QA Supervisor

Our client are an expanding manufacturing business supplying the FMCG sector. Due to a period of further growth they are looking to recruit a QA Supervisor to join their team.

**Overall Purpose**:

- A key member of the factory supervisory team responsible for product quality through management of raw material, finished product and factory standards.

**Key Duties**:

- Health and Safety - ensuring that safe and established working practises are followed by personnel at all times. Actioning any health and safety issues and reporting them to the Quality Manager/ Shift Manager.
- Food Safety - understanding the principles of HACCAP, food safety risks and the controls in place to minimise these risks. Communicating all food safety issues with the relevant departments as and when appropriate.
- Product Quality - ensuring a high-quality output of products and always maintaining the high standards already established by the company.
- Daily management of the QA team including days, backshift and nightshift covering all manufacturing requirements.
- Daily running of the QA department with quality and food safety paramount from incoming raw materials, through processing to the finished product.
- Monitoring hygiene practices and managing the efficacy of cleaning within the factory - ensuring food safety is maintained through the verification of clean downs with focus on any allergen containing products.
- Creating new ways of working within the team to steam line daily activities.
- Training Quality Team Members on best practice and following company policies and procedures.
- Key point of contact for factory walkaround and demonstration of technical controls such as CCPs and input during visits and audits in absence of Quality Manager.
- Collecting holiday requests and informing the Quality Manager so they can be planned in.
- Allocating the correct roles to each member of team on shift and ensuring they are completed in the correct timeframe.
- Covering holidays and the QA on shift if required.
- Any other tasks as required.

**Key Skills, Experience & Qualifications Required**:

- Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety preferred but not essential.
- Level 2 Award in Food Safety for Manufacturing preferred but not essential.
- Experience in a Lead/Senior role ideally leading a team.
- Experience working in a similar role.

**The Package**:

- £27,040 per annum.
- 3 shift rotating pattern mon-fri at the moment, potential to be a day shift role in future.
- Pension scheme.
- Employee discount scheme.
- Additional benefits.