Overview
Why Greencore?
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 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.8bn.
Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.
Here at Northampton, we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day. We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer.
What you’ll be doing
PART-TIME ROLE
Shift Pattern: Nights, Tuesday – Thursday (starts Monday 21:30 and finishes Thursday 06:00)
As QA Supervisor on nights you will lead a quality assurance QA team to verify that all materials including finished products are safe and conform to all relevant specification, legislation and customer requirements.
- Complete audits and key performance indicators and monitor the consistency of outputs across the team for compliance purposes
- Train the team to ensure that new process and procedures are adopted
- Building production team capability to improve communication and understanding of technical standards
- Investigating customer complaints or any non-conformance raised internal or externally to provide data which informs resolution
- Organise organoleptic panel to ensure consistent quality
- Ensure 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 policy
- Supporting the management of QA team, ensuring tasks are completed in line with schedules and trackers.
- Monitoring of micro results and initiating any investigations as required.
- Working closely with the hygiene team to ensure swabbing and hygiene audits are completed in line with schedules
What we’re looking for
- Able to work nights
- Ideally educated to Higher National Diploma level and/or experience within a similar role in food manufacturing
- Experience of managing a team and leading people
- Holds a Level 2/3 food safety certification
- Basic knowledge of weight legislation and allergen awareness/ practical management of allergens
- Experienced working with computer systems
- Understanding of internal audit process and technical key performance indicators
- Has CCP training including Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles for Manufacturing Unit
- Experience and knowledge of good manufacturing practice (GMP)
- Demonstratable non-conformance reporting techniques
- Microbiological awareness – understanding of basic of food safety
- Basic knowledge of hygiene principles and legal labelling practice
What you’ll get in return
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- Pension up to 8% matched
- Life insurance up to 4x salary
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
- Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.
Permanent – Part-Time
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6RX
