Food Safety & Quality Assurance Lead

Ensuring agreed standards within Quality Management Systems are maintained on a daily basis

Reports to:

Quality Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Company: Irish Dog Foods
Salary: €36,605
Hours of work: 39
Location: Naas Industrial Estate, Naas, Co Kildare. W91 DRX5

• Utilise experience, skills & training to manage issues which may impact food safety, quality & or legality for all areas of responsibility
• Develop & implement visual, physical, functional or other appropriate measures & tests of quality
• Ensure implementation & maintenance of the Food Safety & Quality Management System for all areas of responsibility
• Analyse & report upon the results of quality control tests to ensure that production remains within specification
• Daily supervision of on-line QMS system checks and procedures conducted by operations team
• Examine current operating procedures to determine how quality may be improved
• Daily completion of the check-sheet
• Ensure completion & logging of all CCP & PC checks by operations & appropriately addressing any out of limits/parameters. Verification of CCP/PC checks
• Microbiological sampling/booking & the reserving of bulk samples
• Monitoring of equipment calibration schedule
• Customer complaint investigation & feedback provided on request
• Conduct shelf-life testing/nutritional testing sampling to schedule
• Preparation, completion & sealing of export loads as requested
• Consider the impact of legislation upon specification requirements & incorporate into controls
• Examine current operating procedures to ensure the process & the product meet regulatory standards & implement changes necessary to ensure compliance
• Non-conformance reporting & corrective action implementation
• On the floor personal hygiene training, QC skills training for operators, relevant food safety & CCP/PC training for relevant operators as requested
• Responsible for monitoring and maintaining personal hygiene standards including correct wearing of PPE
• Monitor product date coding for compliance to prescribed shelf-life and customer specific shelf life into depot
• Conduct internal audits as requested
• Ensure full product traceability is maintained at all stages of the process & support team in all mass balance/traceability challenges conducted
• 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
• Quantity Control and correct labelling monitored for all areas of responsibility
• Attend all meetings as requested by the Quality Manager & engage positively. Provide all requested information in preparation for such meetings to the Quality Manager
• 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

Note: As with all positions, due to the dynamic nature of Arrow Group business, key responsibilities will evolve and change over time. Some travel will be required. Appointment to this role is subject to the candidate's eligibility to work in Ireland.

Lead the Quality department in the development and maintenance of the Quality and Food Safety systems