Quality Manager

The Collective Network; Fenland District; On-site; GBP 40,500 - 49,500; Full time

Job summary

The Collective Network is seeking a passionate Quality Manager to lead the QA operation across a busy manufacturing site in Fenland. You will supervise six QA Assistants and report to the Head of Quality & Technical, owning HACCP, GMP, allergens, calibration, traceability, and BRCGS compliance.

You will be the face auditors trust and shop-floor voice, driving a practical food safety culture, coaching your team, and ensuring incidents are prevented and recalls readiness is maintained on a daily

Qualifications

• 5+ years in food manufacturing quality
• 3+ years managing people
• HACCP Level 3 minimum
• Strong BRCGS knowledge
• Internal audits experience

Responsibilities

• Lead a visible, hands-on QA function
• Keep the site audit-ready every day
• Drive root cause analysis and CAPA that closes the loop
• Build a food safety culture people buy into
• Coaching and developing your team
• Owning complaints, non-conformances and recall readiness

Skills

People management

Quality management

Auditing

Food safety culture

Education

Degree in Food Science, Quality, or equivalent

Tools

HACCP Level 3

BRCGS knowledge

Internal audit experience

Job description

Quality Manager
Fenland area
£45,000

We don't want a quality manager who hides in an office writing reports nobody reads. We want someone who lives on the factory floor, spots problems before they become incidents, and makes food safety something people want to get right.

The job

Run the QA operation across a busy manufacturing site. Six QA Assistants report to you. You report to the Head of Quality & Technical. HACCP, GMP, allergens, calibration, traceability, BRCGS, you will own it all.

You'll be the person customers trust, auditors respect, and the shop floor actually listens to.

What you'll be doing

• Leading a visible, hands-on QA function
• Keeping the site audit-ready every day, not just audit week
• Driving root cause analysis and CAPA that actually closes the loop
• Building a food safety culture people buy into
• Coaching and developing your team
• Owning complaints, non-conformances and recall readiness

What you'll need

• Degree in Food Science, Quality, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years in food manufacturing quality, 3+ managing people
• HACCP Level 3 minimum, strong BRCGS knowledge, internal audit experience
• The confidence to challenge poor practice and the credibility to make it stick

Bring your experience, your standards, and your backbone. We'll bring the rest.