Job Title: Quality Assurance
Location: Greenvale Park, Donore Road, Drogheda, Co Louth (On-Site)
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Schedule: 39 hours per week, with requirement for fully flexible, day shift/night shift/weekends
Salary: Competitive
Reports to: Quality Manager
Benefits
· Free on-site parking
· Recognition Rewards
· Career Development
· Company Events
Key Responsibilities/Duties
· Work with Shift Supervisors and their team to ensure preparation, portioning and
packing of food products is done according to our established standards and customer specifications.
· Ensure that day-to-day production operations are quality-focused.
· Be a proactive member of the Quality Assurance Team to ensure all products produced in Nature’s Best Foods comply with all Food safety quality and legislative requirements.
· Implementing corrective action programs for any non-conformances raised in the factory and establishing root causes and preventative action.
· Plan, conduct and monitor testing and inspection of raw materials and products to ensure finished product quality.
· Carry out product and process validations on each CCP in the factory on an annual basis.
· Ensure all production and quality paperwork is filled correctly and complies with all food safety standards and legislation.
· Carry out calibration checks on equipment in the factory such as temperature probes, data loggers and scales.
· Carry out validations and verifications on processes in the factory crucial to product safety. These include but are not limited to; allergen validations, cleaning validations, CIP validation, sanitiser tunnel validation and species validation.
· Monitor and verify cleaning processes in the factory. To carry out ATP and environmental swabbing as part of this.
· Carry out internal audits such as glass and hard plastic, pre-production, GMP and hygiene audits, and any other quality management system audits as required.
· Carry out positive release checks such as product tasting and strip analysis, gas level checks, weights, temperatures and full compliance to specification.
· Carry out both manual temperature checks in all monitored areas in the factory and also analyse data logger information to monitor temperatures in the factory, storage and during transport.
· Monitor all procedures being carried out in the factory ensuring they comply with NB standards and customer and legislative requirements at all times. These procedures include personal hygiene, foreign body control, traceability, sleeve and label control, allergen and species control etc.
· Any other duties as assigned by the Quality Manager.
Qualifications/Skills
· Previous QA experience in Manufacturing.
· Previous experience in food manufacturing is a distinct advantage.
· Proven ability to drive continuous improvement.
· Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
· Excellent verbal, written, communication and IT skills.
· Fluent English, both spoken & written is essential (additional Languages are considered an advantage).
About Nature's Best - The Fresh Food Experts
Nature’s Best is a 100% Irish family second generation owned company, based in Drogheda. Here at Nature’s Best, we produce over 250 fresh, healthy and convenient products for the major Irish retailers. These products include; bagged leafy salads, coleslaws, dips, stir frys, washed prepped veg, noodles, pasta salads, grain salads. We also supply catering companies on a wholesale scale. With over 500 employees, our employees are our most valuable asset, and our continued success is due to their continued hard work and dedication.
BRC Grade A* Accredited * Onsite Campden BRI Approved Laboratory * RSPO Sustainable Palm Oil Only * Organic Facility Certified
This role is based in the Republic of Ireland so Applicants Must have the required work permits to work in EU.
Nature’s Best is an equal opportunities employer committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:

• Company events
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Application question(s):

• Do you have any food manufacturing experience?

Experience:

• QA: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• Ireland (required)

Work Location: In person