Quality Assurance Manager - Food Production & Compliance

O'Brien Fine Foods; Naas; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

O Brien Fine Foods in Naas, Ireland, seeks a Quality Manager to lead the QA policy and drive continuous improvement across the manufacturing site. You will work with the Technical Manager IOI and the quality team to ensure 100% safe food, meet regulatory standards, and maintain the BRC framework through audits and training.

The role requires experience in QA management within meat processing and a collaborative approach to improve the organisation.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate should have experience in a Quality Assurance Management role, preferably specialising in the Meat industry.
• Quality Manager should be willing to work with co-workers to find solutions to improve the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Managing the Site Quality Department
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects
• Management of the company's traceability program
• Developing & implementing quality management procedures and systems for quality assurance
• Monitor customer complaints, implement corrective and preventative action where possible
• Ensuring compliance with internal standards; legal and statutory requirements and international best practice; and driving a policy of continuous improvement for quality assurance
• Review and update SOPs in relation to work activities
• Liaising with colleagues in production and maintenance in regard to Quality Assurance
• Inspecting and sampling the entire manufacturing process including liaison with suppliers.
• Managing internal communications and training programmes to ensure that employees are conversant with, trained in and compliant with stringent QA
• Liaising with the regulatory authority and managing all regulatory and customer audits & inspections as required.
• Liaising on internal audits, plant inspections and structural audits in compliance with the requirements of the BRC

Skills

Quality Assurance Management

Meat industry experience

Team collaboration

Job description

O Brien Fine Foods in Naas, Ireland, seeks a Quality Manager to lead the QA policy and drive continuous improvement across the manufacturing site. You will work with the Technical Manager IOI and the quality team to ensure 100% safe food, meet regulatory standards, and maintain the BRC framework through audits and training.

The role requires experience in QA management within meat processing and a collaborative approach to improve the organisation.