Overview:
Company: Dawn Meats
Job title: Food Safety and Quality Graduate
Contract type: Full-Time/Permanent
Location: Carrolls Cross, Co. Waterford
Dawn Meats is one of Europe’s leading food companies, supplying quality beef and lamb products to a wide range of retail, foodservice, and manufacturing customers. With a reputation for excellence, innovation, and sustainability, we pride ourselves on operating to the highest standards of food safety, animal welfare, and environmental responsibility.
This is a graduate level opportunity working as part of the Food Safety & Quality team to support production teams by ensuring the highest standards of food safety and quality, traceability and compliance to 3rd party, legal, and customer specifications. You will liaise with NPD, commercial, intake, despatch and the production teams to gain insight into the full supply chain from farm to fork and develop both technical and leadership skills. You will work alongside experienced teams, gaining hands on experience in all aspects of a food production.
Our graduate programme is aimed at developing future leaders and technical specialists who will help shape the future of the Irish meat industry.
Responsibilities:

• A structured 2-year development plan with hands on experience in the fast-paced agri-food sector
• Mentorship and coaching from senior leadership
• Ongoing training and development in areas such as