Trainee Manager, Food Safety & Quality – Growth & Progression

Dunbia; Dungannon; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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 Op​t​

Employee Engagement Activities

Give Aways (Free meat seasonally)

Refer a Friend Scheme

Job summary

Dunbia is seeking a Trainee Manager for Retail Food Safety & Quality at Dungannon. You will gain broad FSQ and business experience with on-the-job development and mentoring, progressing toward a management role within the FSQ team.

The role focuses on assisting with food safety and quality operations, audits, SOPs, risk assessments, and continuous improvement in a busy site environment. End-dated 29/11/2026. No overseas sponsorship available.

Qualifications

• A degree in a related discipline (Food Technology, Nutrition, Science).
• An understanding and awareness of HSE requirements, always complies and operates in line with policies and procedures.
• An understanding of operating integrity, quality processes and systems with high standards for compliance and quality.
• Strong financial understanding and business acumen.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop and enhance food safety understanding throughout the site.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Understanding of team dynamics, demonstrating the ability to work as an active and constructive member of a team with a professional enthusiastic attitude.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• HACCP trained is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with food safety & quality operations, procedures and document control.
• Ensuring the on-going maintenance and updating of the department files including SOP’s, Risk assessments, HACCP documents and quality management documents.
• Assisting in carrying out audits as per schedule.
• Assisting in evaluating the written SOP’s being implemented, trained and compiled with in all areas.
• Assisting with Completion of Food Safety and Integrity Risk Assessment of our raw materials and ingredients.
• Supporting the maintaining and managing of non-conformant logs.
• Logging of complaints and communicating to the relevant personnel.
• Assisting with close investigations into complaints including route cause analysis.
• Carrying out the microbiological and chemical sampling of finished product and raw materials as per sampling schedule.
• Carrying out internal audits and assisting with external and customer audits.
• Working collaboratively with the Food Safety and Quality team to monitor quality assurance, hygiene and food safety activities.

Skills

Food Safety

Quality Management

Communication

Teamwork

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor degree in Food Technology/Nutrition/Science

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Dunbia is seeking a Trainee Manager for Retail Food Safety & Quality at Dungannon. You will gain broad FSQ and business experience with on-the-job development and mentoring, progressing toward a management role within the FSQ team.

The role focuses on assisting with food safety and quality operations, audits, SOPs, risk assessments, and continuous improvement in a busy site environment. End-dated 29/11/2026. No overseas sponsorship available.