QA Manager

The Role

A key management vacancy forming a pivotal part of the site Technical teams across our Coalville site has come available. This role will directly manage and lead the quality function across the site. The role takes responsibility for a very broad range of cross functional influence across the sites and Sofina group, to ensure that the highest standards of food safety of our products and processes are maintained and improved.

Company Information

Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.

With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.

At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.

Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.

Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the worldIf you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the Technical Manager in all aspects and ensure they are kept up to date of all site issues
• Maintain the sites Quality Management System
• Ensure you are familiar with work instructions for the area you are working in routinely and any areas that you cover. Lead the HACCP Team and ensure compliance of procedures and documentation on site.
• Maintain the internal audit schedule including updates to any risk assessments
• Assist with the internal audits as required
• Review all projects coming through NPD for technical requirements
• Report all supplier non-conformances to suppliers and close off returned actions
• Carry out corrective action to rectify any problems that you find that may affect the product safety, legality or quality, Including Root cause Analysis
• Authorisation to alter records ensuring justification for the alteration is recorded
• When required you will:

o Assist in training new staff
o Participate in HACCP, traceability and other food safety and quality system reviews
o Carry out necessary actions to satisfy root cause corrective action
o Assist in providing authorisation for release of product from site ensuring that only products conforming to specification are despatched

• Produce and maintain a corrective action system based on maintenance logs, non-conformance notes & actions raised through auditing and reviews
• Be instrumental in improving the systems and procedures approach on site
• Provide cover for the site Technical Manager

Skills and Experience Required

• Ability to multi-task, work to deadlines, prioritise and deal with large volumes of work to a high degree of accuracy
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and liaise at all levels.
• Excellent Excel/Outlook skills
• Experience in Food Manufacturing - Essential

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive Contributory Pension
• Online Benefits Hub
• Life assurance scheme
• Free onsite parking