Site QA Lead — Food Safety & Quality

The Oval Partnership; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

31 days’ annual leave

Death-in-service cover

Job summary

The Oval Partnership is helping a confidential food manufacturer in Manchester and Banbury to recruit a Technical Coordinator. You will oversee day-to-day Technical and Quality Assurance activities, lead the QA team and report to the Technical Manager to maintain food safety, product quality and regulatory compliance.

Working across Production, Hygiene and Engineering, you will investigate issues, drive continuous improvement, support audits (BRCGS and customer standards) and promote high GMP

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a team in a food manufacturing Technical/QA environment.
• Knowledge of food safety, HACCP, GMP.
• Understanding of UK food legislation and BRCGS.
• Experience coordinating day-to-day QA activity in manufacturing.
• Ability to investigate issues, identify root causes and support corrective actions.
• Strong organisation, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to coach colleagues across departments.
• Competent IT skills including MS Office and databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Quality Assurance team.
• Organise daily QA priorities and staffing, including holidays.
• Ensure QA checks, testing, release and verification are completed on time.
• Support implementation and maintenance of the Quality Management System.
• Maintain HACCP, allergen controls and other food safety controls.
• Promote high GMP, hygiene and product quality standards across the factory.
• Coordinate investigations into non-conformances and corrective actions.
• Support audits (internal, customer, BRCGS, regulatory and third-party).
• Support traceability exercises, mock recalls and technical verifications.
• Monitor technical and quality performance and drive improvements.
• Collaborate with site teams to reinforce right-first-time culture.

Skills

QA leadership

Food safety

GMP knowledge

Root-cause analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Coaching

IT skills

Education

Food Safety Level 2

HACCP Level 2

HACCP Level 3

Food Safety Level 3

Internal auditing training

Tools

Microsoft Office

Electronic systems

Job description

The Oval Partnership is helping a confidential food manufacturer in Manchester and Banbury to recruit a Technical Coordinator. You will oversee day-to-day Technical and Quality Assurance activities, lead the QA team and report to the Technical Manager to maintain food safety, product quality and regulatory compliance.

Working across Production, Hygiene and Engineering, you will investigate issues, drive continuous improvement, support audits (BRCGS and customer standards) and promote high GMP