Quality Manager - Ceredigion

Quality Manager

c. £50,000 (DoE)

Ceredigion

Job Reference: GG/12052

Would you like to join a well-known food manufacturer currently experiencing strong growth? This is a great opportunity for an experienced Quality Manager to put their stamp on the Quality department.

The Role

• Actively contribute to the development of the HACCP pre-requisite programme and the HACCP food safety programmes, promoting a food safety culture.
• Internal audit and verification of business processes according to the defined schedules with the emphasis on manufacturing, quality and technical.
• Lead and contribute to investigations and resolution of quality, technical and manufacturing related problems.
• Providing advice and resource to support CI A3 problem solving workshops and investigations.
• Drive Continuous improvement and promote a Food Safety Culture throughout the business
• Actively support continuous improvement and development activities, providing a key service with accurate data generation and summary conclusions of laboratory data.
• Provide the business with a regular report on quality control related issues and trends in order to support supply chain meetings such as IVL.
• Escalate adverse trends or significant issues in a timely manner to key stake holders to support effective decision making and actions.
• Management of all day to day activities of laboratory, ensuring full compliance and controls are in place and adhered to.
• Development and maintenance of hygienic controls and expectations of laboratory working practices and environment.
• Development and maintenance of crisis management expectations and controls within the laboratory environment, ensuring the team are fully aware of these when working within the laboratory.
• As manual holder for laboratory documented information (forms, work instructions, records) ensuring these are reviewed and kept up to date and accurate against standards and customer requirements at all times.
• To complete objectives set through the performance review process (PDR) and other reasonable ad hoc duties that may be requested from time to time.
• Adherence to the PDR process and effective delegation of quality objectives across the team. Supporting the development of team career activities and team succession planning.
• Carry out duties as required by the Technical Manager, which are deemed to be within the scope of existing knowledge, experience and training.

The Candidate

• Ideally educated to a degree level within a food science, food technology or microbiological discipline
• Minimum 5 years work experience in a technical supervisory or management role within the food industry (and preferably dairy).
• Experience in the operation, calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment and methodologies.
• Experience with food and feed safety management systems and with dealing with customer audits and external certification audits (eg.ISO9001, FSSC22000, FEMAS, ISO17025)
• Qualifications: Lead Auditor – (preferable, but not an absolute requirement).
• Minimum Intermediate HACCP or equivalent (preferable, but not an absolute requirement).
• Experience of electronic document management

Next Steps

If you feel you fit the brief for this opportunity and would like to take on a new challenge with an exciting business, click ‘apply now’ to be considered. Or contact Gilbert Gregory on 02037943983 or 07487732962 or gilbert.gregory@silven.co.uk