Quality Assurance Consultant (Interim)

MY Recruitment; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 55,104 - 82,656; Part time

Job summary

MY Recruitment is seeking a freelance QA / Compliance Consultant to support the setup of a new ISO 22000 facility in Amsterdam. The role involves ensuring that quality systems are ready for production and customer interactions while working with R&D teams. Ideal candidates should have ISO 22000 experience, expertise in food safety, and the ability to produce clear QA documentation. The position offers flexible working arrangements, including some days on-site in Leeuwarden.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience setting up, implementing, reviewing, or auditing ISO 22000 systems.
• Experience with HACCP, food safety risk assessments, and prerequisite programs.
• Experience with cleanroom or controlled-environment facilities, preferably aligned with ISO 14644.
• Strong experience reviewing, writing, and improving QA / QMS / FSMS documentation.
• Experience in regulated production environments such as food, biotech, or cosmetics.
• Ability to work with R&D teams where processes may still be evolving.
• Strong risk-based thinking and clear written output delivery.

Responsibilities

• Review current facility setup against ISO 22000 expectations.
• Advise on QA, food safety, and hygiene documentation systems.
• Review and help create QMS / FSMS documents.
• Define and organize evidence for audit-ready QA packs.
• Support R&D and production with evolving processes.
• Prepare for customer audits and future ISO 22000 certification readiness.

Skills

Hands-on experience with ISO 22000 systems

Experience with HACCP and food safety risk assessments

Experience with cleanroom facilities

Strong writing skills for QA documentation

Experience in regulated production environments

Ability to work with technical teams

Understanding of controlling semi-finished products

Risk-based thinking

Ability to work independently

Flexible mindset

Job description

We are looking for a freelance QA / Compliance Consultant (12-16 hrs/week) to support the setup and readiness of a new ISO 22000-based facility with cleanroom-related controls aligned with ISO 14644.

The facility will be used for the development and production of semi-finished products / potential ingredients that may be supplied to downstream customers. In addition, the facility may produce small-scale product batches, samples, or prototypes for development, testing, validation, customer evaluation, or early-stage manufacturing.

The assignment

The consultant will help ensure that the facility, documentation, and quality systems are practical, risk-based, and ready to support first customer interactions, prototype production, and future scale-up.

The role requires someone who can work closely with the R&D team, understand evolving production processes, and translate technical development activities into a clear, practical, and audit-ready QA documentation structure.

The consultant will also provide guidance on the creation and review of complete, evidence-based documentation, including a clear overview of what is currently available, what is missing, and what supporting proof exists. Based on this assessment, the consultant will help shape a realistic build-up plan for the quality system, ensuring that the startup can move forward responsibly without taking on unnecessary risks or inappropriate responsibilities as a producer of semi-finished products, potential ingredients, and prototypes.

What you’ll do

• Review the current facility setup against ISO 22000 and relevant cleanroom expectations
• Advise on the required QA, food safety, hygiene, contamination-control, and documentation systems
• Review, improve, or help create core QMS / FSMS documents, including:
• Review the documentation needed to support semi-finished products, potential ingredients, and small-scale prototypes
• Define what evidence is available, what is missing, and how it should be organized into an audit- or customer-ready QA pack
• Advise on minimum viable QA requirements for first customer readiness
• Support R&D and production teams in translating evolving processes into practical quality controls
• Help define testing, qualification, validation, and external laboratory support requirements
• Support preparation for customer audits, customer qualification, or future ISO 22000 certification readiness
• In the beginning you will be once a week in Leeuwarden at the start-up location. Furthermore you will either work from Aalsmeer or home-office.

What we’re looking for

• Hands‑on experience setting up, implementing, reviewing, or auditing ISO 22000 systems
• Experience with HACCP, food safety risk assessments, and prerequisite programs
• Experience with cleanroom or controlled‑environment facilities, preferably aligned with ISO 14644
• Strong experience reviewing, writing, and improving QA / QMS / FSMS documentation
• Experience in regulated production environments such as food, feed, ingredients, biotech, fermentation, specialty materials, cosmetics, or related sectors
• Experience supporting R&D, prototype production, pilot production, or scale‑up environments
• Ability to work with technical and R&D teams where processes may still be evolving
• Practical understanding of how to control semi‑finished products, potential ingredients, samples, and prototypes
• Strong risk‑based thinking and the ability to distinguish between what is essential now and what can be implemented laterAbility to work independently and deliver clear, structured written outputs
• A flexible, pragmatic mindset suited to a startup environment.