Quality Manager: Lead Site Quality & Compliance

Silven Recruitment Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Silven Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Quality Manager for a well-established food manufacturing site in the United Kingdom. You will lead the site quality team, ensuring products meet safety, legal, and customer specifications.

You'll work with the Technical Manager and operations on continuous improvement, audits, and corrective actions. The role is highly visible within the site leadership team, shaping quality culture from the ground up.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading quality teams in food manufacturing.
• Knowledge of BRC standards and major retailer requirements.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain full compliance with BRC standards and customer requirements
• Lead and mentor the quality team
• Participate in internal and external audits
• Develop and implement corrective action plans
• Investigate quality incidents and coordinate product recalls
• Maintain comprehensive auditing programmes
• Support and coach team members to build technical capability across the site
• Contribute to wider site strategy on quality, safety, and continuous improvement

Skills

Quality team leadership

Strong communication

Problem-solving

Education

Food Hygiene Level 4 certification

HACCP Level 3

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Silven Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Quality Manager for a well-established food manufacturing site in the United Kingdom. You will lead the site quality team, ensuring products meet safety, legal, and customer specifications.

You'll work with the Technical Manager and operations on continuous improvement, audits, and corrective actions. The role is highly visible within the site leadership team, shaping quality culture from the ground up.