General Operative (Quality Control)

Reporting To: Technical Manager

Role Type: Full time, Permanent

Location: Charleville, Co. Cork  

Role Summary:

Dawn Meats are currently recruiting for a General Operative to join our Charleville Food Safety and Quality team.

Working as part of the FSQ team to support the production team by ensuring that the quality of the product is checked and assessed at regular daily intervals ensuring it meets all production, food safety, hygiene and customer specifications across the site.

Your role will see you tackle a wide range of business challenges in a busy quality and production environment. The successful Candidate will be responsible for:

• Work to an operational schedule to complete quality and due diligence checks on product, to ensure that it meets required customer and legal specifications.
• Carry out pre-start checks in production areas daily.
• Record and regularly report product quality information and feedback to the quality team.
• Collection of meat and environmental samples for microbial testing.
• QC decision making based on data collection and review.
• Aiding production staff where necessary regarding product safety and quality control procedures.
• To be involved with Customer & 3rd Party Audits.
• To ensure a culture of “Always Audit Ready” is implemented within the production area.

The ideal Candidate will have or demonstrate:

• Good communicational skills.
• Team working skills.
• Have good problem-solving skills and be able to use own initiative.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Willingness to learn.
• Must be flexible and able to support QC team members.