Quality Assurance Supervisor
Quorum Search Partners
- Dublin
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Assisting with the management of the day-to-day activities within the Quality Assurance Team
- Ensure compliance with food safety and legal requirements.
- Assisting in the management and implementation of site and customer certifications i.e. ISO14001, BRC Global Food Standard, Organic Standards, and Rainforest Alliance Standards.
- Responding to requests for technical information from internal and external customers.
- Providing support to the Quality Assurance Manager to ensure the Operations and QA team KPI’s are achieved.
- Providing support with all site certification and customer audits and leading unannounced site audits in the absence of the Quality Assurance Manager
- Ensuring all products are produced to the required specification and that all processes are conducted in line with both good manufacturing practices by conducting regular GMP audits.
- Managing the calibration schedule of key equipment on site.
- Supporting the review and approval of all new product introductions to the business including new supplier assessment and approval.
- Maintaining and up-dating specifications for production and customer online specification systems as required.
- Assisting with production trials for new products or packaging materials.
- Conducting internal audits of the Quality & Environmental Management systems and ensuring all necessary corrective and preventative actions are implemented.
- Managing customer complaints, completing investigations, and implementing corrective/ preventative action.
- Recording issues concerning non-conforming product and processes and implementation of corrective/ preventative action.
- Conducting traceability audits to schedule and as part of onsite audits.
- Managing supplier non-compliance including sending corrective action requests and ensuring corrective/ preventative action is implemented.
- Preparation of the Repak packaging fee report on a bi-annual basis
- Providing support to the Quality Assurance Manager in managing and implementing the Pest Management Programme.
- Diploma / Degree level qualification – Food Service / Food Technology or equivalent
- Minimum two years’ experience in a food manufacturing environment
- Clear Communicator
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving / questioning nature
- Technical aptitude
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Dedicated to driving improvement and raising standards
- Focused
- Meet deadlines
- Energetic and enthusiastic
- Strong personal credibility
- Team player