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qa manager Tilmanstone, England

Bakkavor

Full Time Tilmanstone, England 36766 - 28849 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Title: Quality Assurance Supervisor
Salary: Competitive

Shift: Night Shift, 18:00-06:00, 2-week fixed rota working 12-hour shifts. (2 on 2 off 3 on 2 off 2 on 3 off)

Benefits Package:

At Bakkavor we are proud to offer you a career with real scope for development. To reward your hard work and ambition as a talented QA Supervisor with plenty of support and opportunity and empower you to drive your own success and create a career you can be proud of too.

Who are Bakkavor:

Bakkavor is one of the leading providers of fresh prepared food in the UK, with an international presence in the US and China. Our 19,000 employees operate from 39 locations, developing and producing innovative food for a wide variety of occasions and budgets. In the UK, we work with leading grocery retailers, focusing on their own label brands.

The role

As QA Supervisor your key focus will be to lead and motivate the QA team in monitoring and evaluating product and processing systems and factory practices.
In this busy and exciting role, you will ensure agreed standards of quality are

achieved and improved upon, whilst taking a lead in generating and building a quality culture.

Accountabilities

To participate and direct QA team to observe and audit production processes and GMP, ensuring products are made to specification and within customer codes of practice and Bakkavor standards - reporting findings to managers as appropriate.
To assist in delivery of site standards for visits and audits either through direct input, indirect support and / or organisation of QA and RMI team activities
To coordinate non-conformance findings including actions taken and report to relevant department managers - ensuring completion of any required corrective actions from day-to-day issues e.g., micro results for positive release. In addition, trend non-conformances to identify recurring issues and find and recommend permanent solutions.
To ensure products and ingredients align with the specification.
To support the promotion of a quality culture and help to develop the quality management system.
To coordinate QA requirements for product launches e.g., updating required documentation and systems, liaison with Process team and line support to ensure product is produced to the required standard.
With guidance from Line Manager, manage QA activities required to deliver improvement of Technical KPIs e.g., audit of non-conforming processes, complaint investigations, update of swab schedules, GMP audits, glass, and plastic audits.
To plan and co-ordinate work of the QA and RMI teams to meet requirements of the quality management system and the needs of the business ensuring that both teams are up to date with all business and customer communication as appropriate.
Lead, motivate and inspire QA and RMI teams to achieve personal development and continuous improvement.
To operate in a safe working manner and support the site/business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety, and the environment.

About you

Ideally you will have a good practical working knowledge of food safety legislation and quality requirements.

A strong QA background is desirable for this role but more importantly you will be energetic, punctual, proactive, and reliable with the ability to lead, guide, and motivate others towards achievement.
HACCP knowledge, a food science qualification or equivalent and experience in the manufacturing industry within low risk, high care / high risk environment will be favourable

Proud to be Bakkavor

We are proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. We are proud to be driven by the hard work and passion of our people. And we are proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity. Join our team and we will make you proud too.

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