key equipment including metal detectors, magnets, sieves and scales
• Completing customer questionnaires, technical documentation and product specifications
• Delivering and coordinating food safety, quality and hygiene related training
• Supporting quality KPI reporting, trend analysis and continuous improvement projects
• Working closely with production, warehouse, operations and health & safety teams to ensure compliance across all departments

Requirements:

• Experience within a food manufacturing or food production
• Previous experience in a quality assurance, quality systems, technical or food safety role
• Strong knowledge of BRCGS standards and food safety requirements
• Internal auditing experience
• HACCP knowledge and practical involvement
• Experience investigating non-conformances, complaints and corrective actions
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence colleagues at all levels
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement and compliance

If you have experience as a quality assurance coordinator, qa coordinator, quality systems coordinator, technical coordinator, food safety coordinator, quality auditor or quality assurance officer within food manufacturing, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note, own transport is ESSENTIAL due to rural location.