Reporting to the Site Technical Manager, the purpose of the Quality Assurance Manager is to manage the day to day activities of the Technical team to ensure Dairygold delivers a quality, authentic, legal and food safe product, in line with customer specification.
Key responsibilities for this role are:
- Manage the QA team to ensure compliance to Legality, Quality Systems and HACCP Principles.
- Support the development of the QMS to meet customer, company and regulatory bodies.
- Ensure the HACCP system is being followed throughout the site and colleagues are challenged on CCP s and attend HACCP meetings where required.
- Maintain and develop a robust non-conformance reporting system.
- Ensure calibration, validation and verification is completed as per schedule.
- Conduct internal audits.
- Oversee site pest control visits and ensure that all actions raised are followed up within required timescales.
- Manage and conduct all product and environmental sampling plans.
- Conduct Technical risk assessment to control food safety risks.
- Lead site audits/visits from customers and accreditation bodies as required, including site tour and QMS review.
Who are we looking for?
- Significant experience of food manufacturing processes, including H&S, Quality, Legality and HACCP
- Significant experience of managing and implementing quality systems and processes and supporting internal and external audit processes
- Understands how to add value to both the internal and external customer
- Takes pride in work and demonstrates excellent accuracy and attention to detail
- A role model of Dairygold s Values & Behaviours
