Quality Manager

DR Newitt Associates ,
Durham, Durham
Salary: £25,000 per annum

Overview

Our client, a well-established, yet expanding drinks manufacturer is looking for a passionate and ambitious Quality Manager to join their technical team. Primarily, supervising a QA and lab team to achieve departmental targets that assure the best quality practices and products for their blue chip clients. The role: • Act as the quality expert in the development and implementation of the company’s HACCP procedures. • Assure the quality of products meet customer specifications, investigating and solving any customer complaints that arise. • Assist with internal audits, 3rd party/Customer audits and visits, ensuring site audit readiness always. Closing out any non-conformances that arise from audits/visits. • Enforce H&S and food safety standards are met by all staff under supervision always. The candidate: • Background in food or drink production within a QA/Technical supervisory/management role is essential. • Knowledge of HACCP/food safety/hygiene legislation. • Excellent communication skills, written and oral with a strong understanding of written and spoken English. • Customer focus to everything you do, able to work collaboratively to achieve customer demands. • Shrive to achieve work place targets, able to work with setbacks and under pressure.