Position Title: Shift QA Manager - 4month FTC
Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time
Position Location: Whittlesey
Requisition ID: 33083
There’s nothing beige about McCain…
Except our potatoes — and we’re extremely passionate about them.
When you join McCain, you’ll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet friendly food.
We’ve partnered with thousands of the country’s supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It’s all about elevation and creating something better.
So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.
About the role
You will be responsible for safety, quality and legality of products manufactured on shift to agreed quality specifications and standards and delivery of agreed departmental plans as determined by the Quality Assurance Manager. Working as part of an integrated Technical team, building and promoting a Food Safety culture at all levels on site.
Ensuring a high standard of compliance in relation to food/feed safety and that all quality activities onsite comply with all company, industry (eg; BRC), and retailer codes of practice. Non-conformances are recognised and documented evidence is collected to mitigate the risk to food safety and quality.
Leading your team of QC & QA and allocating work to ensure a structured, systematic approach to all aspects of quality, hygiene, and GMP. Assisting with the completion of Internal Audits and inspections.
To investigate customer complaints, identifying root cause and communicating corrective action required to key stake holders.
Driving improvements in the standards of product quality and safety.
Manage weight legislation on shift and action any issues to prevent reoccurrence
Working closely with cross-functional departments ensuring compliance to relevant SOPs and GMP standards
Deviation reports, Change Controls, CAPAs and SOPs and support continuous improvement projects
Responsible for stock management on shift.
To identify Food Safety risks i.e. foreign body, chemical or microbiological risks and to either take the appropriate corrective/preventative action or ensure it is reported accurately to the business.
To understand and implement the Allergen awareness, procedures and controls.
To verify that finished products are assessed on QA taste panel and meet agreed specification.
Notify contractor and follow up any onsite Pest Control issues.
Conducting traceability exercises (present information to the auditor) to internal and external auditors.
Deputising for the Quality Manager where required
About you
You will have the ability to work autonomously and use your initiative, whilst being part of a team. influencing and challenging is a key skill to this role, so previous experience of working in an environment whereby you have needed to fulfil key performance indicators, working under pressure and to tight deadlines in essential.
Knowledge of Quality & Technical systems
Influencing skills
Qualification in HACCP & Food Safety
Able to communicate effectively at all levels
Demonstrable problem-solving ability
How to interpret procedures
What’s in it for me?
Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in chips. For working hard, you’ll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:
• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the long-term development of McCain communities across the globe
And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an impressive 5 year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.
WHERE YOU’LL WORK:
You'll be based at our Whittlesey plant in Peterborough. If you’ve spotted our three wind turbines, then you’ll know where we are! With about 350 employees on site, we’re one of our largest plants across the GB business. Our Whittlesey plant is where we make our famous French Fries as well as our chilled products, such as our Shake Shake Fries.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Global Privacy Policy
Job Family: Quality & Food Safety
Division: GB Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Department: TSA B shift
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey || GB - United Kingdom : England : Bath || GB - United Kingdom : England : Birmingham* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Bradford* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Brighton & Hove || GB - United Kingdom : England : Bristol* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Cambridge || GB - United Kingdom : England : Canterbury* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Carlisle || GB - United Kingdom : England : Chelmsford || GB - United Kingdom : England : Chester* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Chichester || GB - United Kingdom : England : Colchester || GB - United Kingdom : England : Coventry* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Derby || GB - United Kingdom : England : Doncaster || GB - United Kingdom : England : Durham || GB - United Kingdom : England : Ely || GB - United Kingdom : England : Exeter* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Gloucester || GB - United Kingdom : England : Grantham || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hereford || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull || GB - United Kingdom : England : Kingston-upon-Hull* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Lancaster || GB - United Kingdom : England : Leeds* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Leicester* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Lichfield || GB - United Kingdom : England : Lincoln || GB - United Kingdom : England : Liverpool* || GB - United Kingdom : England : London* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Manchester* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Milton Keynes || GB - United Kingdom : England : Newcastle-upon-Tyne* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Norwich* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Nottingham* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Oxford* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Peterborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Plymouth* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Portsmouth* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Preston || GB - United Kingdom : England : Ripon || GB - United Kingdom : England : Salford || GB - United Kingdom : England : Salisbury || GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Sheffield* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Southampton* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Southend-on-Sea || GB - United Kingdom : England : St Albans || GB - United Kingdom : England : Stoke on Trent* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Sunderland || GB - United Kingdom : England : Truro || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wakefield || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wells || GB - United Kingdom : England : Westminster* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Winchester || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wolverhampton || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wombourne || GB - United Kingdom : England : Worcester || GB - United Kingdom : England : York* || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Armagh* || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Bangor || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Belfast* || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Lisburn || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Londonderry || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Newry || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Reference job description || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Aberdeen* || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Dundee* || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Dunfermline || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Edinburgh* || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Glasgow* || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Inverness || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Montrose || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Perth || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Stirling || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Bangor || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Cardiff* || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Newport || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : St Asaph || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : St Davids || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Swansea* || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Wrexham
Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd