Quality Assurance Technician

Co Monaghan

Fulltime/Permanent

Monday - Friday, 40 Hours

Attractive Salary

Vickerstock are working in partnership with our specialist food processing client in Ireland and UK who have doubled production in the last 5 years and continues to do so, due to this they are seeking a full time/permanent Quality Assurance Technician to join the team at their site in County Monaghan.

As a Quality Assurance Technician reporting to the Quality & Technical Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of the Food Safety Management System (FSMS), including HACCP, prerequisite programmes, and SOPs.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, BRC, and customer standards, report performance and compliance status to the Technical Manager.
• Conduct and report internal audits, driving effective close-outs with management and supervisors.
• Investigate customer complaints and external non-conformances, ensuring robust root cause analysis and timely corrective/preventive actions.
• Analyse Production Quality KPIs, identify trends, and collaborate with production teams to resolve issues and drive improvement.
• Apply Lean principles in daily problem-solving, root cause analysis, and change management initiatives.
• Proactively identify hazards, manage risks, and implement continuous improvement measures to safeguard product safety.
• Lead and deliver cross-functional projects, ensuring timely completion and stakeholder engagement.
• Work closely with Production and Maintenance teams to set standards, solve problems, and implement sustainable solutions.

We are looking for:

• Minimum recognised 3rd level qualification in a Food Science related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years+ Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience in Food Manufacturing environment
• Experience working with Quality Systems
• Have a demonstratable comprehensive knowledge of auditing, quality standards and systems, quality management techniques such as HACCP, Process Control, knowledge of food legislation, GFSI standards including BRC.

Sound like the career move you've been after and would like to hear more, pick up the phone to Sophie now on 01 5267473 or send an updated CV - in Word format - via the link on the page (or email).

If this opportunity doesn't quite get the taste buds flowing but like me you are passionate about food, let's get a chat and see how I can help grow your career.

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