QA Manager - Nights

QA Manager (Night Shift)

Location: Gunstones Bakery, Dronfield

Working Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 5:00pm-3:00am

Competitive Salary + Benefits + Progression and Development

About Us

At our Gunstones Bakery site in Dronfield, we're proud to produce some of the UK's most loved bakery products, supplying major retailers with a wide range of high-quality baked goods, including hot cross buns, brioche rolls, teacakes, iced buns and seasonal favourites enjoyed by millions of consumers every year.

With a rich heritage dating back to 1862, Gunstones has built a longstanding reputation for quality, craftsmanship and innovation. Today, our state-of-the-art bakery employs around 700 colleagues and operates around the clock to deliver exceptional products to some of the UK's leading retail customers.

About The Role

We're looking for a tenacious and hands-on QA Manager to lead our Night Shift Quality team. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious QA Supervisor, QA Team Leader or Quality Manager ready to take ownership of quality standards on shift while developing and leading a team of QA Technicians.

Working closely with Production, Technical and Operations teams, you'll be a visible presence on the factory floor, ensuring food safety, quality and compliance standards are consistently achieved across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of QA Technicians on the night shift
• Drive a culture of quality, food safety and compliance across production areas
• Conduct routine factory audits, GMP inspections and quality checks
• Investigate quality issues, identify root causes and implement corrective actions
• Ensure customer, legal and site standards are maintained at all times
• Support internal and external audits
• Work closely with Production teams to deliver quality and operational targets
• Monitor KPI performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure effective shift handovers and communication across departments

About You

You are a resilient, proactive and highly visible leader who isn't afraid to challenge standards and drive improvements. You will have experience working in a food manufacturing environment and may currently be operating at QA Supervisor, QA Team Leader or QA Manager level.

You'll thrive in a fast-paced environment, be highly organised, and possess the tenacity to drive actions through to completion.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Previous experience within a food manufacturing environment
• Experience leading or supervising a QA team
• HACCP Level 3 and Food Safety Level 3 qualified is advantageous
• Strong knowledge of food safety, quality systems and GMP standards
• Experience conducting audits and managing non-conformances
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong problem-solving capability and attention to detail
• Ability to influence and challenge effectively across all levels of the business

Desirable

• Experience within bakery, chilled or high-care food manufacturing
• Internal Auditor qualification
• Experience working with major UK retailers
• Food Science or related qualification

Benefits

• 33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays
• Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and Grocery Aid
• Company Pension Scheme
• Boparan Restaurant Group Discount
• Cycle2Work Scheme

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to step into a key leadership role within one of the UK's largest food manufacturers. You'll have the autonomy to make a real impact, develop your leadership skills and play a critical role in maintaining the highest standards of quality and food safety at our Gunstones Bakery site.