Quality Assurance Supervisor
Location: Carlisle - Onsite
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 08:30 - 17:00 initially with flexibility required to cover absence, sickness and annual leave across other teams working weekend and night shifts.
Why Join Us?
At 2 Sisters Food Group, we don't just make food - we make food that millions of families across the UK enjoy every day. With a turnover of over £3 billion and 13,000 colleagues across 16 sites, we are one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, supplying household names like M&S, Tesco, Aldi, Sainsbury's, and KFC.
From poultry to chilled meals and bakery favourites, quality is at the heart of everything we do. Now, we're looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Supervisor who will help us continue to raise the bar.
The Role:
As Quality Assurance Supervisor, you'll be the driving force behind our commitment to food safety, compliance, and excellence. Leading a team of Shift Technologists and QAs, this is a hands-on role where you'll combine leadership, technical expertise, and continuous improvement to ensure every product meets the highest standards.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Leading, mentoring, and developing your Quality team to deliver outstanding results.
- Safeguarding food safety and hygiene standards across the site.
- Maintaining robust documentation - from raw materials through to finished goods.
- Investigating incidents, driving root cause analysis, and embedding corrective actions.
- Being a key contact for customer and BRC audits, ensuring we're always audit-ready.
About You:
This role is perfect for a quality-focused leader who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You'll be detail-driven, passionate about food safety, and ready to influence and inspire your team.
What You'll Bring:
- Proven experience leading a technical/quality team in food manufacturing.
- Advanced Food Safety & Intermediate HACCP qualifications.
- Ideally educated to HND/Degree level in Food Science (or equivalent).
- Strong organisation skills, able to prioritise and thrive under pressure.
- Excellent communication skills - confident working with colleagues at every level.
Benefits:
* 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
* Company pension scheme with Legal & General or NEST pension
* Death in service benefit, optional - linked to membership of L&G pension
* Company sick pay - after qualifying period
* Free onsite parking
* Exclusive 2 Sisters employee discount platform available via an app offering savings of up to 60% with brands including Asda, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer and Tesco.
* Employee assistance programme.
* Wisdom wellbeing app
* Grocery Aid - employees access to counselling
Why Join Us?
As one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, we provide ample opportunities for career growth and skill development. We emphasize promoting from within, ensuring you can build a rewarding career with us!
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