Food Safety and Quality Assurance Lead

1 day ago

Naas, Co Kildare, Ireland beBeeAssurance Full time €34,000
Job Title:

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled Quality Assurance Specialist to lead our quality management systems and ensure the production of safe, high-quality products that meet customer specifications.

The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing and maintaining our Food Safety and Quality Management System across all areas of responsibility.

  • Develop and implement visual measures and tests of quality
  • Analyse and report on quality control test results to ensure production remains within specification
  • Daily supervision of online QMS system checks and procedures conducted by operations team
Key Responsibilities:
  1. Utilise experience, skills & training to manage issues impacting food safety, quality & or legality for all areas of responsibility
  2. Ensure implementation & maintenance of the Food Safety & Quality Management System for all areas of responsibility
  3. Examine current operating procedures to determine how quality may be improved
  4. Daily completion of check-sheets
  5. Ensure completion & logging of all CCP & PC checks by operations & address any out-of-limits/parameters
  6. Microbiological sampling/booking & reserving of bulk samples
  7. Monitoring of equipment calibration schedule
  8. Customer complaint investigation & feedback provided on request
  9. Conduct shelf-life testing/nutritional testing sampling to schedule
  10. Preparation, completion & sealing of export loads as requested
  11. Consider the impact of legislation upon specification requirements & incorporate into controls
  12. Examine current operating procedures to ensure the process & the product meet regulatory standards & implement changes necessary to ensure compliance
  13. Non-conformance reporting & corrective action implementation
  14. On the floor personal hygiene training, QC skills training for operators, relevant food safety & CCP/PC training for relevant operators as requested
  15. Responsible for monitoring and maintaining personal hygiene standards including correct wearing of PPE
  16. Monitor product date coding for compliance to prescribed shelf-life and customer specific shelf life into depot
  17. Conduct internal audits as requested
  18. Ensure full product traceability is maintained at all stages of the process & support team in all mass balance/traceability challenges conducted
  19. Support Quality Manager in close out of any non-conformances & escalate any concern to the manager where food safety, quality or legality concern is not brought under control to your satisfaction
  20. Quantity Control and correct labelling monitored for all areas of responsibility
  21. Attend all meetings as requested by the Quality Manager & engage positively. Provide all requested information in preparation for such meetings to the Quality Manager
  22. Complete & follow-up of all records: Non-Conformance Log & Check Sheet, Foreign body/Fabrication Audits, GMP Audits, PPE/Personal Hygiene rules audits, Hygiene/Cleaning checks, Glass/Perspex audit & associated snag list, Internal verification of scales & thermometers, Monthly CCP/PC Verification
Skills / Qualifications / Experience:
  • Degree in a Food related discipline and ideally 1 year QA/QC experience in FMCG
  • Self-motivated team player with strong communication (verbal & written), IT, problem-solving, & decision-making skills, able to work independently
Benefits:

This role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, develop your skills and knowledge, and contribute to the success of our organisation.

Please note that due to the nature of our business, key responsibilities may evolve and change over time.

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