Food Safety & Quality Manager

VANRATH are assisting a UK and Ireland leader in baked goods, in their search for a Food Safety & Quality Manager based in Ballymena.

The successful candidate will manage the technical and quality processes and procedures within the production environment to ensure the compliance of customer and legal requirements, company objectives and key performance indicators.

Day shift 5/2 rotating shift pattern 6am to 6pm.

Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday.

Evening Shift 6pm to 2am, Monday to Friday

Remuneration

• Competitive salary
• Above statutory holiday entitlement
• Pension scheme
• Flexible working
• Continuous training provided
• Free on-site parking
• Discounted employee shop
• Life cover
• Shopping discounts

Requirements

• Experience in similar FMCG food industry, including auditing experience.
• A working knowledge of BRC standards, HACCP, Food Legislation and Food Hygiene
• 3rd Level qualification in relevant discipline.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and organisational skills.
• Team leadership qualities and personal development skills.
• Initiative, self-motivated, well organised, and assertive.
• Advanced Diploma in Applied HACCP Principles, Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate and Experience with Internal Auditing desirable

Responsibilities

• Design, implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of HACCP based Quality Management System, including recording, storing and retrieval of records to demonstrate product quality, consistency and due diligence using industry best practice, customer best practice, BRC, Third Party / Legislative requirements / recommendations.
• Co Ordinate and Manage HACCP Team and Activities
• Support the NPD Function to aid successful new product / process development through specifications, product information, reference samples, photographs, Use By schedules, proofing specifications, artwork verification etc
• Monitoring of factory cleaning and housekeeping and hygiene standards through first-hand auditing on the factory floor and analysis of the Audit Reports and development of action strategies as a result of repeated/trending of non-conformances. Contribution to cleaning specification development
• Provide technical guidance, training and support to other departments, developing awareness and understanding of technical issues.
• Ensure a structured approach to CI is in place across the Technical Department, ensuring that all teams use the appropriate Moy Park tools and techniques
• Ensure an improvement action plan is in place across the Technical Department and that these are tracked accordingly to ensure full execution so as to enhance business performance and become best in industry
• Ensure a structured approach to CI is in place across the Technical Department, ensuring that all teams use the appropriate Moy Park tools and techniques
• Ensure an improvement action plan is in place across the Technical Department and that these are tracked accordingly to ensure full execution so as to enhance business performance and become best in industry
• Understand the Moy Park Health and Safety Policy, Company Safety Rules and Statutory requirements applying to all operations under your control.
• Ensure that the arrangements made by the Company to secure the Health and Safety of employees are implemented.
• Ensure that all persons in your department are trained and given such information, instruction and supervision as may be necessary to enable them to work safely, without injury to health.

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Science roles in Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Shannon McGrath for a confidential chat.