Food Safety & Quality Manager
Location: Craigavon
Are you a passionate food safety professional ready to make a real impact? We are looking for an experienced Food Safety & Quality Manager to lead standards, strengthen systems and shape a strong food safety culture within a fast-paced FMCG food manufacturing site.
This is a highly visible leadership role offering autonomy, influence and the opportunity to drive continuous improvement across the factory.
The Role
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Lead and evolve the site HACCP-based Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with BRC, customer and legal standards.
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Be hands-on across the factory, driving excellent hygiene, housekeeping and food safety standards.
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Lead investigations, corrective actions and improvements related to non-conforming product, incidents and customer feedback.
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Analyse microbiological and chemical data, identifying trends and preventative actions.
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Manage, coach and develop a team of Technical professionals.
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Act as the technical lead during customer, third-party and regulatory audits.
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Drive meaningful product, process and sustainability improvements.
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Play a key role in crisis management and site-wide food safety leadership.
What We’re Looking For
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Proven experience in a Food Safety, Quality or Technical Manager role within FMCG food manufacturing.
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Strong working knowledge of HACCP, BRC, Food Legislation, Food Hygiene and ISO standards.
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3rd level qualification in a relevant discipline.
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Advanced HACCP, Advanced Food Hygiene and Internal Auditing experience.
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A confident leader with excellent communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Pilgrim's Pride Limited is a division of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, our business is part of the second largest food company in the world, whose team farm, process, prepare, package and deliver fresh, frozen and value-added food products for sale in more than 100 countries.
We are proud to partner with more than 1,000 UK farmers who share our belief in the highest standards on animal welfare, efficiency, and quality. Our own farming operation is 100% RSPCA Higher Welfare, making us the largest producer of higher welfare pork globally, delivering 25% of pig meat to UK consumers.
