At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead quality assurance teams to ensure food safety and compliance.
- Company: Join Greencore, a top UK convenience food creator with a vibrant culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, matched pension, life insurance, and exclusive discounts.
- Other info: Enjoy on-the-job training and excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in food quality while developing your career.
- Qualifications: Degree in Food or relevant experience; internal audit experience preferred.
The predicted salary is between 30919 - 37789 £ per year.
Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. 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.
What you'll be doing:
- 4 on / 4 off - days 05:30-17:30
- 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.
- Continue to develop the capability of the Quality Assurance team through the technical strategy.
- 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.
- Knowledgeable about the principles of risk assessment.
- Knowledgeable about legal labelling as a basic requirement.
- Basic knowledge of weight legislation.
- Knowledge of technical key performance indicators.
These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.
What you'll get in return:
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits.
- Competitive matched pension contributions.
- Life insurance up to 4x salary.
- Company share save scheme.
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform.
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform.
- Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies.
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.
Recruitment Fraud Warning: Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process.
Permanent - Full Time
Claims Quality Assurance Officer in Sheffield employer: Greencore
Greencore is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture where over 28,000 colleagues contribute to creating high-quality convenience food enjoyed by millions. Located in Wisbech, our team benefits from competitive salaries, comprehensive training, and numerous career development opportunities, all while enjoying a supportive environment that values diversity and individual growth. With additional perks like a matched pension scheme, employee discounts, and a focus on wellbeing, Greencore is dedicated to making every day at work rewarding and fulfilling.
