QA Supervisor
QA Supervisor
Salary: Competitive salary
Benefits: Company share save scheme, matched pension scheme , Life insurance up to 4x salary
Location: Greencore Desserts Devizes, Hopton Industrial Estate, London Road, Devizes SN10 2EU
Ways of Working: Site Based
Hours of work: 4on 4off, Days
Contract Type: Permanent
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 every day 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 Devizes, Wiltshire, specialises in chilled desserts, including tarts, doughnuts, crumbles, pies, and pastries. The site employs over 580 people and is located close to Swindon, producing high-quality products at scale.
What you’ll be doing
As QA Supervisor, you will lead and motivate the QA team in monitoring and evaluating product and processing systems and factory practices. Ensure agreed standards of quality are achieved and improved upon. To take a lead in generating and building a quality culture.
Role Accountabilities
- Ensures appropriate resource available by managing QA team rota, holidays and recruitment.
- Audit scope and frequency specified and carried out as per schedule.
- Looks for continuous improvement on results.
- Clear message to teams on required standards for visits / audits.
- Support for Ops teams ahead of visits.
- QMS: To coordinate non-conformance findings including actions taken and report to relevant department managers ensuring completion of any required corrective actions from day-to-day issues e.g. micro results for positive release. In addition, trend non-conformances to identify recurring issues and find and recommend permanent solutions.
- QMS: To ensure products and ingredients are evaluated against specification.
- Provides support with investigation of root cause and potential solutions
- Risk assesses frequency of checking based on results
- To support the promotion of a quality culture and help to develop the quality management system.
- To coordinate QA requirements for product launches e.g. update of required documentation / systems, liaison with Process team / line support to ensure product is manufactured to correct standard.
- Checklist of tasks to be carried out ahead of launch available and actions carried out promptly.
- With guidance from Line Manager, manage QA activities required to deliver improvement of Technical KPIs e.g. audit of non-conforming processes, complaint investigations, update of swab schedules, GMP audits, glass and plastic audits.
- System in place to trend technical KPIs and to drive corrective action to improve e.g. audit, investigation.
- To plan and co-ordinate work of the QA team to meet requirements of the quality management system and the needs of the business ensuring that the QA team are kept up to date with all business and customer communication as appropriate.
- Documented list of QA tasks to be completed along with system to monitor compliance.
- Training: Lead, motivate and inspire QA team to achieve personal development and continuous improvement.
- CPD plan agreed & reviewed annually.
- H&S: To operate in a safe working manner and support the site/business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety and the environment.
- Immediately reports hazards.
What we’re looking for
- Have an appreciation of how the operation, procurement & NPD functions operate.
- Understand the processes, raw materials & equipment on site.
- Understand roles & responsibilities within the Management of Operational Food Safety & Quality pillar.
- Understands the technical budget.
- Understands techniques to manage & develop a team.
- PDP programme tailored to the individual.
We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make everyday taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
What you’ll get in return
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- Holidays
- Matched Pension Scheme
- 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.
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.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.
Devizes, GB, SN10 2EU
