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Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland

Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland

Pramerica Drive, Letterkenny Business & Technology Park, Co. Donegal, F92 W8Cy

APPLICATION SUPPORT: Project based tasks, troubleshooting/user support, server & application maintenance & software/patch upgrades and changes. INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT: Monitoring of On-Premise Datacenters, Local Servers & Resource Utilization, PRTG Network, UPS Power Supply & Backups, Alert Response ect. SERVER MANAGEMENT (App & Database): Build, Backup & Migrate/Decom in various environments - Production, Development, Sandbox. Environments deployed; physically, virtualized… Show more APPLICATION SUPPORT: Project based tasks, troubleshooting/user support, server & application maintenance & software/patch upgrades and changes. INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT: Monitoring of On-Premise Datacenters, Local Servers & Resource Utilization, PRTG Network, UPS Power Supply & Backups, Alert Response ect. SERVER MANAGEMENT (App & Database): Build, Backup & Migrate/Decom in various environments - Production, Development, Sandbox. Environments deployed; physically, virtualized and/or on cloud platforms. SECURITY: Configuration of Server encryption protocols (SSL/TLS), ciphers, hashes and key exchange algorithms, encryption methods ect. to remove vulnerabilities.POC projects.BC & DR testing for supported applications. Show less

Ardara, Co.Donegal

Work as part of the Quality team to implement quality assurance and quality control, to ensure relevant laws, policies, and regulations are met.Ensuring both the site itself and the paperwork are in order, to maintain the level of standards expected and being able to prove compliance in audits.Contributing to site’s online stock control & traceability system. This includes: implementation, continuous improvement, trouble shooting, data entry, setting up and maintaining products… Show more Work as part of the Quality team to implement quality assurance and quality control, to ensure relevant laws, policies, and regulations are met.Ensuring both the site itself and the paperwork are in order, to maintain the level of standards expected and being able to prove compliance in audits.Contributing to site’s online stock control & traceability system. This includes: implementation, continuous improvement, trouble shooting, data entry, setting up and maintaining products & users, recipe control ect. Labels creation and control. Addition of QA checks to be asked by the online system to users at different stages of the process (eg. Intake checks, process checks, end of the line (metal detection, weight, temperature) checks, dispatch checks. Recipe Control Organizing Calibration of equipment (metal detectors, scales, weights, ovens, provers, coolers, sensors, temperature & pH probes, lab equipment ect.) and ensuring certificates are kept up to date.Part of Traceability Team; assisting with traceability exercises during audits and mock recalls.Label Design, Creation and Control.Issuing and following up non-conforming issues to ensure effective close out and ensure data is available for trending and improvement.Working with NPD to carryout relevant steps to get product launched. Development of Quality Attribute Sheets internally, consulting NDP team and production and liaising with customers until agreed by all. Testing (micro, shelf-life, allergen) of products before can be launched. Reviewing, Photographing and signing off NPD samples before dispatch. Preparing labels for NPD samples. Assisting with customer complaints, reviewing product which has come back for possible defects and to carry out product evaluation.All measures taken are done in accordance and to keep certification of Food Safety Standards and Systems such as BRC Global Standards and ISO 22000 as well as retail standards including; Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi Show less

Ardara, Co.Donegal

Daily checks on floor including metal detection verification, weight verification, correct packaging used, correct date coding information used and quality checks on final product to include texture and size.Collection and retention of samples for use in investigation of customer complaints and shelf analysis.Collection of samples for microbial and nutrition analysis.Monitoring factory hygiene and GMP on a daily basis. Issuing and following up non-conforming… Show more Daily checks on floor including metal detection verification, weight verification, correct packaging used, correct date coding information used and quality checks on final product to include texture and size.Collection and retention of samples for use in investigation of customer complaints and shelf analysis.Collection of samples for microbial and nutrition analysis.Monitoring factory hygiene and GMP on a daily basis. Issuing and following up non-conforming issues to ensure effective close out and ensure data is available for trending and improvement. Collation of data regarding environmental conditions such as temperatures for trending and statistical control purposes.Collection and monitoring of factory floor paperwork to ensure completion. Show less

Meenaneary, Carrick, Co. Donegal

General Quality tasks including: Hygiene, Allergen & Temperature Control Traceability measuresProduct Label Verification Microanalysis sampling & certification handling. Product Sensory & Yield testing. Monitoring of correct use of SOPs, PPE, HACCP & general the upkeep of HIGH & LOW risk production areas. Any other quality related tasks presented daily. Necessary paperwork that accompanies these measures. All measures taken are done in accordance and to keep… Show more General Quality tasks including: Hygiene, Allergen & Temperature Control Traceability measuresProduct Label Verification Microanalysis sampling & certification handling. Product Sensory & Yield testing. Monitoring of correct use of SOPs, PPE, HACCP & general the upkeep of HIGH & LOW risk production areas. Any other quality related tasks presented daily. Necessary paperwork that accompanies these measures. All measures taken are done in accordance and to keep certification of Food Safety Standards and Systems such as BRC Global Standards and ISO 22000. Show less

Teach Swimming lessons to adults and children. Lifeguarding. Front desk skills. Dealing with customers. Cash handling. Maintain areas in the pool area, conducting water tests and cleaning when necessary.Assist in maintaining a high standard of hygiene and quality throughout the facility.

General Quality tasks including: Hygiene, Allergen & Temperature Control Traceability measuresProduct Label Verification Necessary paperwork that accompanies these measures. All measures taken are done in accordance and to keep certification of Food Safety Standards and Systems such as BRC Global Standards and ISO 22000.

B.Sc. Honours, Food Science & Nutrition

Activities and Societies: Rock Climbing, Social societies

Fetac Level 5 Cert., Science And Laboratory Techniques

Activities and Societies: Bowling, Social society