QA Assistant - Permanent Contract
Location: Aurivo Consumer Foods, Crossroads, Killygordon, Co Donegal
Aurivo is a large multi-purpose co-operative engaged in a wide range of activities including dairy processing, liquid milk distribution, animal feed milling, retail stores, garden centres, livestock marketing as well as sports nutrition It employs over 600 people directly and provides jobs for many others in transport, distribution and services.
Job Overview:
Reporting to the Technical Manager the successful candidate will work as part of a close-knit Team within Aurivo Consumer Foods.
This opportunity is to assist with Quality functions within Aurivo Consumer Foods. To ensure that the site and its products meet quality attributes and hygiene standards whilst complying with legislation. To support the Technical and Quality Dept.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
Assist in ensuring that all necessary changes to Quality manual are both communicated to and adopted by relevant Depts/individuals with the company.
Assist 3rd party audits to include retailer audits.
Monitoring of all QPS & Standard Operating Procedure Documentation to ensure current in production.
Assist in ensuring that the company is complying with both the Global Standard and customer technical requirements in terms of food safety and quality.
Ensure all necessary changes to the Quality Monitoring System are communicated and adopted by all relevant Depts/individuals within the company.
Keep up to date with changes in food safety with current legislation.
Assist with overseeing Quality functions with regard to the maintenance and updating of company Quality Monitoring System.
Assist with customer complaints.
Completion of Hygiene and Fabrication audits across production.
Completion of Glass & Hard plastic, blade, foreign body audits.
Assist with maintenance of all relevant documentation of suppliers for raw materials including compliance of certificate of conformity, certificate of analysis of on delivery.
Assist with monitoring of factory calibrations, record accordingly.
Assist with monitoring of production documentation i.e. daily records etc.
Assist in lab where necessary.
Qualifications and Skills:
Qualification in a food related principle. HNC, HND, Degree is desirable
Ideally a minimum of 2 years' experience in a similar role
Knowledge of food safety, adherence to hygiene guidelines and current legislation.
Prepare reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities.
Strong organisational and planning skills.
Good communication skills and ability to communicate cross functionally and with all levels of the business
Good PC skills, accuracy, spreadsheet and database maintenance
Application Process
The company reserves the right to select a shortlist from the applications received.
Please forward updated CV to Aurivo Careers (careers@aurivo.ie ) before Thursday 10th October 2024.