Quality Assurance Manager

Food Manufacturing 

Quality Assurance Manager – JJ-P4875

North London

£46k - £50k per annum

Benefits  

• Holidays 28 days including Bank Holidays
• Pension
• Annual Bonus potential
• Free parking

Our client, a family-owned Food Manufacturer, is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager for their site based in North London. The successful candidate will work as an integral part of the management team, supporting and advising the company on food safety, integrity, legality and quality issues as well as providing general technical support for relevant activities on site.

Reporting to the Managing Director, responsibilities for the role will include:

• Leading the HACCP Team to ensure that the system is reviewed and maintained in line with internal and BRCGS requirements. 
• Implementation and monitoring of the company’s food safety and quality policy through regular Internal Audits of the QMS system plus GMP, Fabrication and Hygiene Audits. 
• Conducting audits, and ensuring that the internal audit schedule is monitored and maintained 
• Updating the Quality Management System to meet internal, customer and new BRCGS accreditation requirements
• Ensuring that all complaints are recorded, investigated, and monitored to identify trends. 
• Maintaining the Non-Conformance (NC) log
• Conducting training of key personnel against the requirements of the QMS.
• Ensuring that laboratory testing schedules (water, environment, products) are maintained 
• Involvement in product development as required 
• Supporting the Technical Assistant in updates to existing product specifications including internal factory specifications.  Updating supplier approval documents as necessary.
• Ensuring that shelf-life monitoring of the existing products and newly developed products is undertaken and results are assessed
• Ensuring that product organoleptic assessments are conducted by the Technical Assistant

Essential / Desirable skills include:

• Degree in a Food Science related subject, or equivalent Food Industry Qualifications
• Experienced Quality Assurance Manager in Food Manufacturing 
• Experience of BRCGS accreditation and Major Retailer requirements 
• HACCP Qualified to Level 3 plus ideally experience as a HACCP Team Leader
• Internal Audit qualifications and experience of factory auditing
• Excellent communication skills
• ‘Factory first’ mindset, challenging compliance whilst offering possible solutions

The Company:

• A well-established family-owned Food Manufacturing Business with a reputation for reliability and consistency
• Supplying superior fresh and frozen bespoke products to a wide range of customers including the Major Retailers 
• Good track record of technical compliance in both BRCGS and customer audits

Working hours for the role are 8am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, with flexibility to meet the needs of the business. The salary is £46k - £50k per annum, dependent upon experience.

If you are interested, please respond AS SOON AS POSSIBLE quoting reference number JJ-P4875 with an updated CV, an indication of your current salary and your availability.