Quality Auditor Team Leader

Samworth Brothers Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in Leicester is seeking a Quality Assurance Supervisor to manage the QA team and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in a Quality or Technical role within the food industry and possess leadership skills. This position offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment whilst contributing to the production of high-quality foods. Join us and be a part of our family-oriented culture.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Private health scheme

Employee discount scheme

Annual pay reviews

Profit related pay

Training and growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in the food industry, preferred with raw and added value meats.
• Trained to an intermediate level in HACCP.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage the Quality Assurance team.
• Ensure compliance with quality and safety standards.
• Investigate non-conformances and implement corrective actions.
• Manage environmental testing and audits.
• Calibrate measuring devices as required.

Skills

3+ years in Quality or Technical role

Knowledge of BRC and retail standards

Leadership and coaching abilities

Computer literate (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education

Degree in Microbiology or Food Science

Job description

About the Role

Join the Samworth Brothers team and become part of our dynamic family! At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that support your life and personal aspirations.

Benefits

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

In this role you will assist in supervision and management of the Quality Assurance team, organise tasks and workload of the QA team, audit the production process against the latest legislation, agreed quality and safety standards and compliance with internal procedures and schedules. To ensure that Walkers Deli manufactures world class quality meats and pates and ready to eat products which are safe and compliant with legal, 3rd party and customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for following up and resolving supplier and factory non-conformances, ensuring that non-compliances are investigated and root cause analysis and corrective actions are implemented.
• Manage raw material, product and environmental testing ensuring that samples and swabs are checked to an agreed schedule.
• Assist the Quality Manager in the daily supervision and management of the Quality Assurance team. Carry out absence review meetings, return to work interviews, manage performance, investigations and disciplinary meetings.
• Ensure that regular checks and audits are completed (GMP, traceability, fabrication etc.) in order to monitor compliance with food safety requirements and prepare the necessary reports.
• Ensure scales, temperature probes and other measuring devices are calibrated as per required frequency.

The Ideal Candidate

• Ideally 3 years’ experience or more in a Quality or Technical role within the food industry; preferably working with raw, added value meats.
• Ideally previous experience or strong theoretical knowledge of working to BRC and retail customer standards and trained to an intermediate level in HACCP.
• Experience in leading a team of people, with the ability to supervise and coach.
• Computer literate, with working knowledge of Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent, preferably in a Microbiology or Food Science related discipline.

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role. Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country. At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.