Quality & Environmental Assurance Manager

This is not a typical Quality & Environmental Assurance Managerial role.

Your mandate for this role is clear - you will design, implement and own the complete Quality, Compliance and Food Safety framework for a brand-new greenfield food-grade rPET in Ellesmere Port. The site is 95% completed. The plant will start its hot commissioning late 2026 and with full operations slated for early 2027.

You build the function from the ground up protecting the sites licence to operate, customer trust and food-grade integrity from day one.

What youll be doing as Quality & Environmental Assurance Manager:

• Standalone role at the outset own the full quality management system, food-contact compliance, laboratory, process control, audit readiness and data-driven performance framework. Be part of the senior leadership team and help build the team.
• Real regulatory and commercial stakes: food-grade rPET under strict EU regulations (including Regulation (EU) 2022/1616)
• Design the metrics, dashboards, SPC systems and root-cause frameworks that turn data into operational insight
• Permanent senior role with the chance to shape how a major UK circular-economy facility operates for years to come

Quality Management System & ISO Framework

• Design, implement and maintain a full Quality Management System aligned to ISO 9001, tailored to food-grade rPET manufactur...