Taste Panel Co-Ordinator

Finnebrogue; Downpatrick; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Charging points for EVs

Canteen meals subsidy

5 free food products per week

Job summary

Finnebrogue is recruiting a QA support role to assist with taste and consistency panels and maintain quality records across production lines in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. The successful candidate will help screen panel participants, trend results, and support product launches while adhering to approved quality standards and safety guidelines.

This is a full-time, on-site role with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support wellbeing and career development within Sofina Foods.

Qualifications

• Experience in QA or taste testing is beneficial.
• Ability to carry out taste and consistency panels.
• Good data trending and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the taste panel assistant in carrying out taste and consistency panels against approved quality standards.
• Trending of taste & consistency panel data and communication of summary to teams.
• Assisting with the screening of taste and consistency panel participants.
• Keeping the taste panel risk assessment live and up to date.
• Issuing sample collection schedules to the QA teams & supporting with sample collection.
• Trending organoleptic results against micro.
• Assisting the quality technologist with quality-based complaints and support with completion of complaint summaries in the absence of the quality technologist.
• Supporting the technical team with site audits and associated paperwork.
• Assisting the Technical Administrator with laboratory samples and logging.
• Support with and attend product launches.
• Completing quality checks of products on the production line, in storage and stores.

Job description

Be part of something big

Finnebrogue is a leading UK-based food producer within the globalSofinaFoods Group. We look at what is wrong with food to figure out how to make it the best it can be. Operating from four facilities in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, Finnebrogue supplies major supermarkets with own-label bacon, sausages, burgers, and vegetarian products, as well as its pioneering Naked range made without nitrites.

We have been recognised as the UK's Employer of the Year by Grocer Gold and the Best Place to Work in Northern Ireland by the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards. Our robust People Strategy offers career pathways and development opportunities for all employees, emphasising talent growth and wellbeing with generous benefits for all. We are proud to be the first food producer in the UK and Ireland to achieve the Diversity Mark accreditation and are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace.

Globally,SofinaFoods and its wholly owned subsidiaries operate more than 40 sites and have over 14,000 employees in Canada, UK, Island of Ireland, Germany and France.

Job Details

• Supporting the taste panel assistant in carrying out taste and consistency panels against approved quality standards.
• Trending of taste & consistency panel data and communication of summary to teams.
• Assisting with the screening of taste and consistency panel participants.
• Keeping the taste panel risk assessment live and up to date.
• Issuing sample collection schedules to the QA teams & supporting with sample collection.
• Trending organoleptic results against micro.
• Assisting the quality technologist with quality-based complaints and support with completion of complaint summaries in the absence of the quality technologist.
• Supporting the technical team with site audits and associated paperwork.
• Assisting the Technical Administrator with laboratory samples and logging.
• Support with and attend product launches.
• Completing quality checks of products on the production line, in storage and stores.

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday - Full time.

Benefits

At Finnebrogue, we offer more than just a job - we provide a comprehensive benefits package designed to support and reward our employees. Working in one of our state-of-the-art facilities, you'llenjoy free onsite parking and access to electric charging points and access a restaurant-standard canteen with all meals subsidised, includingfree breakfastoptions.

You'll enjoy access to our award-winning Food Shack, where you can receive up to 5 free food products per week. You'll also have confidential support through Insula Wellbeing, our onsite counsellors.

We offer a full calendar of wellbeing, social, and sports events, helping you stay balanced and connected. As you settle into the business, your benefits will continue to grow, with the Perks Discount card, gym membership, cashback healthcare plan, cycle-to-work scheme, electric car scheme, and even your birthday as a paid holiday.