We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day.
We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of 1.9bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
Our site in Kiveton employs over 600 and is the UK's largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals and soups.
We are looking for a Quality Shift Manager to join us on a night shift. Shift Pattern is Monday - Friday nights.
What you'll be doing
Lead and co-ordinate the work of the quality assurance teams to deliver and implement service improvement, in line with operational day to day needs with regards to safety, quality, legality and customer requirements
Direct the team to deliver the quality management system including the internal audit plan in order to ensure compliance with customer, manufacturing unit, legislative, divisional and strategic requirements
Provide information and demonstrate operational practice in support of external audits to enable compliance with customer requirements
Monitor departmental key performance indicators adjusting team activity to ensure targets are achieved
Plan and maintain resource utilisation to advise the required quality assurance tasks
Lead and deliver a project(s) to create business effectiveness and cost efficiency
Building production capability and understanding to achieve relevant technical requirements
Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health Safety and Environment Policy
What We're Looking For
Educated to degree level with a Food specialism or equivalent qualification (or has relevant work experience)
Has previous internal audit experience
Holds an intermediate Food Hygiene certificate level 3 and level 3 Health and Safety
Experience in a food manufacturing environment
Ability to use computer programmes including Word, Excel and related technical IT packages
Knowledge of the HACCP principles and practice
Knowledge of allergen awareness-implications / related to labelling and nutritional awareness
Demonstratable shelf-life determination and awareness
Experience and knowledge of hygiene and disinfection principles
Can demonstrate basic micro awareness
What you'll get in return
Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- 25 days Holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension up to 8% matched
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform