About the Company
Johnston Mooney & O’Brien is one of Ireland’s oldest companies, having been founded in 1835, it is Ireland’s oldest bakery. The brand has been synonymous with the best in baking tasty breads and morning goods every day for families. Needless to say JMOB has undergone many changes since 1835! Baking for us is a real passion! Our craft bakers are proud that they only use the finest ingredients to perfect recipes for a first class range of bread products. Our dedication to quality is what makes our bread so wholesome and is the embodiment of the tradition at Johnston Mooney & O’Brien.
About the Role
Reporting to the Quality Manager the successful candidate will work within the Quality Team to ensure that day to day production operations are conducted in a quality focused way. This will involve meeting deadlines and ensuring both Food Safety and Customer Quality standards are maintained. Self-motivation, diligence and good communication skills are essential.
Hours of Work
- 14:00pm- 22:30pm
- 5 evenings – Sunday to Friday with one night off during the week
Job Responsibilities
- Co-ordinate with cross functional teams to sustain and improve product quality.
- Daily testing of finished product and the co-ordination of monthly micro testing programme.
- Monitor HACCP implementation on a daily basis in accordance with Food Safety legislation.
- Conduct monthly traceability checks and internal audits, hygiene checks and monthly hygiene and GMP audits take appropriate action when issues are identified.
- Assist in writing KPI reports
- Investigate non-conforming product and customer complaints
- Assist with QAS generation for online specification systems and offline data sheets.
- Support and participate in customer audits
- Monitoring of Suppliers and issue of non-conforming reports.
- Liaising with specialist contractors and service providers e.g. Pest Control, Hygiene teams, calibration where appropriate
- Assisting with the development and implementation of quality control policies and procedures.
- Ensure failures and issues are documented, tracked and reported in a timely manner
- Conduct routine Quality Control Checks across the site to verify compliance with specifications
- Any other ad hoc duties as and when required
Qualifications & Experience
- 2- 4 years’ experience in a QA Food manufacturing role
- Working knowledge of the Food Industry and HACCP
- Working knowledge of online specifications
- Third level qualification in a food science, food technology or science
- Ability to work on one’s own initiative
- Experience implementing, monitoring and improving quality controls.
- You have strong attention to detail & excellent written and oral skills
Personal Attributes
- Passion for food and quality
- To be assertive and decisive yet calm and approachable
- You must be flexible and have ability to adapt to new challenges to meet the business needs
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: €35,000.00-€38,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bike to work scheme
- Company pension
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Food allowance
- On-site parking
- Wellness program
Experience:
- Quality control: 1 year (required)
Language:
Work authorisation:
Work Location: In person
