QA Supervisor 4 ON 4 OFF DAYS

Successful Food Manufacturer now looking to recruit. Find out if you are the right candidate by reading through the complete overview below.

PERMANENT POSITION WORKING 4 ON 4 OFF DAYS 6am-6pm

ROLE

• Reporting into the QA Manager key responsibilities will be as follows:
• Responsible to escalate CCP's, OPRP's, and QCP breaches.
• Responsible to monitor the performance of CCP's, OPRP's, and QCP (Safety & Quality KPI's).
• Where required, carry out investigations when CCP’s fail.
• Support the site management team on all validation and verification activities (i.e. CCP, OPRP, QCP).
• Maintain and implement Factory related risk assessment (i.e. Swab, water, FB, etc.).
• Work collaboratively with Compliance Co-ordinator to update Risk assessments and schedules when required.
• Support QA Manager when hosting external audits or visits.
• Deputise for QA Manager during external audits and visits.
• Maintain departmental KPI’s and address factory performance through positive challenge at daily management meetings.
• Escalate poor performance to Technical Manager.
• Regularly attend taste panel. Ensure samples are available.
• Gather the information required to allow a thorough investigation and root cause analysis to be carried out following the identification of food safety, legality and/or quality issues i.e. product contamination, hygiene issue, process control, audit non-conformances and breach of critical control points and operational prerequisite.
• Ensure the correct documents are issued, implemented, and completed within the site and kept up to date with any amendments being issued in a timely manner.
• Ensure schedules i.e. environmental swabbing and testing, calibration, raw material testing are carried out as per stated frequency.
• Implement corrective actions, as required.
• Support the investigation of any complaints using RCA to prevent a recurrence.
• Escalating to the Technical Manager or designated deputy, any serious breach that could potentially lead to a recall or withdrawal.
• Support with any findings.
• Working with other site management team members drive and enforce food safety culture initiatives.
• Presence and support any NPD trials, Pre-Pros, ensuring any technical actions are raised and completed.
• Participation in completing the internal audits against the internal audit schedule.
• Own the Factory internal auditing process, including Risk assessment, schedule, training, completion rate, non-conformance close out.
• Report Findings to QA Manager.
• Verify and confirm the end-to-end traceability process including the factory start up checks daily.
• Address and close out non-conformances as these occur.
• Escalate to the QA Manager where a serious breach has occurred.
• Management and key contact for all department QA’s including holiday scheduling and performance review.
• Review QA team members setting personal performance and objectives that help drive deliverance of the technical business plan.
• Manage T&A system and always ensure cover.
• Ad-hoc project work as gaps are identified.
• Support Technical Manager with continuous improvement projects such as amendments to traceability paperwork, better ways of working, task analysis.
• Manages the Calibration RA, ensure calibration activities are conducted at the established frequency.
• Confirm Line Start-up, Hygiene audits and checks are completed correctly, and any issues are flagged.
• Maintain, and review the completion of the GMP system.
• Address and close out non-conformances as these occur.
• Escalate to the QA Manager where a serious breach has occurred.
• Support and manage the use of the dispensation log, and the downgrade material process.
• Communicate decisions accurately and at pace.
• Supporting Operation Supervisors to ensure all product exiting the factories daily meet the customers final product specification (including brand, own label, and food service).

CANDIDATE

• A degree or equivalent in a Food Science or related discipline, would be an advantage but not essential.
• Experience within the food industry, Technical and Quality preferable.
• Experience managing major retailers in particular M&S and Tesco.
• Knowledge of food legislation, labelling, nutritional and allergen information.
• A strong communicator with a conscientious, confident and diligent attitude.
• Ability to deal with colleagues across all levels and functions of the business.
• Can interpret the technical agenda.
• The ability to be flexible, multitask and work well under pressure.
• An understanding of technical systems including HACCP.
• Competency in Microsoft Word/Excel.

WORKING 4 ON 4 OFF 6AM- 6PM

20 DAYS HOLIDAYS INCLUDING BANK HOLIDAYS

PENSION, LIFE ASSURANCE

THE COMPANY IS VERY FOCUSED ON UPSKILLING AND PUTTING EMPLOYEES THROUGH TRAINING COURSES.