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We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.
We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer, employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
Here at Spalding, we have a team of around 540 colleagues. We produce coleslaw, potato salad, salad bar bulk products (2kg), pasta salads, and couscous/grains for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Morrisons, Co-op, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury's, Nando's, and Pizza Hut. Our Spalding site has a restaurant with hot food available to all our colleagues.
What you'll be doing
Shift Pattern: Sunday to Thursday (10pm to 6am)
As QA Supervisor on the night shift, you will lead a quality assurance team to verify that all materials, including finished products, are safe and conform to all relevant specifications, legislation, and customer requirements.
* Working closely with the Nights Production Manager to ensure the production of safe, legal food.
* Complete audits and key performance indicators and monitor the consistency of outputs across the team for compliance purposes.
* Train the team to ensure that new processes and procedures are adopted.
* Build production team capability to improve communication and understanding of technical standards.
* Investigate customer complaints or any non-conformance raised internally or externally to provide data which informs resolution.
* Organise organoleptic panel to ensure consistent quality.
* Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that, as a minimum, the department meets the standards set out in the Health Safety and Environment policy.
* Manage the nights QA team, ensuring tasks are completed in line with schedules and trackers.
* Monitor micro results and initiate any investigations as required.
* Work closely with the hygiene team to ensure swabbing and hygiene audits are completed in line with schedules.
What we're looking for
* Flexibility required to support hygiene audits.
* Ideally educated to Higher National Diploma level and/or experience within a similar role in food manufacturing.
* Experience of managing a team and leading people; holds a Level 2/3 food safety certification.
* Basic knowledge of weight legislation and allergen awareness/practical management of allergens.
* Experience working with computer systems; understanding of internal audit processes and technical key performance indicators.
* Has CCP training including Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles for Manufacturing Unit.
* Experience and knowledge of good manufacturing practice (GMP).
* Demonstrable non-conformance reporting techniques.
* Microbiological awareness - understanding the basics of food safety.
* Basic knowledge of hygiene principles and legal labeling practices.
What you'll get in return
* Competitive salary and job-related benefits.
* Pension up to 8% matched.
* Life insurance up to 4x salary.
* Company share save scheme.
* Greencore Qualifications.
* Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform.
* Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform.
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.
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