Quality Manager

Pioneer Selection; Northfleet; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Job summary

The Quality Manager will lead the QA function within a high-care, ready-to-eat food environment, ensuring products consistently meet food safety, legal, quality and customer requirements. The role will manage and develop the QA team, driving an audit-ready culture and improving GMP standards, hold & release controls, and quality KPI performance.

This position offers real autonomy, visibility within the Technical team, and the chance to make a measurable impact through continuous improvement in a

Qualifications

• Must have worked in a food manufacturing environment
• Experience as a Quality Manager or Technical Manager
• Strong knowledge of GMP and maintaining site standards day-to-day
• Experience handling customer complaints, non-conformances, and implementing CAPA / corrective actions
• Confidence overseeing Hold & Release processes and quality controls
• Exposure to internal systems/processes around metal detection, check weighing, calibration and fabrication hygiene standards
• Strong communication and organisation skills, able to influence across departments and lead by example
• Resilient, proactive mindset with a continuous improvement approach

Responsibilities

• Lead the QA function within a high-care, ready-to-eat food environment, ensuring products meet food safety, legal, quality and customer requirements.
• Manage and develop the QA team, driving an audit-ready culture while improving GMP standards, hold & release controls, and quality KPI performance.
• Be the go-to for investigations, non-conformances and customer complaints, ensuring fast root-cause resolution and preventative actions.
• Drive continuous improvement in a fast-moving fresh food operation.

Job description

Job Title – Quality Manager

Location – Northfleet, Kent (DA11)

Salary: £48,000 – £55,000 DOE + performance bonus (DOE)

Shift: Days | 40 hours per week

Job Role

The Quality Manager will lead the QA function within a high-care, ready-to-eat food environment, ensuring products consistently meet food safety, legal, quality and customer requirements. The Quality Manager will manage and develop the QA team, driving a strong "audit-ready" culture while improving GMP standards, hold & release controls, and quality KPI performance. The Quality Manager will be the go-to for investigations, non-conformances and customer complaints, ensuring fast root-cause resolution and preventative actions that protect standards and retailer relationships. This Quality Manager position offers real autonomy, visibility within the Technical team, and the chance to make a measurable impact through continuous improvement in a fast-moving fresh food operation.

Sector

Food Manufacturing

Non-Negotiable Requirements of "Quality Manager"

• Must have worked in a food manufacturing environment
• Experience as a Quality Manager or Technical Manager

Desirable requirements of "Quality Manager"

• Strong knowledge of GMP and maintaining site standards day-to-day
• Experience handling customer complaints, non-conformances, and implementing CAPA / corrective actions
• Confidence overseeing Hold & Release processes and quality controls
• Exposure to internal systems/processes around metal detection, check weighing, calibration and fabrication hygiene standards
• Strong communication and organisation skills, able to influence across departments and lead by example
• Resilient, proactive mindset with a continuous improvement approach

The "Quality Manager" will benefit from:

About company (grab lines) A growing fresh food manufacturer supplying major UK retailers with high standards and strong technical focus A business with clear expectations, high pace, and the chance to genuinely improve site quality performance Training/Development Learning & Development programmes with opportunity to develop leadership and technical capability Investment in engineer Investment in people and continuous improvement, with visibility and support within a structured Technical function Equipment Hands-on involvement with controls such as metal detection, check weighing and calibration, plus taste panels and KPI reporting

If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the right skills, then please click apply at the bottom of this advert.

For further details contact Nathan Lock at Pioneer Selection.