Production and Quality Lead

Production and Quality Lead (28552/611m) Pontyclun, Wales

Salary: GBP
40000 - GBP
50000 per annum

Production and Quality Lead

Pontyclun

Commutable from Pontyclun, Llantrisant, Bridgend, Cardiff, Pontypridd, Aberdare, Newport

• 25 Days + Bank Holidays
• Pension
• Life Assurance cover
• Company sick pay
• Career progression opportunities

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing, innovation-led food manufacturing business as it expands its UK production capability through a strategic manufacturing partnership. Working at the heart of operations, you'll play a key role in ensuring products are produced safely, efficiently and consistently while supporting quality standards, continuous improvement and new product introductions.

In this role, you'll combine hands‑on production expertise with strong quality leadership, working closely with Operations, Technical, Supply Chain and R&D teams to solve problems, support scale‑up activities and drive operational excellence. You'll be central to maintaining product quality, improving processes and building effective ways of working across a growing manufacturing environment.

If you're passionate about food production, process improvement and delivering high standards in a fast‑paced manufacturing setting, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact and help shape the future success of an expanding operation.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work as part of the site team to support daily production priorities, problem‑solving and delivery.
• Complete or oversee product‑specific QC checks, including pH, Brix, viscosity, colour, taste, packaging and batch coding where relevant.
• Review production and QC records, retained samples and batch documentation, escalating risks or deviations early.
• Support investigations, root‑cause analysis and corrective action for non‑conformances, complaints, rework and recurring issues.
• Contribute to production planning, launches and product changes, and improve SOPs, QC records, handover documents and ways of working as the operation grows.
• Plan and support trials, pre‑production runs and first productions with R&D, Technical, Operations, Supply Chain and the site team.

Requirements

• Experience working within the food and beverage sector.
• Strong practical understanding of production processes, quality control and food‑safety expectations.
• Hands‑on production experience and the confidence to understand and challenge recipes, batch records, specifications and processes.
• Experience completing or reviewing QC checks such as pH, Brix, viscosity, taste and colour.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication and documentation skills, with the ability to influence through expertise and relationships.

28552/611m

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