Quality Manager

Food Careers Limited; Greenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic food business is seeking a Quality Manager to ensure compliance with UK legislation and manage internal audits. The role involves developing and organising food safety training for staff. The ideal candidate will have experience in chilled or ambient food manufacturing, along with supervisory skills and relevant certifications like HACCP and internal auditing. This position offers a salary between £40,000 and £44,000 annually, reflecting the commitment to quality and staff development.

Qualifications

• Experience in chilled or ambient food manufacturing is essential.
• Some supervisory experience is needed.
• HACCP and Hygiene level 3 certifications are ideal.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with UK legislation and customer codes of practices.
• Manage internal audits and quality testing.
• Develop and organise food safety training.

Skills

Chilled or Ambient food manufacturing experience

Supervision experience

HACCP and Hygiene level 3

Internal Auditing experience

Job description

Overview

Quality Manager – Location: Newbury, Berkshire. Salary: £40,000 pa - £44,000 pa. Great opportunity to join a dynamic food business that can offer training and career advancement. This well-established business has a positive company culture where every employee is valued and encouraged to take part in meetings where strategy and goals are set.

Responsibilities

• Work Monday to Friday 7.30am - 4:00pm
• Ensure compliance with UK legislation and customer codes of practices.
• Manage Internal audits.
• Manage plant and product swab and micro testing programme.
• Manage complaints & Non-conformance management.
• Develop and organise food safety staff training across the business [in conjunction with HR and our external training resources].
• Ensure the QA team does a monthly internal audit and ensure all audits are completed.
• Maintain the Quality Management System Manual of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with BRC v9.
• Support the Chair of HACCP and QA Meetings to ensure regular meetings and reviews.
• Check duties are undertaken by QA Assistant and other staff allocated to support the QA Team.
• Ensure Health & Safety guidelines are maintained at all times inclusive of HACCP.

Qualifications

• Need Chilled or Ambient food manufacturing experience.
• Need some experience supervising a direct report [1 or 2 to start].
• Ideally hold HACCP and Hygiene to level 3.
• Ideally hold Internal Auditing qualification and experience.
• Able to start work earlier or start later one day a week to carry out spot checks.

This vacancy is commutable from: Greenham, Newbury, Reading, Basingstoke, Thatcham, Tadley, Andover, Baghurst, Hook, Fleet, Farnborough, Tidworth, Marlborough, Swindon