Food Safety & Quality Team Leader

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.

• 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

• 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