Quality Auditor Team Leader

Samworth Brothers; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK food manufacturer is seeking a Quality Assurance Supervisor to assist in managing the QA team and ensure compliance with safety standards. Applicants should have over 3 years of experience in a Quality role within the food sector, strong leadership skills, and a relevant degree. The role offers the opportunity to thrive in a supportive family culture while contributing to high-quality food production.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Private health scheme

Employee discount scheme

Annual pay reviews

Profit-related pay

Training and growth opportunities

Qualifications

• At least 3 years experience in a Quality or Technical role within the food industry.
• Strong theoretical knowledge in BRC and retail customer standards.
• Experience in leading and supervising a team.

Responsibilities

• Assist in supervision and management of the Quality Assurance team.
• Handle supplier and factory non-conformances and implement corrective actions.
• Conduct regular checks and audits to ensure compliance with food safety.

Skills

Quality Assurance Management

Team Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Degree in Microbiology or Food Science

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

About The Role

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family! At Samworth Brothers we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that support your life and personal aspirations.

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

In this role you will assist in supervision and management of the Quality Assurance team, organise tasks and workload of the QA team, audit the production process against the latest legislation, agreed quality and safety standards and compliance with internal procedures and schedules. To ensure that Walkers Deli manufactures world‑class quality meats, pates and ready‑to‑eat products which are safe and compliant with legal, third‑party and customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for following up and resolving supplier and factory non‑conformances, ensuring that non‑compliances are investigated and root‑cause analysis and corrective actions are implemented.
• Manage raw material, product and environmental testing ensuring that samples and swabs are checked to an agreed schedule.
• Assist the Quality Manager in the daily supervision and management of the Quality Assurance team. Carry out absence review meetings, return‑to‑work interviews, manage performance, investigations and disciplinary meetings.
• Ensure that regular checks and audits are completed (GMP, traceability, fabrication, etc.) to monitor compliance with food safety requirements and prepare the necessary reports.
• Ensure scales, temperature probes and other measuring devices are calibrated as per required frequency.

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience:

• Ideally 3 years’ experience or more in a Quality or Technical role within the food industry; preferably working with raw, added‑value meats.
• Ideally previous experience or strong theoretical knowledge of working to BRC and retail customer standards and trained to an intermediate level in HACCP.
• Experience in leading a team of people, with the ability to supervise and coach.
• Computer literate, with working knowledge of Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent, preferably in a Microbiology or Food Science related discipline.

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

About Us

We are a fourth‑generation family business producing high quality own‑label products for many of the UK’s best‑known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well‑invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country. At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.