Join Pilgrim's Europe as a QA Team Leader in Bodmin
An exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced Quality professional to oversee daily QA operations, champion food safety and quality standards, and drive continuous improvement. You will motivate and develop the QA team, support audit programmes, and work collaboratively across site functions to ensure compliance and operational excellence. Accountable for the on-site QA function, ensuring:
- Actively promote Food Safety and product quality
- Through audits and other suitable means, support the production team in producing product that meets specification
- Involvement (and where appropriate management) of any relevant factory issues
- Clear communication with internal stakeholders with regards to issues within the factory
- Responsible for creation and completion of NCR and Concession processes on site including supporting investigations and improvement actions
- Responsible for leading investigations of customer complaints including supporting improvement actions
- Utilising the site Technical & Quality KPI's to encourage appropriate improvement actions that may arise
- Assisting completion of any non-conformances arising from internal and external audits
- Ensuring the site's swabbing and sampling programme are completed as per schedules, all actions are completed OTIF and any Out of Specification results are actioned appropriately
- Ensure the QA allocated GMP audit program is completed
- Identify and implement improvement opportunities within the team's ways of working to drive efficiencies and adapt to change
- Support customer and third party audits
- Demonstrate flexibility around working hours as required to facilitate customer audits and visits, holidays and other business needs as directed by the Quality Manager
Other key accountabilities
- Actively promote and deliver good health and safety working conditions and practices
- Any other task as is reasonably requested to support the effective operation of the site
- Working safely every day
- Experience in a Technical and/or QA related function
- Experience in internal audits
- Organised and able to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to talk to customers and external agencies
- Able to influence internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to collate and process information rapidly and make agile decisions relating to food safety, legality and quality within remit
- Demonstrate exceptional GMP standards to achieve high quality products
- RCA skills
- Team player
- Strong IT Skills
- Eye for Detail, Holding or working towards Level 3 Food Safety
- Holding or working towards level 3 HACCP
- Minimum 5 GCSE's (or equivalent) including English, Maths and Science
- Desirable - Food safety degree or 3 years experience in the food industry
- Desirable - Train the trainer certificate
- Desirable - Knowledge of microbiology
Pilgrim's Europe produces some of the best-known and most iconic brands in the UK and Ireland, including Fridge Raiders, Rollover, Denny, Richmond, Oakhouse and Moy Park, alongside a diverse range of industry leading own-label products in categories including fresh pork, lamb and chicken, working with all the major retailers and food service outlets.
Our portfolio extends to authentic chilled and frozen ready meals, snacking ranges, added value and food service products. Across Pilgrim's Europe we combine 20,000 of the best people in the industry, united by a shared set of core values and a passion for producing the highest quality, most delicious and innovative food, which is enjoyed by millions of people in the UK, Ireland and Europe every day. Our Pilgrim's Europe team are based in our Pilgrim's UK, Moy Park, Pilgrim's Food Masters and Pilgrim's Shared Services businesses. We would love to hear your feedback please give us a review on .
Benefits
- Competitive pay rates
- Premium overtime rates
- Free on-site parking
- Weekly pay
- Access to occasional staff sales, offering discounted company products
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- Discount on retail, cinema, travel and much more
- Life assurance policy
- Long service award
Shift Pattern
- Monday to Friday
- 06:00am to 16:00pm
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QA Team Leader employer: Pilgrims Europe
At Pilgrim's Europe, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a collaborative and supportive work culture that prioritises food safety and quality excellence. Our team in Attleborough benefits from continuous professional development opportunities, competitive remuneration, and a commitment to innovation in food safety practices, making it a rewarding place to grow your career.
