We have an exciting opportunity for a Food Safety & Quality Team Leader to join our team within the Dungannon Retail site. Working closely with the Food Safety & Quality Management team and the Production team, this will be a hands-on role, supporting & leading the shift Quality Assurance Team on the production lines to ensure we deliver a high quality product to our customers, we observe strict adherence to our Food Safety regulations and standards and we work collaboratively with our production to embed a Food Safety Culture throughout the site.
The Role:
- Responsibility for Quality standards within production
- Responsible for leading the Quality Assurance team on the shift, in terms of completion of work, communication and effectiveness
- Supporting with the recruitment, on-boarding of new QAs
- Initial training of new QA team members
- Labour resource planning
- Staff competency checks
- Verification of Quality documentation within production
- Raw Material, Finished Product and Label checks and verifications
- Metal detector calibration & new product set up
- Integrity of process including label verifications, price lists & batch lists
- Providing up to date reports, analysis and feedback to the Quality Manager
- Investigating with Root Cause Analysis on any Customer complaints
- Internal & External Audit and customer engagement
- Administration and Reporting on various KPIs
- Project Involvement
- Daily engagement with Production Management and reporting on standards
- Completion of Internal audits including Glass & Hard Plastics, Foreign bodies etc.
- Supporting and driving various Food Safety Culture initiatives
- Working collaboratively with all departments
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
The Person:
- Formal Qualification in a Food Science or related area is desirable
- Minimum of 1 year in a Supervisory position within Food Manufacturing is desirable
- Understanding of Food Safety & Quality processes
- Good knowledge of industry standards
- Keen interest in helping lead and development a team to deliver high standards
- Ability to make decisions, help develop strategy and drive an agenda forward
- Strong communication skills and the ability to positively influence
This Role operates on a shift basis, including weekend work, which will be discussed at interview.
No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position.
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