QEHS Leader: Food Safety & Quality (Multi-Site)

Americold Logistics; Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Municipal District; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Americold Monaghan Ireland (Castleblayney & Lough Egish) seeks a QEHS Specialist to lead Quality, Food Safety, Environmental, and Health & Safety activities across both locations. You will ensure compliance with legal, customer, and certification requirements, maintain audit readiness, and strengthen QEHS culture.

Regular travel between sites is required in a fast-paced food manufacturing and cold chain environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant discipline as stated.
• 5+ years QEHS, Food Safety, Quality, or H&S roles.
• Strong experience with BRCGS Food Safety and/or BRCGS Storage & Distribution.
• Experience in food manufacturing, cold storage, or FMCG.
• Proven HACCP leadership and TACCP/VACCP experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the QMS.
• Ensure compliance with legal, customer, and certification requirements.
• Lead HACCP, TACCP, and VACCP activities.
• Drive continuous improvement in food safety, hygiene, and quality standards.
• Lead HACCP reviews, validation, and verification activities.
• Maintain HACCP studies and coordinate HACCP Team meetings.
• Ensure effective implementation of food safety controls across both sites.
• Lead internal audits and manage corrective actions.
• Coordinate customer, certification, and regulatory audits.
• Support compliance with BRCGS Food Safety and BRCGS Storage & Distribution standards.
• Act as the primary site representative during external audits.
• Support regulatory inspections and compliance documentation.
• Manage customer standards and technical requirements.
• Participate in customer visits, audits, and complaint investigations.
• Maintain compliance with environmental legislation and company standards.
• Monitor waste, recycling, and sustainability programmes.
• Conduct environmental inspections and support incident investigations.
• Coordinate site Health & Safety activities.
• Support risk assessments, safe systems of work, and contractor management.
• Lead incident investigations and corrective action follow-up.
• Deliver or coordinate key health, safety, and food safety training.

Skills

Quality Management

Food Safety

HACCP leadership

TACCP/VACCP experience

Audit leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Travel between sites

Regulatory compliance

Education

Degree in Food Science, Quality, Environmental Management, Health & Safety, or related discipline

Tools

BRCGS Standards Knowledge

Internal auditing tools

Job description

Americold Monaghan Ireland (Castleblayney & Lough Egish) seeks a QEHS Specialist to lead Quality, Food Safety, Environmental, and Health & Safety activities across both locations. You will ensure compliance with legal, customer, and certification requirements, maintain audit readiness, and strengthen QEHS culture.

Regular travel between sites is required in a fast-paced food manufacturing and cold chain environment.