Deputy Quality Assurance Manager

• Competitive Salary
• Company Pension
• Life Insurance
• Employee Benefits Platform
• Employee Assistance Programme & 24/7 GP Access

Prima is a leading, award-winning, multi-site cheese processing company. Operating within B2B markets, we have an outstanding reputation for quality, consistency, and service, underpinned by a strong, people-first culture built on our Prima Values - Passion, Respect, Integrity, Motivation and Ambition.

With a proud 29-year heritage and continued expansion, this is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Quality professional to take the next step in their career and play a key role in protecting and strengthening food safety and quality standards across our business.

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about food safety, quality, and continuous improvement? Do you enjoy working collaboratively, supporting others, and making a real difference day-to-day? If so, this could be the ideal opportunity for you.

The Deputy Quality Assurance Manager will work closely with the QA Manager and wider Operational teams to support the effective management of Prima’s Food Safety & Quality Management Systems, ensuring compliance, audit readiness, and best practice across the site.

The Role Will Involve

• Supporting the management and coordination of the Food Safety & Quality Management System (FSQMS).
• Coordinating and supporting internal audits and assisting with external audits (including BRCGS and Halal).
• Supporting the management and review of HACCP plans, including planning, and attending HACCP meetings.
• Assisting with the investigation of internal incidents, non-conformances, and customer complaints.
• Supporting microbiological and chemical testing, environmental swabbing, product sampling, and results review.
• Supporting traceability, recall and mass balance exercises.
• Providing day-to-day support, coaching and development to QA Coordinators and QA technicians.
• Working collaboratively with QC, Hygiene and Operations teams.
• Supporting scrape-down and clean-down activities and their planning activities.
• Assisting in the management of the Pest Control System and Waste Management.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across food safety, quality, and compliance.

About You

You’ll be a motivated and organised Quality Assurance professional with experience in food manufacturing and a genuine commitment to maintaining high standards of food safety, quality, and compliance.

We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate:

• Level 3 HACCP Qualification (minimum).
• Level 3 Food Safety in Manufacturing.
• Internal Auditor Training (BRCGS or equivalent).
• Experience supporting BRCGS audits, investigations, and corrective actions.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience supervising others, with strong people skills and a supportive, coaching approach.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with great attention to detail.
• A values-driven approach aligned to Prima’s PRIMA values.

Why Join Prima?

Our people are at the heart of our success. Prima continually invests in its teams, offering a supportive, inclusive environment where development is encouraged, ideas are welcomed and high standards are recognised. You’ll be joining a business where quality matters, people matter and doing the right thing is part of how we work every day.

Prima is an inclusive and diverse workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, contact the People & Culture team:

peopleandculture@primacheese.com