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QA Manager (FMCG Food Manufacturing)

Wrexham Permanent £36,000 - £42,000 per year View Job Description
This role is responsible for leading and developing a quality assurance team within a very fast paced chilled food manufacturing environment, ensuring products are safe, compliant, and meet customer and regulatory requirements through effective quality systems, auditing, and performance management.
  • Chance to work for a major player within in the UK's ready meal manufacturers
  • Strong UK heritage with recent investment

About Our Client

Our client is a major player within in the UK's chilled ready meal manufacturers, producing retailer own-label ready meals and prepared foods, for some of the biggest food retailers in the Country.

Job Description

  • Lead, manage, and develop the Quality Assurance team, including performance management and training.
  • Ensure products are manufactured safely and meet customer, quality, and food safety standards.
  • Support and prepare for customer and third-party audits, and deputise for the Technical Manager when required.
  • Monitor compliance with technical policies, procedures, HACCP requirements, and critical control points (CCPs).
  • Maintain quality systems and ensure accurate documentation to support food safety and due diligence requirements.
  • Manage testing schedules for raw materials, finished products, environmental monitoring, taste panels, and laboratory samples.
  • Oversee equipment calibration schedules and ensure corrective actions are implemented where necessary.
  • Conduct and support internal audits, validation, and verification activities.
  • Analyse quality and laboratory data, identify trends, investigate non-conformances, and drive corrective actions.
  • Manage process deviations, incidents, concessions, and support customer complaint investigations.
  • Attend customer panels and liaise with customers on quality-related matters.
  • Review contractor and service provider performance (e.g., pest control) and ensure actions are completed.
  • Work with suppliers to manage raw material non-conformances and verify corrective actions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver technical projects and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Report quality performance and key metrics to the business and escalate issues where appropriate.

The Successful Applicant

The successful applicant will have:· HACCP Level 3 - Essential

· HACCP Level 4 and Food Safety Level 4 desirable.

· Degree/HND in food-related discipline.

· Chilled Food Manufacturing background - chilled ready meals experience essential

· Management of small team of people

· Good knowledge of Validation & Verification

· Ability to write reports & analyse data

· Internal Auditing Qualification (Lead Auditor or similar)

· Sound knowledge of BRC & interpreting customer policies

What's on Offer

  • Salary between £36,000 and £42,000, dependent on the level of experience.
  • Permanent role based in Wrexham.



If you're interested in this role, apply now.

Contact
Laura Mallinson
Quote job ref
JN-072026-7074337
Phone number
+441133889065

Job summary

Job function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
Production, Manufacturing
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Where
Wrexham
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Laura Mallinson
Consultant phone
+441133889065
Job reference
JN-072026-7074337