QA Team Leader
Our client, a large FMCG food manufacturer in the Leicestershire area is currently seeking Quality Assurance Team Leader to work on either the day or night shift.
QA Team Leader responsibilities include:
- Manage and prioritise workload for the shift.
- Maintain a good degree of presence on the floor, liaising extensively throughout the shift with production, hygiene and engineering colleagues.
- Ensure all issues raised by the team during the shift are communicated at shift meetings to relevant depts. manager /team leader.
- Ensure all issues are followed up by reviewing or reauditing with the QAs to ensure satisfactory corrective action has been taken within satisfactory timescales.
- Conduct Good Manufacturing Practice Audits as per schedule.
- Assess raw materials where necessary and communicate any raw material issues to supplier, relevant managers, stock control, purchasing and accounts using raw material feedback form.
- Trace and evaluate ingredients for procedural concessions
- Conduct investigations (within agreed timescales) on customer complaints and out of specification micro results and communicate findings to QA, Technical Manager and supplier where relevant.
- Respond to customer complaints within agreed timescales and log all relevant data onto the MS Access database.
- Analyse and trend technical data and identify solutions by working closely with other departments to address problem areas.
- Ensure adequate responses are obtained from suppliers in response to raw material issues or customer complaints within specified timescales.
- Manage and keep up to date registers and schedules for all equipment requiring calibration.
- Complete required information on the Weekly technical report and Customer monthly reports.
- Update QA related procedures when necessary and review with Technical Services Manager who will in turn issue to relevant depts.
- Collation of information from Glass and Hard Plastic Inspection and Audits and logging and informing the engineering department of repairs required on a weekly basis.
- Internal audits conducted and corrective actions signed off as per schedule.
The successful Quality Assurance Team Leader will be responsible for a small team of QA`s including staff discipline and performance. Be able to maintain a good presence on the production floor, liaising extensively with colleagues and be able to troubleshoot and analyse data.
The successful QA Team Leader will have the ability to develop and promote health and safety culture, make logical and systematic decisions and influence people at all levels.
You will be able to motivate people and understand the importance of confidentiality, impartiality and consistency.
Ideally you will have knowledge of Quality Systems in chilled food manufacturing including HACCP and GMP and have a good working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook. You will be driven and enthusiastic in all aspects of the Quality role, have strong communication skills, excellent attention to detail and have the ability to work on own initiative.
Application via CV.
Scantec is the 3rd Largest Technical Agency in UK - ``Recruitment International Magazine 2015`` and specialises in the Manufacturing, IT, Technical, Engineering and Scientific Sectors. Scantec provide highly qualified and experienced personnel in a compliant and professional manner on both a permanent and temporary assignment basis.
Due to the high volume of applications Scantec receives it is not always possible to acknowledge every application. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted within 28 days. If you don`t hear from us within 28 days your application has not been shortlisted at this time, to be considered for future vacancies please register with us on our website.
QA Team Leader responsibilities include:
- Manage and prioritise workload for the shift.
- Maintain a good degree of presence on the floor, liaising extensively throughout the shift with production, hygiene and engineering colleagues.
- Ensure all issues raised by the team during the shift are communicated at shift meetings to relevant depts. manager /team leader.
- Ensure all issues are followed up by reviewing or reauditing with the QAs to ensure satisfactory corrective action has been taken within satisfactory timescales.
- Conduct Good Manufacturing Practice Audits as per schedule.
- Assess raw materials where necessary and communicate any raw material issues to supplier, relevant managers, stock control, purchasing and accounts using raw material feedback form.
- Trace and evaluate ingredients for procedural concessions
- Conduct investigations (within agreed timescales) on customer complaints and out of specification micro results and communicate findings to QA, Technical Manager and supplier where relevant.
- Respond to customer complaints within agreed timescales and log all relevant data onto the MS Access database.
- Analyse and trend technical data and identify solutions by working closely with other departments to address problem areas.
- Ensure adequate responses are obtained from suppliers in response to raw material issues or customer complaints within specified timescales.
- Manage and keep up to date registers and schedules for all equipment requiring calibration.
- Complete required information on the Weekly technical report and Customer monthly reports.
- Update QA related procedures when necessary and review with Technical Services Manager who will in turn issue to relevant depts.
- Collation of information from Glass and Hard Plastic Inspection and Audits and logging and informing the engineering department of repairs required on a weekly basis.
- Internal audits conducted and corrective actions signed off as per schedule.
The successful Quality Assurance Team Leader will be responsible for a small team of QA`s including staff discipline and performance. Be able to maintain a good presence on the production floor, liaising extensively with colleagues and be able to troubleshoot and analyse data.
The successful QA Team Leader will have the ability to develop and promote health and safety culture, make logical and systematic decisions and influence people at all levels.
You will be able to motivate people and understand the importance of confidentiality, impartiality and consistency.
Ideally you will have knowledge of Quality Systems in chilled food manufacturing including HACCP and GMP and have a good working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook. You will be driven and enthusiastic in all aspects of the Quality role, have strong communication skills, excellent attention to detail and have the ability to work on own initiative.
Application via CV.
Scantec is the 3rd Largest Technical Agency in UK - ``Recruitment International Magazine 2015`` and specialises in the Manufacturing, IT, Technical, Engineering and Scientific Sectors. Scantec provide highly qualified and experienced personnel in a compliant and professional manner on both a permanent and temporary assignment basis.
Due to the high volume of applications Scantec receives it is not always possible to acknowledge every application. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted within 28 days. If you don`t hear from us within 28 days your application has not been shortlisted at this time, to be considered for future vacancies please register with us on our website.