Implementation and management of the Food Safety & Quality Management including BRC and Customers’ Standards. Deputise for the site Technical Manager when required.Promote a culture of Food Safety and Continuous Improvement at all times. Ensure relevant training of all Food safety team members. Member of the sites HACCP, TACCP & Crisis Management Team. Ensure the Food Safety management system is established implemented and maintained including identifying, communicating and reviewing… Show more Implementation and management of the Food Safety & Quality Management including BRC and Customers’ Standards. Deputise for the site Technical Manager when required.Promote a culture of Food Safety and Continuous Improvement at all times. Ensure relevant training of all Food safety team members. Member of the sites HACCP, TACCP & Crisis Management Team. Ensure the Food Safety management system is established implemented and maintained including identifying, communicating and reviewing the outcomes of the HACCP risk analysisInvolved in promotion of awareness of customer requirements throughout the organisation.Prepare for and manage customer audits when required. Assist on Compliance with National and International food legislation. Ensure that Quality standards are professionally maintained with regard to procedures, documentation, equipment maintenance and calibration. Quality information and reports must be reviewed so as to ensure that the Society’s commitment to quality is enhanced. Management of laboratory staffing schedule, testing and weekly meetings. Conduct root cause analysis to resolve quality problems as they arise. Provide technical support to other Department Managers for resolution of Quality issues. Manage site Hygiene, Internal & glass Audits to the schedule for each area. Approval of process changes through the site. .Manage & track Grading Meeting Report. Ensure that effective and timely corrective action is taken when necessary. Liaising with customers on product specifications, and quality and technical issues ensuring compliance and customer satisfaction. Management of specified technical and development projects. Development and management of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to indicate Quality performance Show less

Carried this course out during my working hours in Tipperary Coop.

Involved in delvelopment trials of a variety of cheese types including maasdam, hard grating and Emmental.. Planning, managing and monitoring trials starting from pilot plant production and upscaling to Industry.

Development of model systems to rapidly acess cheese flavour potential in attenuated lactic acid bacteria