Quality Assurance Manager
Posted Today by C & K Meats Limited
£50,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
East Anglia; Peterborough; Norwich; Cambridge; Ipswich; Norfolk; Suffolk; Bury St. Edmunds; Cambridgeshire; Lowestoft; Great Yarmouth
Summary: The Quality Assurance Manager at CK Meats in Eye, Suffolk, is responsible for leading a team to enhance Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards and audit results. This role involves collaboration with operational teams, daily management of the Quality department, and ensuring product quality and safety. The manager will also oversee food safety culture, hygiene standards, and internal audits while addressing non-conformances and customer complaints. The position requires strong leadership and communication skills, along with relevant experience in food manufacturing quality roles.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and motivate a team of around four colleagues in the Quality department.
- Drive improvements in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards and audit results.
- Collaborate with operational teams to agree on solutions for quality issues.
- Champion the Food Safety Culture Action Plan and drive environmental hygiene standards.
- Conduct internal audits against BRCGS and customer Code of Practices.
- Manage and maintain scheduled GMP, Fabric Glass, and Plastic audits.
- Oversee the non-conforming product log and ensure timely corrective actions.
- Liaise with production colleagues for product launch documentation preparation.
- Assist in managing traceability and mass balance exercises.
- Coordinate customer complaint investigations and formulate corrective action plans.
- Support QA team on the shop floor on a day-to-day basis.
Key Skills:
- Demonstrable experience in a food manufacturing quality role, including team management.
- HACCP Level 3 certification.
- Internal Auditor Level 3 preferred.
- CIEH Level 3 Food Safety for Manufacturing certification.
- Good IT, literacy, and numeracy skills.
- Strong communication skills.
Salary (Rate): £50,000 yearly
City: Eye
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Quality Assurance Manager
Eye, Near Diss
Monday to Friday 07:00 - 16:00
Salary circa £50,000
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Quality Assurance Manager to join our ambitious technical team at CK Meats, based in Eye, Suffolk.
As our new Quality Assurance Manager, you will be responsible for leading and motivating our excellent team of around four colleagues.
This role is crucial to driving improved Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards and audit results across our site. You will influence - and work collaboratively with - the operational teams and agree solutions together.
Reporting to our Head of Technical, you will be accountable for the daily management of our Quality department and related functions, as well as development of site standards to ensure product quality and safety are not compromised.
The role will include:
- Being a champion for the Food Safety Culture Action Plan
- Driving environmental hygiene standards on site, acting as the primary contact for the contract hygiene team and liaising with hygiene product suppliers
- Internal auditing against BRCGS and customer Code of Practices as well as the identification and correction of non-conformances
- Managing and maintaining scheduled GMP, Fabric Glass and Plastic audits
- Managing and maintaining the non-conforming product log to ensure timely and corrective actions are implemented and recorded, actively working with key stakeholders to resolve issues
- Liaising with production colleagues in the preparation of product launch documentation
- Assisting in management of traceability and mass balance exercises and schedules
- Coordinating customer complaint investigations, formulating responses and identifying corrective action plans
- Shop floor presence and day to day supporting of our QA's
Skills and experience we are looking for in our new Quality Assurance Manager:
- Demonstrable experience in a food manufacturing quality role, including team management
- HACCP Level 3
- Internal Auditor Level 3 preferred
- CIEH Level 3 Food Safety for Manufacturing
- Good IT, literacy and numeracy skills
- Good communication skills
What we can offer you:
- Salary circa £50,000
- 33 days holiday, including Bank Holidays, with an option to buy up to five extra days
- Monday to Friday, with occasional need for some flexibility to support business needs
- Access to GroceryAid providing emotional, practical and financial support
- Benefits and recognition hub - including amazing colleague discounts