Job Description:

QA Manager

A leading food manufacturer is seeking a QA Manager to take ownership of site quality assurance, food safety, and compliance. This is a key leadership role ensuring products consistently meet legal, safety, and customer requirements, while maintaining best-in-class audit readiness and driving a strong quality culture across a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You'll be responsible for leading the site's QA function, working closely with operations, technical teams, and major retail customers. The role combines hands-on quality leadership with strategic oversight, ensuring robust systems are in place and continuously improved.

You'll act as a central point of contact for audits, customer interactions, and internal quality performance, ensuring the site operates to the highest technical and compliance standards at all times.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead site QA, food safety, and compliance activities
• Maintain and continuously improve the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Own HACCP documentation and ensure effective implementation in collaboration with technical teams
• Lead preparation for and successful delivery of BRC and customer audits
• Act as key QA contact for retailer and supermarket requirements
• Manage non-conformance investigations, complaints, and product release decisions
• Drive GMP compliance and continuous improvement across quality systems
• Lead, coach, and develop the QA team
• Ensure full compliance with food safety legislation and customer standards
• Support NPD, trials, and process validation from a QA perspective

What you'll need:

• Strong experience in QA, technical, or food safety roles within food or beverage manufacturing
• Proven experience delivering BRC standards and supporting external audits
• Experience working with major retailers or supermarket customers
• Strong understanding of HACCP and food safety systems

And this is what you'll get:

• Competitive salary
• High pension contributions
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover