Technical Manager, Chilled Food Quality & Safety

Morgan McKinley; Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley is recruiting on behalf of a highly successful food manufacturing business in West Cork. The role of Technical Manager leads the site's Quality and Technical function to ensure food safety, legality, quality and customer compliance across a diverse product portfolio.

You will work closely with Production, NPD, Supply Chain and Commercial teams to drive quality performance, support operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior Technical/Quality or Food Safety leadership in food manufacturing.
• Chilled food manufacturing experience is essential.
• Proven ability to lead and develop large Quality teams.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety systems, legislation and retailer standards.
• Experience managing customer, certification and regulatory audits.
• A proactive, hands-on leader with strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and inspire a large Quality and Technical team.
• Drive food safety, quality and compliance standards across the site.
• Maintain and improve Quality Management Systems to retailer standards.
• Lead customer, third-party and regulatory audits with corrective actions.
• Oversee internal audits, non-conformance investigations and root cause analysis.
• Manage supplier approval and compliance processes.
• Provide technical leadership across the business for ops and strategy.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to boost quality and site performance.

Skills

Senior Technical Leadership

Quality Management

Food Safety Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Audits & Compliance

Education

Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality Management or related

Job description

Morgan McKinley is recruiting on behalf of a highly successful food manufacturing business in West Cork. The role of Technical Manager leads the site's Quality and Technical function to ensure food safety, legality, quality and customer compliance across a diverse product portfolio.

You will work closely with Production, NPD, Supply Chain and Commercial teams to drive quality performance, support operational excellence and continuous improvement.