Job Opportunity: Quality Assurance Technician - Food Production Location: Rathmooney, Dublin Type: Full-time About the Role: Our client are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Quality Assurance Specialist to join their team within a leading food manufacturing company.
Reporting to the Quality Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that daily production operations are conducted with a strong focus on quality.
This position requires meeting deadlines while maintaining the highest standards of food safety and customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities: Quality Assurance: Actively contribute as a member of the Quality Assurance Team to ensure all products comply with food safety, quality, and legislative requirements.
Production Support: Collaborate with Shift Supervisors and their teams to ensure that the preparation, portioning, and packing of food products meet established standards and customer specifications.
Corrective Actions: Implement corrective action programs for any non-conformances identified in the factory, including root cause analysis and preventive measures.
Testing and Inspection: Plan, conduct, and monitor the testing and inspection of raw materials and finished products to ensure consistent quality.
Process Validation: Conduct annual product and process validations for each Critical Control Point (CCP) in the factory, managing schedules to ensure timely completion.
Documentation: Ensure all production and quality paperwork is accurately completed and complies with food safety standards and legislation.
Calibration Checks: Perform calibration checks on factory equipment, such as temperature probes, data loggers, and scales.
Validation and Verification: Carry out validations and verifications on critical processes to ensure product safety, including allergen validations, cleaning validations, and CIP (Clean-in-Place) validations.
Cleaning Monitoring: Monitor and verify cleaning processes in the factory, including conducting ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and environmental swabbing.
Internal Audits: Conduct internal audits, including glass and hard plastic audits, pre-production audits, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) audits, and hygiene audits.
Positive Release Checks: Perform positive release checks, including product tasting, strip analysis, gas level checks, weight checks, and temperature monitoring to ensure full compliance with specifications.
Temperature Monitoring: Conduct manual temperature checks and analyze data logger information to monitor temperatures in the factory, storage, and during transport.
Procedure Compliance: Ensure all procedures in the factory comply with company standards, customer requirements, and legislative guidelines, including personal hygiene, foreign body control, traceability, and allergen control.
Qualifications: A minimum of 1 year of experience in a quality role within a production or manufacturing environment, preferably in the food industry.
A third-level qualification in food science or a related discipline is highly desirable.
Availability to work a Monday to Saturday shift roster with flexible hours as needed.
Access to own transport is required due to the location of the business.
If you are passionate about quality and eager to contribute to a dynamic food production environment, we encourage you to apply.