Market Leading Food Manufacturer now looking to recruit...
BASED POOLE, DORSET
PERMANENT POSITION
ROLE
Purpose:
To ensure the site is compliant with customer and legal requirements on food safety and quality; ensuring products and environment are safe with quality up to agreed customer standards.
Main Duties:

• Management of microbiological and chemistry testing schedule and trending for water, products, ingredients and environment to ensure compliance with customers and legal requirements
  
• Lead the in-house HACCP team to ensure that the HACCP study for site is up to date and correct controls are in place
  
• Management of the quality taste panel and ensure that all products are panelled via the taste panel or taste as you go
  
• Lead investigation of any quality issue or complaint and product approval for customer and brand standard samples.
  
• Be the Quantitative Ingredient Declaration expert for site and lead investigation, corrective action and customers enquires.
  
• Manage technical quality equipment to ensure correct working condition
  
• Manage artwork, packaging verification and approval to ensure new artwork are compliant to customer and legal requirements
  
• Stock management of testing swabs and budget testing management.
  
• Support internal auditing on site by conducting audit with accordance to annual schedule and close out non-conformances
  CANDIDATE
  
• 2 years' minimum of microbiological experiences and lab testing method
  
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in the food industry
  
• HACCP level 4
  
• Food Safety level 3 (minimum)
  
• Food Information Regulations (FIR) knowledge
  
• Experience in management of testing schedule and artwork approval
  
• Budget forecast experience for testing
  BENEFITS
  
• 30 days annual leave, plus 3 bank holidays
  
• Free on-site car park
  
• Subsidised on-site canteen
  
• 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
  
• Online and High-street retailer discount scheme and well-being portal
  
• Employee well-being and community support groups
  
• Charity Initiatives and Team events
  
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid
  Mon- Fri, 8am- 5pm
  Salary: £35,690