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Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Lakeland Dairies
Quality Assurance Technician
Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Limited (The Group) is the second largest dairy processor on the island of Ireland. The business is complex and ambitious, with a milk supply pool of 2 billion litres drawn from over 3,200 family farms across 16 counties.
With the most modern dairy manufacturing facilities in 6 locations on a cross-border basis, the Group supplies a broad customer base, including some of the world’s foremost ‘blue chip’ companies across dairy food ingredients, foodservice, and consumer food channels on domestic Ireland, UK, European, and global markets. Internationally, we export around 240 different products to over 100 countries worldwide.
The Group’s Agribusiness Division (Lakeland Agri) operates a state-of-the-art Animal Feed Manufacturing Facility and provides high-quality feeds and agricultural inputs to dairy, beef, and sheep farmers across Ireland.
We are inviting applications for the position of Quality Assurance Technician at our Killeshandra site. We seek motivated, enthusiastic individuals passionate about innovation and excellence.
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Assurance Technician will assess the quality of manufactured products, support departmental and factory procedures, and assist with customer complaints and investigations into non-conforming products.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Production Support: Provide quality support to production across the site.
2. Quality Assurance: Monitor product quality during production, conduct routine checks, and ensure compliance with standards.
3. Communicate quality issues promptly and coordinate investigations into non-conformances.
4. Hygiene Management: Support hygiene team in completing cleaning tasks per SOPs, conduct hygiene audits, and review line hygiene methodology.
5. Attend and report on departmental KPIs during daily meetings.
6. Maintain compliance with standards to achieve and sustain accreditation.
7. Conduct factory housekeeping, quality system checks, HACCP, process audits, and participate in customer audits.
8. Collect samples for external testing.
9. Process Improvement: Identify quality improvement opportunities through QAP training and SOP guidance.
10. Perform other duties as required and cooperate flexibly to meet business needs.
To apply, email your CV to Conor McIntyre, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, at conor.mcintyre@lakelanddairies.com, quoting reference FS018609.
Closing date: 31/05/2025
Lakeland Dairies Ltd is committed to an inclusive workplace. For accommodations during recruitment or questions about accessibility, contact us at 049 4364200 or email careers@lakelanddairies.com.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, and Production
Industries
* Food and Beverage Services
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