Senior FSQ Manager - Maternity Cover

The Vacancy

Senior Food Safety & Quality Manager - Maternity Cover

Location: Craigavon
Department: Technical

Contract Type - 12-month Maternity Cover

Lead Food Safety & Quality Excellence

Pilgrim's Europe is seeking an experienced Senior Food Safety & Quality Manager to join our Craigavon site.

This is a key leadership role within the Technical team, responsible for driving food safety, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across the factory. You'll work closely with Operations and Site Leadership teams to ensure the highest standards are consistently achieved, while developing a strong food safety and quality culture throughout the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain HACCP-based Food Safety & Quality Management Systems.
• Ensure compliance with BRC, customer, legal, and company standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in food safety, quality, hygiene, and environmental standards.
• Lead customer, retailer, and third-party audits, ensuring excellent audit outcomes.
• Manage technical teams, including recruitment, development, succession planning, and performance management.
• Investigate complaints, incidents, non-conformances, and root causes, implementing effective corrective actions.
• Analyse quality, microbiological, allergen, and technical performance data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Work collaboratively with Operations to reduce complaints, improve KPIs, and enhance site standards.
• Deputise for the Technical Manager when required.

About You

• Degree-qualified in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Proven quality management experience within food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, BRC, Food Safety, Food Hygiene, and Food Legislation.
• Experience managing customer audits and retailer standards.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset.

Desirable

• Chilled food or high-risk manufacturing experience.
• Experience with major UK retailers.
• Advanced HACCP qualification.
• Poultry processing or cooked protein experience.

Why Join Pilgrim's Europe?

Benefits Include:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Employee discount platform
• Career development and progression opportunities
• The opportunity to lead technical excellence within a leading food manufacturing business

If you're passionate about food safety, quality, compliance, and developing high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today to join Pilgrim's Europe as our next Senior Food Safety & Quality Manager.

Our Story

Pilgrim's Europe produces some of the best-known and most iconic brands in the UK and Ireland, including Fridge Raiders, Rollover, Denny, Richmond, Oakhouse and Moy Park, alongside a diverse range of industry leading own-label products in categories including fresh pork, lamb and chicken, working with all the major retailers and food service outlets.

Our portfolio extends to authentic chilled and frozen ready meals, snacking ranges, added value and food service products.

Across Pilgrim's Europe we combine 20,000 of the best people in the industry, united by a shared set of core values and a passion for producing the highest quality, most delicious and innovative food, which is enjoyed by millions of people in the UK, Ireland and Europe every day. Our Pilgrim's Europe team are based in our Pilgrim's UK, Moy Park, Pilgrim's Food Masters and Pilgrim's Shared Services businesses.

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