Site Quality Manager
Location: Co Tipperary

Optimize Recruitment are proud to partner with a leading food and beverage manufacturing organisation in the search for a Site Quality Manager based in Co. Tipperary.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced quality professional to take ownership of site-wide food safety and quality standards. The role sits at the heart of a busy manufacturing environment, ensuring robust systems, strong compliance, and a continuous improvement mindset across all operations.

Benefits

• Salary: €70,000 - €90,000 + Bonus
• Pension: 5% employer contribution
• Annual Leave: 23 days
• Working Hours: Senior-level position (site-based, full responsibility role)
• Hybrid Option - Predominantly on site but 1 day from home option

The Successful Candidate Will

• Have 5–10 years’ experience in a food technical or quality management role
• Hold a Degree or Diploma in a relevant discipline (not part-qualified)
• Demonstrate strong leadership and people management capability
• Be an excellent communicator, both written and verbal
• Be highly experienced in food safety systems and quality assurance within manufacturing
• Show a calm, structured and purposeful approach under pressure
• Be culturally aligned with strong behavioural and performance standards
• Take a company-first, team-focused approach to decision making
• Be confident influencing stakeholders across multiple departments
• Be comfortable working on-site in a hands-on leadership capacity

Responsibilities and Duties

• Lead the site quality function and manage a team of 2 direct reports within a wider team of 15
• Oversee quality systems to ensure full compliance with food safety, customer and regulatory standards
• Drive continuous improvement across quality, hygiene, and operational processes
• Act as key lead for HACCP implementation and ongoing food safety compliance
• Conduct risk assessments across suppliers, raw materials, processes, and new product introductions
• Investigate customer complaints, non-conformances and quality issues, ensuring effective root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Manage internal audit programmes and ensure timely close-out of findings
• Support product launches and engineering or process changes from a quality perspective
• Monitor, analyse and report on key quality performance indicators
• Maintain strong hygiene and food safety standards across the production environment
• Work closely with Production, Engineering, NPD and other departments to embed quality best practice
• Act as a key contact for customer quality discussions and issue resolution
• Drive preventative action strategies to reduce repeat quality issues
• Support ongoing development of site quality systems and standards

For additional information and a confidential discussion on this Site Quality Manager position and similar opportunities contact: Chris 056-7786631 / 083 1220295 or Chris@optimizerecruitment.ie

Chris is available for a call between 9am and 5.30pm daily (outside of work hours calls / meetings can be arranged upon request). 

Please submit your CV via the link provided, in confidence.

All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence and your CV will never be released without your prior approval.

Job Ref Number: OR-14763

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