Excellent opportunity for a QA Supervisor to join our Technical team. Responsible for assuring the safety and quality of all products produced, through effective implementation of company quality assurance policies, product specifications, and effective day-to-day operation of the quality assurance function.
Working hours: 40 hours per week, Sunday to Thursday with working hours 21:00-05:00
Main tasks and responsibilities:
- To ensure Company’s food safety and quality objectives are met at all times.
- To manage the work of the QA Team and ensure they are suitably trained to carry out their tasks.
- To ensure that all products and raw materials can be traced throughout the production process.
- To ensure that all the required control documents are in place for new products launches and to be in attendance at trial, pre-production runs and production runs.
- To conduct a weekly Hygiene and Food Safety Audit with the Hygiene Manager and Engineering Manager and report actions required to senior management. Action points raised must be monitored for completion.
- To conduct internal quality system audits .
- To attend customer and third party audits.
- To investigate complaints and report findings.
- To manage the daily safety and quality of products and report any defects to the production management for improvement.
- Liaise with the technical department when changes are required in controlled documents.
- Ensure that all employees are aware of and comply with the company’s quality manual policies and procedures.
- To carry out Food Hygiene Awareness training for all employees.
- To collate samples to be sent for micro testing and monitor product shelf life and quality of all products.
- To support an initial HACCP study for new products and liaise with the HACCP team for its accuracy. To ensure that all CCP and QCP points are monitored and reported.
- To organise and collate information from product taste trials as requested.
- To collate all shift paperwork and check for completion, report to relevant department manager of any non-conformances and monitor actions.
- Design and develop product manuals to aid production processes
- Plan and manage internal and external communication and awareness of corporate direction, aims and activities
- To assist with the production, communication and implementation of career development structures and competencies within the department
- Responsible for ensuring that activities meet with and integrate with organisational requirements for quality, health and safety, legal compliance, policies and procedures and general duty of care and corporate responsibility.
Skills
- Supervisor experience
- Drive and tenacity to make a difference.
- Enjoys and takes pride in having the ownership of their role.
- A natural forward planner who critically assesses own performance.
- Excellent computer skills
- HACCP experience
- Food Safety & Auditing experience
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £33,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Experience:
- Supervising: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
