Quality Support Manager | Rotherham
| Company: | Underwood Meat Co |
| Location: | South Yorkshire |
| Salary: | £38,000 |
Job Description: Quality Support Manager – Rotherham
Rate of Pay: £38,000
Purpose of the Role & Job Brief
Underwood Meat Company is looking for an experienced Quality / Quality Assurance Manager to
coordinate and support the wider technical department, working alongside an established technical
team; predominantly working from its’ Rotherham Head Office. Reporting to the Group Technical
Manager, QC’s, QA’s, and the Board of Directors on a day-to-day operational basis, and highlighting
any issues of legal or strategic importance.
Job Location
The role will predominantly be based from our Rotherham head office
Responsibilities
The Quality Support Manager duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the
following:
• Working with all departments to ensure that all finished products are manufactured to the
specified customer quality and food safety standards
• Managing external audits, in the absence of the Technical Manager conducted by customers,
statutory bodies & third-party audit body’s
• Generating, and trending, key technical KPI information & working closely with production &
engineering departments to ensure that targets are met and adverse trends stopped
• Leading, and supporting, the factory based internal sampling and safety audit programme (GMP,
internal audit against the BRC & Red Tractor Standards)
• Ensuring customer specifications are completed, as required
• Ensuring group technical policies are implemented, and adhered to
• Supporting complaint investigation, through to customer response
• Supporting the technical department, to ensure that supplier approval and raw material
specifications are available
• Supporting effective implementation of the company HACCP, VACCP, and Quality Management
System
• Deputising for the Group Technical Manager
• Ability to travel to other sites within the group
Experience:
• Further education to Higher National Certificate, or equivalent
• Similar leadership role experience; preferably in a meat processing or food manufacturing
environment, working within quality, technical or production management systems
• HACCP level 3, internal audit / inspection qualification
• Practical knowledge & experience of BRC, allergen management, hygiene management
• Ability to work autonomously, without direct supervision
• Ability to provide supervision, conduct competency assessments and deliver training, where
appropriate
The ideal candidate must be a motivated self-starter, be able to work to tight deadlines, be industry
reactive in a pressured environment; also have the ability to work as part of a growing team and work
on their own initiative.
Hours of Work:
Usually Monday to Friday, based on a 40-hour week.
Bank Holidays are a normal working day, on a rota basis, due to the nature of the business.
A day in lieu will be given for working bank holidays.
Additional information
Overtime may be required, within reason due to the nature of the business operations.
Benefits:
Pension, Death-in-service, Staff shop discount, on-site parking
Further information can be obtained from: [email protected]