Quality Supervisor

Henderson Brown Recruitment; Northampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic recruitment agency is looking for a Quality Supervisor in Northampton. In this role, you will oversee daily quality operations, manage compliance checks, and ensure product integrity. The ideal candidate will have experience in food quality assurance within a manufacturing setting and possess full UK working rights. This position offers a permanent contract with a competitive salary range of £30,000 - £32,600.

Qualifications

• Essential experience in a UK food manufacturing quality assurance role.
• Ownership of transport.
• Full UK working rights without visa requirements.

Responsibilities

• Champion daily quality performance and oversee taste panels.
• Conduct root-cause investigations for incident management.
• Lead verification and compliance checks for the site.

Skills

Experience in food quality assurance

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Job description

Quality Supervisor

Wellingborough

Permanent | £30,000 - £32,600 d.o.e

Are you passionate about food quality, safety, and continuous improvement? Ready to take ownership of critical site standards and play a key role in keeping products safe, consistent, and customer-ready? This is your chance to step into a Quality Supervisor role where every day you'll make an impact across factory performance, technical compliance, and customer confidence.

What you’ll be doing as the Quality Supervisor

• Champion daily quality performance, overseeing taste panels, driving Right First Time (RFT) culture, and mitigating through training, sampling, and effective investigations.
• Own key verification & compliance checks, including equipment verification, glass/hard plastic audits, environmental monitoring, and checkweigher/x-ray data accuracy.
• Lead incident management, conducting root‑cause investigations, managing escalations, and delivering clear communication to protect product integrity.
• Host customer and auditor visits with confidence, showcasing exceptional standards and representing the site with professionalism and technical know‑how.
• Support factory excellence, leading GMP walks, driving pest control engagement, and strengthening risk management across the site.
• Play an active role in HACCP & TACCP teams, contributing to risk assessments, traceability exercises, and continuous food safety improvements.
• Investigate quality challenges, including complaints, deviations, and non‑conformances – using data, insight, and RCA to drive sustainable corrective actions.
• Support any additional quality or food safety tasks, adapting with resilience and enthusiasm to ensure the site consistently meets customer, retailer, and regulatory expectations.

What you’ll need as the Quality Supervisor

• Experience within a UK food manufacturing quality assurance role is essential to be considered.
• Own transport.
• Full UK working rights are needed. No visas available.

If you believe you have the skills and personality to fit these requirements please either apply via this advert or call Henderson Brown on (phone number removed) for more information.