Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager

Salary: £42,000 – £45,000
Location: UK food manufacturing site
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Overview

An established food manufacturing business supplying retail and wholesale customers is looking for an experienced Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager to lead site-wide food safety, quality, and compliance.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role, responsible for ensuring compliance with UK legislation, customer standards, and third-party certifications, while driving continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead site food safety, quality, and legal compliance (incl. BRCGS).
• Maintain HACCP, allergen management, traceability, and labelling controls.
• Manage third-party, customer, and regulatory audits.
• Oversee complaints, investigations, and corrective actions.
• Manage supplier approval and raw material compliance.
• Ensure strong GMP, hygiene standards, and environmental monitoring.
• Support recall and incident management processes.
• Line manage and develop the QA team.

Person Specification

• 3–5 years’ experience in food manufacturing.
• Strong working knowledge of HACCP, GMP, allergens, and UK food law.
• Proven experience leading BRCGS or equivalent audits.
• Advanced HACCP qualification.
• Internal or Lead Auditor qualification.
• Confident people manager with a proactive, improvement-led approach.