Food Safety & Quality Compliance Officer

UNAVAILABLE; Dungannon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Holiday

Free On-Site Car Parking

Subsidised Canteen

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance Cover

Discounted Staff Shop

Phone and Car Insurance Perks

Ongoing Training and ProgressionOpport

Employee Engagement Activities

Give Aways (Free meat seasonally)

Refer a Friend Scheme

Job summary

Dunbia in Dungannon is seeking a Food Safety & Quality Compliance Officer to join our team. You will help ensure we meet evolving customer, regulatory and food safety expectations while protecting our brand reputation.

You will manage retailer compliance, supplier food safety risk assessments, allergen controls, TACCP/VACCP and maintain essential documentation, contributing to ongoing testing and data management to ensure product integrity.

Qualifications

• Food Safety and Quality related degree is desirable, equivalent experience considered
• Proven track record in a similar role, ideally in food manufacturing
• Strong knowledge of food hygiene, HACCP, TACCP/VACCP, risk assessments, health and safety and quality systems
• Results-driven with ability to improve performance within the department
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to plan workloads to meet deadlines
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written; English essential
• Ability to develop effective working relationships across departments
• Enhanced Holiday and staff welfare benefits are provided

Responsibilities

• Managing customer-specific compliance requirements across key retail accounts to meet retailer standards and contractual obligations
• Ownership of supplier food safety risk assessments, high-risk ingredients, allergen controls and periodic reviews
• Leading allergen management and ingredient risk assessments and supplier information review for accurate risk evaluations
• Maintaining and controlling compliance documentation including allergen schedules, product listings and ingredient assessments
• Managing and updating TACCP and product risk assessments for new launches and changes
• Oversight of compliance testing and data management, recording and monitoring testing information for traceability

Skills

Food Safety

Quality Assurance

Audit & Compliance

HACCP

Allergen Management

Supplier Oversight

Communication

Education

Food Safety/Quality degree

Job description

Food Safety & Quality Compliance Officer

Location : Name Dunbia Dungannon

Discipline Food Safety & Quality

End Dated 29/11/2026

Position Type Permanent Full-Time

Job Locations UK-Co. Tyrone-Dungannon

Overview

We are seeking a dedicated Compliance Manager to join the Food Safety and Quality team to ensure the business can effectively meet evolving customer, regulatory and food safety expectations while protecting commercial opportunities and maintaining brand reputation.

Responsibilities

The Role

Key responsibilities and business-critical activities include:

• Managing customer-specific compliance requirements across key retail accounts, ensuring Dungannon Retail consistently meets retailer standards, audit expectations and contractual obligations.
• Ownership of Supplier Food Safety Risk Assessments, including the evaluation of high-risk ingredients, allergen controls, supplier cleaning validations and the completion of mandatory six-monthly and annual reviews. Robust supplier oversight is essential to safeguarding product integrity and reducing food safety risks.
• Leading allergen management and ingredient risk assessments, including the review and analysis of supplier information within Point 74 to ensure accurate risk evaluations and compliance with food safety legislation and retailer requirements.
• Maintaining and controlling compliance documentation, ensuring allergen schedules, product listings, ingredient assessments and associated records are promptly updated, validated and communicated following any supplier, product or process changes.
• Managing and updating TACCP and product risk assessments to reflect ingredient changes, new product launches, product delists and emerging risks, ensuring the site maintains a proactive and effective risk management framework.
• Oversight of compliance testing and data management, including the accurate recording and monitoring of testing information through the FIIN data portal, providing transparency, traceability and evidence of compliance.

Qualifications

The Person

• A Food Safety and Quality related degree is desirable, equivalent experience will be considered
• Be able to illustrate a proven track record in a similar role, ideally from within a food manufacturing environment.
• Have a clear understanding of food hygiene, food safety, HACCP, TACCP/VACCP, risk assessments, health and safety and quality systems.
• Be results driven and able to improve performance within the department.
• Possess excellent organisational skills with ability to plan workloads effectively to meet deadlines.
• Have strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• English is essential in this role as is the ability to operate computers and computer software.
• Be able to develop effective working relationships with all departments
• Enhanced Holiday
• Free On-Site Car Carking
• Subsidised Canteen
• Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance Cover
• Discounted Staff Shop
• Phone and Car Insurance Perks
• Ongoing Training and Progression Opportunities
• Employee Engagement Activities
• Give Aways (Free meat seasonally)
• Refer a Friend Scheme

No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position.

Dunbia is a true market leader operating globally and our desire to create better food naturally is the driving force behind everything we do.