Food Safety & Quality Manager, Food Safety & Quality Manager

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.

• Lead and evolve the site HACCP-based Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with BRC, customer and legal standards.
• Be hands‑on across the factory, driving excellent hygiene, housekeeping and food safety standards.
• Lead investigations, corrective actions and improvements related to non‑conforming product, incidents and customer feedback.
• Analyse microbiological and chemical data, identifying trends and preventative actions.
• Manage, coach and develop a team of Technical professionals.
• Act as the technical lead during customer, third‑party and regulatory audits.
• Drive meaningful product, process and sustainability improvements.
• Play a key role in crisis management and site-wide food safety leadership.

• Proven experience in a Food Safety, Quality or Technical Manager role within FMCG food manufacturing.
• Strong working knowledge of HACCP, BRC, Food Legislation, Food Hygiene and ISO standards.
• 3rd level qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Advanced HACCP, Advanced Food Hygiene and Internal Auditing experience.
• A confident leader with excellent communication, problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.