Quality Systems Specialist

The Collective Network; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading quality management company in Peterborough is seeking a Quality Systems Specialist to ensure their Quality Management System is effectively maintained and audit-ready. This role involves managing the internal audit process, leading the Technical Services team, and ensuring compliance with BRC standards. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail, strong leadership skills, and a passion for raising quality standards across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing Quality Management Systems.
• Proven track record in internal auditing and compliance.
• Ability to lead a team and manage supplier approval processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Quality Management System to ensure it is audit-ready.
• Manage the internal audit process from planning to closure.
• Lead the Technical Services team and ensure supplier compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Attention to detail

Understanding of compliance

Job description

Quality Systems Specialist
Cambridgeshire
£43,000

If you're the sort of person who twitches when a document isn't where it should be, gets a thrill from a clean audit, and isn't afraid to nudge people to hit deadlines, please keep reading.

We're looking for someone to take charge of the Technical Services function and someone who can keep our site running to BRC standards without turning into the "No Fun Police". You'll tighten up processes, steer the team, and make sure compliance isn't just a PowerPoint slide but something people actually follow.

What you'll own

• Our entire Quality Management System. Ensure it's built properly, maintained properly, and audit‑ready all year round
• The internal audit process from planning to action closure. No loose ends, no forgotten fixes
• The Master Action Log and the site schedule
• Leadership of the Technical Services team
• Supplier approval compliance and customer/BRC standard alignment across all functions
• Complaint reduction and solid, sensible responses when things do go wrong
• The HACCP manual's internal systems section and kept fit for purpose
• Quality meeting inputs and site‑wide Food Safety/Quality updates
• The Food Safety & Quality Culture survey and turning the results into genuine improvements
• Quality inputs and improvements within systems
• The traceability process
• Data support that helps teams actually change behaviour, not just shrug at spreadsheets

Who you'll be

Someone who likes clarity, hates chaos, and understands that compliance isn't optional but it also doesn't have to be painful. You'll influence, chase, challenge and support in equal measure, with enough backbone to hold the line and enough curiosity to keep improving the place.

If you fancy owning a role where you can genuinely raise standards this might be your next move.