Quality Assurance Manager

Why Greencore?Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn.Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.Our site in Kiveton employs over 600 and is the UK’s largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals and soups.What you'll be doing4 on / 4 off - days 05:30-17:30As a Quality Assurance Manager your role will be to lead and co-ordinate the work of the quality assurance teams to deliver and implement service improvement, in line with operational day to day needs with regards to safety, quality, legality and customer requirements.Direct the team to deliver the quality management system including the internal audit plan in order to ensure compliance with customer, manufacturing unit, legislative, divisional and strategic requirementsProvide information and demonstrate operational practice in support of external audits to enable compliance with customer requirementsContinue to develop the capability of the Quality Assurance team through the technical strategyMonitor departmental key performance indicators adjusting team activity to ensure targets are achievePlan and maintain resource utilisation to advise the required quality assurance tasksLead and deliver a project(s) to create business effectiveness and cost efficiencyBuilding production capability and understanding to achieve relevant technical requirementsEnsure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health Safety and Environment PolicyWhat we’re looking forWe’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.Educated to degree level with a Food specialism or equivalent qualification (or has relevant work experience)Has previous internal audit experienceHolds an intermediate Food Hygiene certificate level 3 and level 3 Health and SafetyExperience in a food manufacturing environmentAbility to use computer programmes including Word, Excel and related technical IT packagesKnowledge of the HACCP principles and practiceKnowledge of allergen awareness-implications / related to labelling and nutritional awarenessDemonstratable shelf-life determination and awarenessExperience and knowledge of hygiene and disinfection principlesCan demonstrate basic micro awarenessKnowledgeable about the principles of risk assessmentKnowledgeable about legal labelling as a basic requirementBasic knowledge of weight legislationKnowledge of technical key performance indicatorsThese may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.What you’ll get in return Competitive salary and job-related benefitsCompetitive matched pension contributionsLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformEnhanced parental leave and menopause policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.Recruitment Fraud Warning: Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.Discipline(s): TechnicalJob type: Permanent - Full Time