Quality Manager (Chilled Food)

Job Description

GBR Recruitment are proud to be working exclusively with a well established & progressive North East UK based food manufacturing client recruiting for a Quality Manager to lead the Sunday to Thursday shift QA / QM team to success, ensuring all food product lines are produced to the quality expectations of the Major Retail customers, the company standards & BRC. This role is a key one involving the inspection of raw materials, the inspection of ingredients & finished food lines (chilled food product lines). You will be a Quality professional from the chilled food sector, with strong GMP & CCP Audits, BRC Audits & Standards, QAS, COSHH, HACCP, Food Hygiene & Food Safety in this varied critical role.

QAM Job Responsibilities:

1. Manage Quality (QMS), Food Safety & Hygiene teams working to BRC standards & company expectations.
2. Review Quality working processes (SSOW / SOPS) on the shop floor.
3. Manage Quality compliance, policies & working processes.
4. Ensure KPI's are monitored & that targets are achieved.
5. Factory floor Quality coaching & development (CI focused).
6. Manage & carry out all food line non-conformances & complaints investigations.
7. Ensure all staff on site follow GMP Quality & Food Safety requirements.
8. Manage all stock that is on hold & the stock release process.
9. Supplier & BRC audit assistance.
10. Site traceability exercises.
11. Manage the routine analysis from intake to out load of raw materials, packaging, finished product and process (collection and logging of samples for micro, chemical, allergen testing).
12. Manage manual and automated testing and recording related results. Completing spreadsheets and highlighting issues when seen.
13. KPI’s / Reports for the Technical Manager & others in the SMT.
14. Attend all relevant Management meetings.
15. Manage the Hygiene / Industrial Cleaning teams, planning deep cleans around production schedules & daily standard cleaning activities.
16. Manage & control the hygiene cleaning schedules & documentation.
17. Pest Control Management.

Attributes:

1. Quality Management or Supervisory experience within chilled food.
2. Hygiene Management experience (Food).
3. HACCP Level 3 or Level 4 & Food Safety Level 3 / 4 qualifications.
4. BRC & Major Food Retailer Audits experience.
5. BRC V8 experience & knowledge.
6. QMS professional.
7. Chilled Food experience.

This position is commutable from; Middlesborough, Newcastle, Sunderland, Redcar, Billingham, Eaglescliffe, Guisborough, Whitby, Hartlepool, Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor, Darlington & areas close to these. The role could suit a professional foodie, working as a QA Manager, Quality Manager, QA Supervisor, QA Team Leader, Technical Manager, Assistant QA Manager, Assistant Technical Manager or similar job titles with similar responsibilities. Interviews to take place immediately.