QA Supervisor - Leicester, United Kingdom - Samworth Brothers

Samworth Brothers

Verified Company

Leicester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Join the Samworth Brothers Family

Working for Walkers Deli and Sausage, part of the Samworth Brothers Group, a 4th
generation family business, we offer competitive benefits to all our colleagues including:

Enhanced Pension Scheme
Private Health Scheme
Employee Discount Scheme
Annual Pay Review and Profit related pay
Training and Progression opportunities

The Opportunity

We have the opportunity for you to join our team as a QA Supervisor working 06:00 - 14:30 Monday to Friday, in this role you will have key responsibilities to ensure that products are manufactured to the correct safety, legality and quality standards and to continually challenge and improve the monitoring/ control systems.

Using correct implementation of all aspects of HACCP and the Quality Management System.

Working in conjunction with all relevant departments to provide guidance and coaching to ensure compliance against QMS and customer technical standards.

Some of what you can expect to be doing includes:

Lead, train, coach and motivate the QA team and drive a culture that promotes the continuous improvement of both product quality and factory standards.
To ensure that the traceability system is complete and challenged regularly to ensure compliance highlighting any deficiencies with the QA Manager.
To investigate factory nonconformances and ensure that the necessary corrective actions are taken.
To ensure that both swabbing schedules and product testing schedules are adhered to.
To ensure that the QA audits relating to GMP, HACCP, quality and hygiene systems are audited at the agreed frequency with audit findings effectively communicated and issues followed up.
To participate in ensuring that the bakery is 'audit ready' in the event of either scheduled or unannounced technical audits/visits.
To ensure that complaint and micro investigations are carried out by the Operations/ QA team in a timely manner with root cause being identified where possible. Complaint investigation details are to be passed to the Technical Administrator for customer responses to be prepared.
Ensure all equipment used in the manufacture of product are calibrated by appropriately trained personnel and at an appropriate frequency. In addition, ensure any calibration / CCP verification equipment requiring repair is done so, in conjunction with Engineering Manager, in a timely manner.

The Right Person

We are one big team and we look for people to join our business who want to work with others but take responsibility for doing their best every day to help to make the business a success.

Experience in a similar role in chilled, high risk, multi component food manufacture
Experienced internal auditor with experience of auditing against customer COP's & clauses of the BRC standard.
A good understanding of practical problem solving/ root cause analysis.
Experience of Tesco TFMS and BRC audit process
Strong communication and interpersonal skills including both written and verbal communication
Able to supervise team members directly and indirectly.

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Qualifications (minimum requirements)
Internal Auditor Qualification

Level 3 HACCP

The Company

Walkers Deli & Sausage specialises in the manufacturing of Premium Sliced Cooked Meats and Sausages as well as being the largest producer of Pate in the UK.

At Walkers Deli and Sausage we are constantly striving for ways to improve. This passion for innovation is evident in all that we do.

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.

**_ Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative_