SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

· Level 3 HACCP (desirable)
· Auditing qualification
· Experience / knowledge of product is preferred, but not essential
· Full awareness of Customer and legal requirements
· Leadership skills
· Problem solving skills
· Great negotiation skills
· Strong analytical skills / Competent computer skills
· An understating of technical standards and concepts with background knowledge of the practical principles underlying technical and quality
· Ability to adapt to the needs of the business
· Ability to represent technical function internally
· Highly professional with good integrity
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £29,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Experience:

• Quality management: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In perso

JOB PURPOSE SUMMARY/ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Ensure Chatteris site is compliant via the Quality Systems and Procedures, with all customer Codes of Practice and third party requirements. Monitor and report site performance ready for all external audits.
Motivate and develop knowledge across both sites ( Chatteris and Braintree) with respect to retailer and legal compliance.
Meet customer expectation and ensure legal compliance and by maintaining exemplary standards of food safety and quality through the maintenance and continual improvement of robust auditing against required standards.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Lead on carrying out required site audits as per audit schedule for all business facilities to demonstrate and maintain compliance, assisting in the resolution of non-conformances in a timely manner.
· Constructive and timely feedback (within 24 hours) to sites, departments on the outcome of the audits, non-conformances with deadlines.
· Manage the level of closing out non-conformances within the specified deadlines.
· Undertake MOCK audits to support the sites where issues are identified and an audit to ensure compliance.
· Assist in ensuring that both sites are ‘Audit Ready’ at all times against the internal audit schedule.
· Ensure group Quality and HACCP manuals are up to date, in line with BRC and customer requirements.
· Lead HACCP meetings and look for continuous improvements across the business.
· Ensure all customer requirements are implemented and adhered to.
· Update the site’s management team with any new requirements or any changes to the existing standards.
· Support the site management team in delivering continuous site improvement and implement the best practice / new processes where possible.
· Ensure full product traceability throughout the process.
· Provide information for monthly quality and management meetings.
· Provide various trend analysis as and when required.
· Ensure only correct and up-to-date documents are used.
· Complete customer specifications , assist in supplier audit questionnaires (SAQ’s), including online portals.

H&S RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Be responsible for your own safety and do not jeopardise the health and safety of others
· Correct, or report, unsafe practices or conditions.
· Co-operate with managers in maintaining a safe place of work.
· Follow safe working procedures and safety rules.
· Follow the correct procedure if accidents occur.
· Ensure suitable personal protective equipment is worn where appropriate.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Understand and comply with company policy about the environment.
· Reduce environmental waste where possible by e.g. turning off lights etc.
· Correct, or report, poor environmental practices or conditions.
· Report instances of energy and other waste and act to correct poor environmental procedures.

QUALITY & DOCUMENTATION RESPONSIBILITIES:

· To ensure for all areas under your direct control that all documentation is being completed accurately and in accordance with site quality procedures.
· To ensure total compliance with all paperwork systems.
· To ensure due diligence systems are maintained.
· To ensure quality and food safety standards of product are maintained