Safety and Quality Specialist


£28,000- £34,000 DOE


+ Employee benefits


Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Consulting Technology

Supporting food manufacturers and retailers with product innovation including: rheology, new product development, value optimisation, instructional development, pilot plant, quality and food safety manufacturing, thermal processing, new technologies, and regulatory affairs.

Global Safety and Quality Team

​Campden BRI provide global consultancy services for global food safety and quality. Our team of specialists ensure that products are safe and fit for purpose. Food quality management uses tools, such as HACCP and auditing, to describe processes, analyse what could go wrong, put procedures in place to prevent things going wrong, check the systems are working, and identify actions to take if things do go wrong.

Position

  • Planning and execution of technical delivery as guided by your line manager or others within the team, ability to plan and manage your own time to meet deadlines.  This will be on a blend of contract, training and research projects. All work is undertaken in line with the requirements of our business management system. 
    • Responding to direct technical enquiries with support as appropriate using information retrieved from relevant sources.  This will include provision of consultancy and the performing of site audits/pre-audits.  The frequency and complexity of which will build with time and experience. 
    • Present training materials as the lead tutor or support tutor, as relevant, on both scheduled and client specific courses. 
    • Design and develop training course materials. 
    • Interpretation of results and preparation of client reports to agreed standards. 
  • Through implementation of business development strategies, stimulate areas of contract, training, and research in line with the focus area of the job. 
  • Preparing project proposals/tenders for clients to a level agreed with the line manager. 
  • Performing internal audits of the GSQ Department and site as required. 
Provide support to Global Safety and Quality Team Project Co-Ordinator on an as required basis and to deputise in absence.

Requirements

  • A graduate in a relevant scientific subject or equivalent (e.g. experience).
  • A technical knowledge of the food industry (science and technology) across multiple food sectors.  
  • Proven experience in a technical or quality role within food manufacturing or in food legislation enforcement.
  • Practical experience of at least one industrial food safety management standard would be an advantage.
  • Formal qualification in HACCP, Level 3 would be expected to fulfil the job requirements.
  • Practical experience and trained in auditing.
  • Training experience at least Train the Trainer level would be desirable to fulfil the job requirements.
  • Good verbal and broader communication skills to support business development, training and consultancy offerings.
  • Effective project and time management skills assuring effective delivery and compliance with business practices.
  • Full UK/EU driving licence.
  • IT literate - particularly a working knowledge of PowerPoint expected.

Benefits

  • All travel paid for client visits involving overnight stays as required by the client and internal needs.
  • Reward platform with employee discounts and rewards
  • 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
  • Buy and sell holiday scheme
  • A generous work save pension scheme, with employee contributions matched by the company up to 10%
  • Culture focus around work/life balance (early finish Fridays)
  • Subsidised onsite restaurant

Additional information:

The successful candidate must be able to travel both within the UK and internationally without any travel restrictions. 

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