At O'Brien Fine Foods, we are an Irish family business based in Timahoe, Co. Kildare.
We first established our business in 2000 and have since expanded to become the leading producer of cooked meats on the island of Ireland, with a growing presence in the UK.
We employ over 700 people and specialise in the manufacture and marketing of premium meats, supplying both branded and private label ranges to retailers across Ireland and the UK from our three manufacturing sites in Timahoe Co. Kildare, Rathowen Co. Westmeath, and Leytonstone in London.
Our branded portfolio includes Brady Family, a household name and Ireland's No. 1 cooked meats brand, Green Farm, Ireland's No 1 white meat brand and Bearfields of London, a traditional ham and gammon business in the UK.
We are committed to bringing better quality food to everyone, every day. We strive to be a more sustainable and responsible business and have recently achieved B Corp certification, set verified science-based carbon reduction targets and have obtained gold membership within Bord Bia's Origin Green programme.
We look for people who share our values and have a genuine passion for learning. With a strong track record of growth, O'Brien Fine Foods provides you with a real opportunity to make a significant and personal impact on our success.
The Technical team is at the heart of our business. They ensure high-quality and safe products for our Customers and Consumers while complying with all Legislative and Regulatory requirements for Food Processing.
The key objective is to have all staff empowered and taking ownership for Quality.
Role Description:
You will work closely with the Site Quality Manager in maintaining and refining the company's QA system as the Shift Quality Supervisor within the Technical team.
The shifts operate across a 7-day period, Sunday through Saturday, 4 days on 4 days off, 6.00 am to 6.30 pm per shift.
Your responsibilities include:
* Assisting in training and developing the Quality Officer Team.
* Participating in all Quality Audits and leading all audits in the absence of the Site Quality Manager.
* Driving quality in terms of food safety and Product Quality resulting in improved audit results and reduction in customer complaints.
* Coaching and Training staff on floor through documented SOPs.
* Conducting Traceability/Recall audits, reporting issues to production and working with production to drive improvements.
* Dealing with customer complaints including Investigation and close out with production and quality team.
* Management of the micro sampling plan, trending results and highlighting any issues to the Production cleaning team.
* Management of the Calibration schedule for the site.
* Management of Pest control programme for the site.
* To work with the operations team to build in quality into our production processes to ensure we get quality right first time.
* Cover for QA team holidays if necessary etc.
Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Language Requirements:
A degree in a food science course or equivalent.
Knowledge of HACCP systems, BRC, Bord Bia and TFS.
Previous experience: minimum 3 years experience.
Languages: fluent English.