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Quality Manager

Posted a month ago

  • Milverton, Somerset
  • Permanent
  • £35,000 to £45,000 /Yr
  • Sponsored

Steele Charles are delighted to present this opportunity for a Quality Managher to join a truly excellent organisation, renowned for positive culture and treatment of staff. This is a business that will provide you with a turly unique platform to own quality culture on site and contribute positively to the continued growth of the business. 






  • Work with the Operations Manager, technical team, the Production Manager and the packing and warehouse team to develop and ensure compliance to the on-site quality management system and to BRC standards, resulting in the ongoing accreditation of the standards.

  • Act as a key member of the HACCP team, directly involved in HACCP implementation and review.

  • Ensuring that all labelling and date coding on site is accurate

  • Ensuring that all paperwork used for the site GMP is completed, accurate and filed so it is available for audit

  • Assist with the training of employees to new procedures and systems developed for BRC implementation.

  • Leading the TACCP and VACCP team

  • Manage the ongoing swabbing, sampling and organoleptic programmes

  • Maintenance & review of raw material suppliers, packaging suppliers, traded goods suppliers and service providers, records and audits.

  • The administration of customer complaints, investigations and corrective actions.

  • Carry out housekeeping, GMP and glass/hard plastic internal audits.

  • Maintain product safety and composition within current legislative requirements.

  • Investigate out of specification results from chemical and microbiological testing; non-conformances raised from internal audits.

  • Manage shelf life sampling, product reviews and benchmarking

  • Lead on NPD and Process Development on all new and existing products with regards to process standards, product safety and quality consistency.

  • Ensuring standard technical requirements such as Pest Control and calibration are managed to BRC standard

  • Evolving the QMS to ensure compliant with new BRC standards and customer requirements



Qualifications and experience:




  • 3-5 years related experience in a QA role ideally with a chilled food manufacturing business. It is essential that you have experience within the FMCG, food or drink sector before applying for this role.

  • Proven experience in the implementation of BRC Grade A Global Standard and Quality and Food Safety initiatives, including HACCP.

  • An advantage to possess qualifications in Level 4 Food Safety or equivalent.

  • The ability to read, analyse and interpret technical procedures and EU regulations.

  • Must have residency in the UK for at least 3 years and possess a full UK driving licence.



Additional Skills:




  • Oral communication: able to communicate clearly and persuasively.

  • Written communication: must be IT literate with experience of PC based applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel and SAP.

  • Team focussed: must be able to work as part of a team, preferably with experience working in multi-functional teams within an FMCG organisation.

  • Planning/organizing: excellent administration and organisation skills with good attention to detail.

  • Dependability: Is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, and solicits feedback to improve performance.

  • Safety and security: Actively promote and personally observe safety and security procedures, and uses equipment and materials properly.

  • Confidentiality: The individual operates in a manner that unconditionally keeps the sensitivity and confidentiality of information that they may come into contact with.