Food Safety Auditor (QA) - PM Shift

Danish Crown A/S; Bugle; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company in Bugle seeks a Quality Assurance professional to join their food safety team. This role involves performing inspections, managing incidents, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Candidates should have previous QA experience in food production and strong communication skills. You will work Monday to Friday, 14:30 - Midnight, with a salary of £30,000 and various benefits offered.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Matched company pension scheme

Seasonal free meat boxes

Well-being programmes

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Level 2 Food Safety and HACCP training is beneficial.
• Ability to work under pressure is important.

Responsibilities

• Perform factory food quality inspections and verify factory records.
• Calibrate equipment as required.
• Collect swabs and samples including registration.
• Conduct GMP and internal audits.
• Manage incidents including complaint investigations.
• Assist the Compliance Manager when required.

Skills

Previous experience in a quality assurance or food safety role

Excellent communication and reporting skills

Ability to conduct internal audits

Understanding of CCP’s and procedures

Attention to detail

Computer skills (Microsoft Word and Excel)

Job description

We are a food company owned by Danish farmers, supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers all over the world. From butchers to business developers, we are all committed to lowering our carbon footprint and becoming climate neutral by 2050, for better food and a brighter future.

Benefits

• An amazing 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays – that’s up to 36 days holiday a year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and share parental leave
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Matched company pension scheme
• Seasonal free meat boxes for the family
• Well-being programmes, with free optional health care cash plans to cover your everyday healthcare costs and which offer a wide range of digital and virtual wellbeing tools to support both your health and the people you care about.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues and their families
• Free parking
• Free hot drinks
• Subsidised canteen
• Development opportunities for those that would like to progress in a global business

Area of responsibility

There is an exciting opportunity to join the food safety team here at our Cornwall site near Bugle. Our site debones, cures and smokes pork legs which requires the very highest levels of hygiene and safety standards.

Working within a small team, quality and food safety is our focus. This factory-based role requires you to work closely with the production team on the factory floor to ensure compliance with site procedures, policies, and customer requirements.

Specific tasks

• Factory food quality inspections and verification of factory records
• Calibration of equipment
• Swab and sample collection including registration
• Factory GMP and internal audits
• Incident management including complaint investigations
• Project work where requested
• Any other general related task for the team
• Assisting the Compliance Manager where required

Experience Required

• Previous experience in a quality assurance or food safety role within a chilled food production environment
• Excellent communication and reporting skills
• Ability to conduct, report and communicate internal audits
• Understanding of CCP’s and procedures
• Ability to work under pressure with attention to detail
• Computer experience and skills regarding use of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Level 2 Food Safety and HACCP training (Beneficial)

Specifics

• Hours of work are Monday – Friday
• 14:30 - Midnight
• 42 hrs per week
• Salary £30,000
• Shift patterns may differ during initial training
• Occasional weekends will be required during peak periods
• Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Additional Benefits

• Bereavement leave
• Canteen
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Requirements

• Ability to commute/relocate: Cornwall, PL26 8RR – reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
• Language: English (required)
• Work authorisation: United Kingdom (required)
• Work Location: In person

Leadership principles

• Totality: We always put the overall interests of the company first, sacrifice our own targets for the greater good, and actively resist silo culture.
• Talent: We always select the strongest team, prioritize diversity, and dare to hire people who are more skilled than we are.
• Ambition: We set ambitious targets and do not get excited about easily achieved green numbers, and we dare to “lean out” in the pursuit of better results.
• Trust: We fight every day against the “zero-mistake culture” and accept that mistakes are part of our professional and personal development journey.
• Followership: We strive daily to create followership from our employed colleagues and act as role models by living out our values and leadership principles.