QA Coordinator

**Vacancy Name**
- QA Coordinator

**Employment Type**
- Permanent

**Country**
- United Kingdom

**Location**
- Wisbech

**Business Area**
- Operations

**Workplace Type**
- Onsite

**About Princes**
- The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

**Role Description**

**Job Purpose**

The role is shift-based and will act as the lead for the technical function on the night shift whilst providing support to the manufacturing team, all of which has to be achieved within the Company quality, safety and environmental frameworks. The role will also have responsibility for developing team working and a continuous improvement culture, whilst leading by example and demonstrating the correct behaviours associated and required with the role.
- **Principal Responsibilities**

Safety & Quality- Ensure safe operating practices and all policies and procedures are in place and are adhered to.
- Personally demonstrate the correct safety behaviours and ensure employees and visitors to site follow the behaviours.
- Undertake accident and Near Miss Investigations.
- Ensure areas achieve and maintain required GMP standards that represent the site’s commitment to quality
- Ensure that risk assessments are completed, actioned and reviewed.
- Support a culture that enhances behavioural awareness to reduce accidents and near misses.

People- Manage, motivate and set targets for their team.
- Recruit and manage staff as a first line manager via coaching, regular appraisal (EDR), mentoring, training and leadership-by-example, including direct responsibility for a named group of staff.
- Ensure that the T&A system is updated timely and accurately
- Manage holidays effectively to ensure that the department is covered without extra cost to business.
- Manage people via the agreed company policies and procedures, e.g. ensure all return to work interviews are completed on the first day. Document all discussions and correspondence in relation to absence.
- Ensure all company discipline procedures are adhered to and document all discussions and correspondence in relation to disciplinary procedures.
- Identify training needs for team and self and promote personal ownership of training schedule and delivery.

Cost & Delivery- Ensure efficient operation and control of all resources in their area.
- Foster good working environment, ensuring team are regularly briefed on alignment of team and site objectives, e.g. at the start of / end of shift
- Utilise labour resource efficiently.
- Deliver, control and improve all operational KPI’s within the role’s scope
- Define and promote, by being a clear role model, the behavioural standards expected of team.
- Build a team that operates self sufficiently to consistently high standards to provide for the future needs of the factory.
- Familiarise yourself with the main operating and reporting systems within your scope and ensure all activities and SOP’s are trained out.
- Champion, recommend and deliver continuous improvement projects from generation to completion.
- Liaise daily/hourly with colleagues within and across function regarding planning/production matters. Develop a close working and supportive relationship with your peer group and maintain clear communication channels at all times.
- Meet weekly and monthly with Department Manager to review progress against KPI’s and improvement project process.

General- Ensure all employees receive / attend monthly QCDSP briefings and actively support site wide briefings.
- Work closely with support functions (HR, Technical, Planning, Site Engineering and Finance) to ensure required resources are identified and communicated with all outstanding issues resolved.
- Communicate and enforce all Company policies and procedures relating to H&S, environment, training, disciplinary and grievance, absence management and risk management.

**Role Requirements**

**Knowledge / Skills**
- Minimum of 3 year’s Management experience
- Minimum of CIEH Level 3 Food Safety and H&S or equivalent
- Highly computer literate
- Full driving licence