Quality Assurance Team Leader

Quality Assurance Team Leader

Malton, North Yorkshire
Shift Pattern: 6am-6pm 4 on, 4 off

Salary £32,000

About Pro-Pak Foods

Pro-Pak Foods is a major supplier of delicious ready meals to many of the UK's leading supermarkets and convenience stores. Our chefs work with our customers and have created a menu of more than 200 quality meals.

As a result, we are looking to recruit a Quality Assurance Team Leader to support and lead our QA function on site.

The Role

Our Quality Assurance Team Leader will support the QA Managerin ensuring all quality, food safety, legality, and hygiene standards are met. You will manage the day-to-day activities of the QA team and act as the first-line decision maker for quality non-conformance issues across production.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to quality assurance in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the QA Manager in the operation and maintenance of quality systems to ensure compliance with internal, legal, retailer and third-party standards
• Ensure all traceability is correctly operated from raw material intake through to finished product dispatch
• Verify that all raw materials received meet the specified standards
• Supervise and manage the day-to-day activities of the QA team, ensuring consistent performance and coverage
• Audit manufacturing processes against agreed standards and specifications
• Monitor finished products and take appropriate samples, corrective and escalation actions where required
• Issue daily summaries of quarantine and non-conformance incidents to the QA Manager
• Promote, monitor, and maintain high standards of hygiene, GMP, and quality culture across the factory
• Support the Technical Management Team during customer visits and third party audits
• Act as a communication link between the QA team and technical leadership
• Deputising for the QA manager

About You

• Proven experience in a QA, Technical or other role within food manufacturing
• Strong understanding of food safety, quality management systems, HACCP, and GMP
• Experience leading, supervising, or mentoring teams
• Confident challenging poor practices
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume production environment
• A proactive, hands-on approach with a strong attention to detail

What We Offer

• Salary £32,000
• 28 days' holiday, including bank holidays, with an option to buy up to 5 extra days
• Access to GroceryAid providing emotional, practical and financial support
• Benefits and recognition hub - including amazing colleague discounts
• Opportunities for development within Pro-Pak Foods and the wider CPC Group
• Structured shift pattern offering work life balance

Closing date Friday 20th February. Only open to internal applicants