QA Supervisor (Food Production)
Full Time
Cranswick Gourmet Kitchen HU7
£15.34 Per Hour
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a QA Supervisor to join the team at our Riverside site.
The main purpose of this role is to provide support to the Technical Manager and QA Managers by assisting in the running of the QA team, ensuring that standards are maintained in line with external audit requirements. This includes supporting customer complaint responses, reviewing and maintaining technical systems, conducting statistical analysis and project work, as well as ensuring product quality and compliance with safety, integrity, and legality requirements.
Main Duties Include (but not limited to):
* Directly managing the site-based QAs, ensuring strong leadership and direction is provided to achieve and maintain a single vision for the technical team.
* Supporting the QAs, providing training and development plans.
* Building relationships with other departments including production to support a 'single team' approach.
* Managing day-to-day issues with the production teams and ensuring appropriate actions are taken and documented where deviations from specified controls occur.
* Providing production teams with effective trending of key data such as quality assessments to support continuous improvement.
* Reviewing microbiological results and implementing appropriate recommendations where high counts are observed.
* Assisting in new product trials and providing feedback on any key challenges early in the process.
* Developing specific paperwork and procedures required for new products prior to launch.
* Undertaking ad-hoc duties as may be required to benefit the business.
* Conducting label/process control audits every 1-2 hours to ensure records are completed correctly and at the right times, raising issues as they arise.
* Conducting temperature verification checks (including sterilizers, hand washing stations, product, environmental) at various stages of the process, ensuring all results are recorded and any corrective actions are completed in a timely manner.
* Ensuring the timely collection of chemical, microbiological, and organoleptic samples in line with current schedules.
* Conducting calibration checks and recording the results, ensuring any corrective actions are communicated and closed out promptly.
* Conducting pre-operational hygiene inspections and reporting any failings immediately, ensuring that corrective actions are completed.
* Conducting GMP and fabrication audits to ensure any corrective actions required are communicated and completed in a timely manner.
* Conducting daily canteen checks and ensuring that any non-conformances are communicated and resolved promptly.
What We Look For:
* Previous experience in FMCG manufacturing (preferably food-related).
* Previous experience in a similar role - QA/Technical Supervisor.
* Proven track record of managing teams.
* Food Safety Level 3 certification.
* Computer skills (Microsoft Office), ideally with knowledge of FOPS, Innova & Traksys systems.
What We Offer:
* Job stability at a growing and expanding company.
* Excellent and competitive rates of pay.
* Progression and personal development opportunities.
* Profit sharing through a discounted share scheme.
* Company pension scheme including enhanced contribution options.
* Access to the Cranswick Package which includes Cycle to Work Scheme, Free Parking, Discounted products, 'Feed your Wellbeing' platform, 'Hapi' discounts app, and buying extra holiday entitlement.
If you are interested and meet the above criteria, please send your CV to #removed# or call the Commercial team on #removed# if you have any queries.
Please note: Prestige Recruitment is an equal opportunity employer with 30 years of service within the recruitment & staffing sector.
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