Job Description
Market Leading Food Manufacturer now looking to recruit...
LOCATED PEMBROKESHIRE, SOUTH WEST WALES
ROLE- QA MANAGER
Purpose
To champion food safety, product quality, and all aspects of change management and continuous improvement on-site. Ensuring the effective management of product safety, authenticity, legality and quality.
Reporting into the Technical Manager
Managing and developing people and supporting the development of a positive culture:
- Deputise for Technical Manager when off-site/annual leave
- Working in partnership with HR to ensure the recruitment, retention and development of team
- Produce and implement an annual training and succession plan for team
- Ensure all annual PDRs are complete and robust
- Coaching and skills development on a day-to-day basis
Supporting a Continuous Improvement culture:
- Supporting a continuous improvement culture bringing examples of best practices and new ideas.
- Having a physical presence throughout production areas as well as the laboratory.
- Maximise efficiencies across the site through production practices
- Effective root cause analysis to improve quality and avoid unnecessary costs
- Deliver improvement through analysis of non-conformance and customer quality complaints.
- Provides strong support to the Technical Manager in creating, communicating and driving the site Food Safety & Quality Culture plan.
Leading food safety plan to meet required standards and specifications:
- Delivering technical operations on-site through the co-ordination of testing and sampling.
- Drive the food safety plan (HACCP).
- Manage product release.
- Management of and maintaining standards in the on site laboratories.
- Support independent audits and action findings.
Overseeing technical budgets and financial planning:
- Monitor site technical analysis budget.
Managing positive working practices:
- Responsible for the management of activities which ensure the food safety, authenticity, legality and quality of our products.
- Ensure that GMP and hygiene standards are adhered to across the site by informal walking tours and formally by auditing.
- Carrying out and supporting Technical Manager in conducting incident investigations, including risk assessments.
- Analyse and review relevant data from testing and sampling.
- Report any out of spec results to the relevant management and ensure that appropriate action is taken to address the issue.
- Coordinate COA creation and issuing process.
- Document all antibiotic fails and action.
CANDIDATE
- Manufacturing technical professional with minimum 3 years’ experience.
- Experience within any consumables industry desirable
- People Management experience is not essential for this role
- Good experience and understanding of Quality Systems and Quality Management. Alternative manufacturing and quality management experience will be considered.
- Qualified to at least A-level in a scientific or related subject.
- Proficient understanding & knowledge of food microbiology is desirable.
- Level 3 Food Hygiene is desirable
- Level 3 HACCP is desirable
37hrs per week Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, 5 Days a week on site
BENEFITS
3% ER pension, 5% EE pension
3% site based bonus
26 Holidays + 8 stats
Salary £45K- circa £48K DOE
Probation 3 months
Excellent opportunities to develop within a professional yet friendly team
If you are interested in this position then please forward a copy of your most up to date CV to andrew@drnewitt.com or contact Andrew Donaldson on 0131 226 5060.
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