Quality Assurance Manager

We're currently recruiting a dedicated Quality Assurance Manager to help ensure the smooth running of the operations on a full time basis, contracted to 40 hours per week.

As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will use your skills to maintain a high standard of quality work. In return, you will have the chance to progress your career with a company that invests in its people, celebrates individuality, and rewards and recognises employees who go beyond the plate.

Reporting to the Technical Manager, responsibilities for the role will include:

• Assisting the factory in the preparation and delivery of successful Third-party audits (BRCGS), resolving any issues identified.
• Ensuring the Food Safety Quality Management System is fully implemented within the factory.
  • Writing/Reviewing and Issuing site procedures and work-instructions and ensuring that the documents in the operation are all version controlled and current in the FSQM and aligned with both sites where possible.
  • Monitoring and improving factory standards with regards to GMP and Hygiene
  • Developing and leading the GMP / Site Inspections, trend, and review data to identify areas where continues improvement is required and report findings at the monthly Quality Meeting.
• Continuously working to improving factory standards and finished product quality.
• Dealing with day-to-day quality issues, conducting investigations on Out of Spec Process / Procedures, Investigating and managing the root causes of issues identified to reduce them in line with technical KPIs.
• Collaboratively working with other departments to continually raise site standards.
• Improving and updating procedures ensuring new legislation, BRCGS requirements and codes of practice are appropriately implemented.
• Championing the Food Safety Culture and a Quality Focus in the factory
• Improving site hygiene through training, cleaning method challenges, post clean inspections and sign offs.
• Leading the site HACCP team and developing a HACCP system with clearly defined quality controls for all areas and ensuring that process verifications and validations are being conducted for relevant site processes.
• Contributing to supplier review and approval through monitoring of raw material quality, raising rejections and non-conformances as required.
• Ensuring line QAs and other operations staff are effective within their areas, developing their competencies though training and mentoring.
• Attending taste panels and organoleptic assessments to monitor quality, trending the data, and reporting any trends at the Quality Meeting for action.
• Work closely with the Production Team to ensure FG are produced to the required site specification.
• Review and counter checking pack labels prior to launch to ensure they are accurate and compliant to legislation requirements.
• Stepping up in Technical Managers Absence to lead the Technical & Quality Department.

Our ideal Quality Assurance Manager will:

• A good communicator, able to liaise confidently with management/customers and engage, motivate, and develop team members.
• Ability to manage issues and raise concerns in a timely manner.
• High standards of personal hygiene.
• Basic mathematical skills.
• Able to work flexibly in line with business requirements including attending off site meetings.
• Competent in the English language, both written and verbal.
• Self-motivated

• Food Science / Technology Qualification.
• Knowledgeable in Food Manufacturing Hygiene and Safety Standards.
• Knowledge of BRCGS Food Safety Standard.
• Knowledge and experience of Good Manufacturing Standards.
• Knowledge of Food Safety Microbiology

Part of Compass Group UK&I, Medirest is the specialist healthcare operating company of Compass Group UK & Ireland, providing a full range of hotel services, including staff, patient and visitor catering, domestics, portering, security and reception, at over 130 NHS Trusts and private hospitals.

Job Reference: com/1103/70814005/52125409/R/ONEWJ

Compass Group UK&I wants everyone in our business to feel able to be themselves at work and to have an equal opportunity to progress their career. We want to create a culture where we respect and embrace everyone's talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities. Where our colleagues feel valued, can reach their full potential, and thrive - Diversity is Our Strength!