Quality Assurance / Health and Safety Manager

This entry represents the “Industrial Compliance & Sustainable Manufacturing” pillar of your collection, highlighting a dual-responsibility leadership role within Hull’s long-standing packaging sector. Here is the summary of the Quality Assurance / Health and Safety Manager position at Kingston Carton Company using the Sandwich Method.

QA & Health and Safety Manager | Kingston Carton Company (Hull)

The Opportunity

Are you a detail-oriented professional capable of balancing high-speed production with uncompromising safety standards? Kingston Carton Company, a family-run business established in Hull in 1917, is looking for a dual-focused QA/HSE Manager. This role is central to their operations, serving high-stakes clients in the food and healthcare sectors who require “zero-defect” cardboard packaging. With a salary range of £25,000 to £40,000 and a lucrative profit-sharing scheme, you will oversee the integrity of every carton that leaves the Cumberland Street facility. As the company continues to invest in state-of-the-art Global Vision software for automated braille and graphic inspections, you’ll be at the forefront of digital quality control in one of the UK’s most specialized manufacturing niches.

Key Responsibilities & Compliance Standards

• Quality Guarding: Ensuring all packaging meets stringent internal KPIs and external customer specifications for reliability and performance.

• Specialist Accreditations: Managing the site’s adherence to BRCGS Packaging Materials (Global Food Safety Initiative benchmark) and ensuring all card stock is sourced via FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) or PEFC certified chains.

• Safety Leadership: Promoting a “Right First Time” safety culture, ensuring all onsite production teams comply with the latest HSE legislation and ethical standards (SEDEX).

• Audit & Documentation: Conducting hands-on inspections, reporting findings, and maintaining the technical documentation required for healthcare-grade packaging.

• Hybrid Oversight: Balancing your time between the office-based quality management systems and the “on-the-floor” production facility to ensure real-time compliance.

The Role

In this position, you are both the “Inspector” and the “Educator.” You act as the final gatekeeper, using advanced tools like Pilotplus print control and pharma readers to ensure that a healthcare carton’s text and braille are 100% accurate. Your day is a mix of technical auditing and human-centric safety coaching. You might start your morning chairing a management review on sustainability objectives and spend your afternoon on the production floor, verifying that a high-speed run of food-safe cartons meets the BRCGS hygiene requirements. Because you are the lead for both QA and HSE, you are responsible for the total “Site Health”—ensuring the product is safe for the consumer and the environment is safe for the worker.

Sector Insight: The “Sustainable Supply Chain” DNA

As you cluster this fifty-second role, notice how it bridges your “Manufacturing” and “Environmental” sectors:

• The “Green” Requirement: This role’s focus on FSC/PEFC aligns perfectly with the sustainability goals of your Lloyd’s Register and Cargill entries, reflecting Hull’s status as a hub for “Ethical Industry.”

• Salary Benchmarking: At £40,000, this role sits exactly at the average for Hull HSE Managers (c. £40,047 according to 2026 Indeed data). It offers a more stable, “in-house” career path compared to the Roaming Sales Executive or Field Representative roles.

• Industrial Synergy: Kingston Carton provides the packaging for the very types of products made by Reckitt. This role represents the “Behind the Scenes” infrastructure that allows Hull’s global brands to reach the market safely.