Senior QA Officer (Packaging Manufacturing) in Leeds

Location: Leeds

Salary: £45,000 - £47,000 DOE

About the Opportunity

Major Recruitment are proud to be partnering with a well-established and highly respected packaging manufacturer in Leeds to recruit an experienced Senior Quality & Compliance Officer. Our client is a highly respected UK manufacturer, specialising in delivering innovative, high-quality flexible packaging solutions, including printed packaging, bags, pouches, films, and laminated products for brands across the food, home, and consumer goods sectors. With a strong heritage and continued investment in technology and people, they remain at the forefront of their industry. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a long-standing business operating from modern, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.

We are seeking a proactive and quality-driven professional with strong compliance expertise and experience within a manufacturing environment. You will play a key role in maintaining and improving quality management systems, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have full right to work in the UK.

What's in it for You?

• Competitive salary package (£45,000 - £47,000 DOE)
• Monday to Thursday 08:45 - 17:00 and Friday 08:45 - 16:30
• Early finish every Friday
• Immediate start available for the right candidate
• Permanent secure role
• Genuine long-term progression opportunities
• Company pension scheme
• Company sick pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site canteen facilities
• Staff discount scheme

Role Summary

To maintain and monitor where appropriate, our quality and compliance Systems. You will have an impact on plant performance, improving print, manufacturing and quality metrics and ensuring we always remain compliant. An excellent knowledge of BRC packaging standards V7 or above and conducting internal audits is essential in this role to ensure customer service excellence. Record keeping and maintenance of supplier standards.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

• Ensure our compliance to BRC and ISO accreditation requirements
• Customer focused - dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of customers; gets first hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Drive for Results - constantly and consistently reducing quality complaints & time to respond; pushes oneself and others for best results.
• Ensuring non-conformances raised during internal and external audits are logged, managed, actioned, closed and action effectiveness is monitored
• Problem solving - uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probes all fruitful sources for answers, can see hidden problems, is excellent at honest analysis, looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answer.
• Aligns employees with the objectives of implementation and improvement results focused at plant level
• Provides system expertise to plant management and personnel
• Drives improvement that helps support and deliver the plants planned results
• Prepare information for quality meetings & host the meeting
• Completion of monthly quality/complaints analytic reports for senior meetings
• Be the HARA team leader
• Be the contact for the pest control contractor, manage visits and issues arising
• Understand your responsibilities to maintain a safe working environment.
• Continuous learning
• Teamwork
• Sharing a 'can do' attitude
• Any other duties to meet the needs of the business

Health and Safety

• Workplace Safety: Ensure all employees understand and follow workplace safety protocols and procedures.
• Hazard Identification: Regularly identify and report potential hazards in the workplace to prevent accidents.
• Incident Reporting: reporting and documenting of accidents, injuries, and near-misses.
• Health and Hygiene: Maintain a clean and hygienic work environment to prevent illness and contamination.

Training

• Skill Development: enhance your skills and knowledge relevant to your role.
• Soft Skills: communication, teamwork, and problem-solving to improve overall workplace efficiency.
• Diversity and Inclusion: create a respectful and supportive workplace culture.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

• Minimum HACCP Level 3. Level 4 preferred
• Strong knowledge and experience of BRC standards and implementation
• Lean continuous improvement
• Clear understanding of manufacturing processes - packaging/print preferred
• Excellent Communication skills - both report writing and verbal with a strong influence
• Interpersonal Skills - relates well to all kinds of people throughout the organisation. Builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact and can deal with volatile situations comfortably.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage and prioritise a busy and varied workload.
• Problem solver and Proactive thinker.
• Analytical.
• Ability to work both efficiently and effectively alone, as well as part of a large and varied team.
• Flexibility and excellent attention to detail is essential.
• Knowledge of all MS Packages including Excel and Word.
• Willingness to learn and a strong desire to develop and grow within the organisation.
• Enjoy working to deadlines and targets in a fast-paced environment.
• Have experience building relationships and liaising with stakeholders.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail, with ability to check own work
• Enthusiastic, committed, and flexible to the demands of a fast-paced business with a significant amount of change.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Creativity
• Positive Work Ethic
• Team working skills
• Possess high regard for Health and Safety in the workplace
• Quality and Hygiene in the workplace
• Environmental Awareness

Why Join?

This is your chance to join a company that values its people, supports career progression, and invests in high standards and continuous improvement. If you're passionate about engineering and ready to bring your skills to a dynamic production environment, this is the role for you.

How to Apply

Sound like the perfect fit? We'd love to see your CV. Please send us your up-to-date CV highlighting your relevant experience. If you're shortlisted, we'll be in touch within 2 working days.