Job Description
GBR Recruitment are proud to be working exclusively with a well established & progressive North East UK based food manufacturing client recruiting for a Quality Manager to lead the Sunday to Thursday shift QA / QM team to success, ensuring all food product lines are produced to the quality expectations of the Major Retail customers, the company standards & BRC.\n\nThis role is a key one involving the Inspection of raw materials, the inspection of ingredients & finished food lines (chilled food product lines).\n\nYou will be a Quality professional from the chilled food sector, with strong GMP & CCP Audits, BRC Audits & Standards, QAS, COSHH, HACCP, Food Hygiene & Food Safety in this varied critical role.\n\nQAM Job Responsibilities:\n\n * Manage Quality (QMS), Food Safety & Hygiene teams working to BRC standards & company expectations.\n\n * Review Quality working processes (SSOW / SOPS) on the shop floor.\n\n * Manage Quality compliance, policies & working processes.\n\n * Ensure KPI's are monitored & that targets are achieved\n\n * Factory floor Quality coaching & development (CI focused)\n\n * Manage & carry out all food line non-conformances & complaints investigations.\n\n * Ensure all staff on site follow GMP Quality & Food Safety requirements\n\n * Manage all stock that is on hold & the stock release process\n\n * Supplier & BRC audit assistance\n\n * Site traceability exercises\n\n * Manage the routine analysis from intake to out load of raw materials, packaging, finished product and process (collection and logging of samples for micro, chemical, allergen testing)\n\n * Manage manual and automated testing and recording related results. Completing spreadsheets and highlighting issues when seen\n\n * KPI’s / Reports for the Technical Manager & others in the SMT\n\n * Attend all relevant Management meetings\n\n * Manage the Hygiene / Industrial Cleaning teams, planning deep cleans around production schedules & daily standard cleaning activities\n\n * Manage & control the hygiene cleaning schedules & documentation\n\n * Pest Control Management\n\nAttributes:\n\n * Quality Management or Supervisory experience within chilled food\n\n * Hygiene Management experience (Food)\n\n * HACCP Level 3 or Level 4 & Food Safety Level 3 / 4 qualifications\n\n * BRC & Major Food Retailer Audits experience\n\n * BRC V8 experience & knowledge\n\n * QMS professional\n\n * Chilled Food experience\n\nThis position is commutable from; Middlesborough, Newcastle, Sunderland, Redcar, Billingham, Eaglescliffe, Guisborough, Whitby, Hartlepool, Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor, Darlington & areas close to these.\n\nThe role could suit a professional foodie, working as a QA Manager, Quality Manager, QA Supervisor, QA Team Leader, Technical Manager, Assistant QA Manager, Assistant Technical Manager or similar job titles with similar responsibilities.\n\nInterviews to take place immediately