Quality Control Manager

QC Manager

Full Time with weekend working on a rota basis
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our Quality Team, toensure that our high standards of quality and traceability are maintained

As a Quality Control Manager you will be directly responsible for the QCfunctions including leading a team of QC staff, to ensure the whole siteincluding our potatoes and vegetable operations are covered andtechnical systems are maintained.

This role will report into the Senior Process & Quality Manager.

Key responsibilities:

• Understand and comply with all MFL policies and procedures, in particular, the areas covered by health, safety, welfare and hygiene.
• Respect the health & safety of all colleagues, maintaining a safe working environment and ensuring safe working practices.
• Ensure that the Company fulfils its obligations in accordance with the Food Safety Act and adhere to Company’s hygiene standards.
• Enable the Company to achieve statements set out in its Food Safety and Quality Policy Statement.
• Communicate effectively with managers and other employees.
• Have a knowledge and understanding of all aspects of QC.
• Ensure that you are trained in all specifications, standard QC procedures and products.
• Ensure all QC areas are clean and tidy.
• Evaluate customers, both internal and external, quality requirements and inform all relevant parties.
• Keep managers aware of quality assurance activities, especially when standards fall below expectations.
• Ensure that the necessary quality assurance functions, procedures, tests and assessments of all products, are applied to all products, for all customers.
• On instruction, conduct internal audits.
• Ensure that all audits are completed, per the schedule.
• Ensure all QC paperwork, and printing paperwork, is correct.
• Have a good understanding of the Olympus systems and be able to implement all relevant computer procedures.
• Have a full knowledge and understanding of all aspects of printing, including the implementation of procedures associated with printing.
• Have a full understanding of the grading capability and operation of the Oculas graders.
• Assist with sample collecting when required, up to 20kg.
• Help with any investigation into adverse customer comments, complaints or rejections, and on instruction take necessary corrective action in the shortest practical time scale.
• Work alongside the QC Technician, covering both technician and supervisor duties.
• Assist managers in dealing with customer and outside regulatory body visits as required, eg customer site visits, accreditation and auditing visits.
• Ensure that cover for your area is always in place, to support the production area.
• Apply a rota system to cover overtime and weekend cover.
• Train new staff, and act as a mentor/buddy for them.
• Train an appointed person in your role, to ensure consistent cover when you are on holiday or absent.
• Provide leadership and direction to QC team.
• Work with technical team and product to manage quality of product.
• Drive GMP and food safety standards & manage HACCP implementation.
• Ensure QC and harvest teams’ compliance with latest customer and industry standards.
• Collaborate with the technical & product managers to develop research and development (R&D) strategies targeting QC management & quality improvement goals to enhance efficiency and performance.
• Develop and implement LEAN practices to identify and eliminate waste across the area of responsibility.

Person Specification

Essential

• Speaking/Listening – Level 1, Reading – Entry 3, Writing – Entry 3, Maths – Level 1
• Conscientious, punctual and reliable.
• Shows commitment to the company, and acts with integrity.
• Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels, both internally and externally.
• An eye for detail.
• Confident use of IT.
• Flexible – able to respond and adapt to a variety of situations in order to meet the changing requirements of the job.
• Physical fitness – the work is physical and involves some heavy lifting.
• Previous QC supervisory/management experience.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person