Food Safety & Quality Manager

Company: Pilgrims Europe
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Location: Dungannon
Job Description:

Food Safety & Quality Manager Location: Dungannon 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. The Role 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. What We’re Looking For 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. The company 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. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register….

Posted: April 24th, 2026