Compliance Advisor

Costa Coffee; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

Share Investment Plan (SIP)

Private medical cover

Pension with contributions matched

Costa perks

Job summary

Costa Coffee is seeking a Compliance Advisor for the Basildon Roastery on a 12-month maternity cover, blending home and site work in a hybrid setup. You will drive safety, compliance, and continuous improvement across production, ensuring ISO 45001 and Coca-Cola KORE standards are met, while training teams and reporting metrics.

The role emphasizes risk assessment, incident investigations, and delivering engaging safety programs to protect colleagues and contractors in a dynamic manufacturing

Qualifications

• Proven Health & Safety, Compliance or Quality experience in manufacturing.
• NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent required.
• Experience leading audits, incident investigations and improvements.
• Strong communication and reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Champion health, safety and compliance at the Basildon Roastery.
• Lead risk assessments, audits, inspections and investigations.
• Maintain ISO 45001 and Coca-Cola KORE compliance requirements.
• Deliver safety training and build capability across teams.
• Monitor key safety metrics and report to leaders and stakeholders.

Skills

Health & Safety experience

Stakeholder management

Audits & investigations

Data analysis & reporting

Communication skills

Education

NEBOSH Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Compliance Advisor (12 month Mat Cover) - Basildon Roastery (Hybrid)

At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft. We’re reimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go – we’ve got you covered.

The Roastery Compliance Advisor plays a vital role in creating and maintaining a safe, compliant, and high-performing production environment across Costa Production. Working closely with teams across the business, this role is responsible for managing day-to-day health and safety compliance, driving continuous improvement initiatives, maintaining key compliance standards including ISO 45001 and Coca-Cola KORE requirements, and ensuring robust risk management, auditing, training, and reporting processes are in place. The role helps protect colleagues, visitors, and contractors while supporting operational excellence and a strong culture of safety across the Basildon Production facility.

Our teams make a difference. Whether that’s working on new tech for the perfect pour, helping our teams grow, creating award-winning campaigns, crunching the numbers, or developing the latest exciting menu item; together, we stir up success.

We may be a global brand, but we haven’t forgotten our roots. That’s where the Costa Foundation and our fantastic community agenda come in. Whatever your role, you can help us change lives in coffee growing communities and help your local community too.

We also want to help you grow in your career through amazing experiences, our apprenticeship scheme, and development programmes. At Costa, you can go beyond the day‑to‑day.

And as a Roastery Compliance Advisor, there’s never been a better time to join.

So, why Costa?

We didn’t become a global coffee brand by sitting back. When you work here, you join a community that values passion, progression and integrity, with some pretty brilliant perks to sweeten the deal:

• Own a piece of Costa’s success by becoming a share owner in Coca-Cola with our Share Investment Plan (SIP)
• An annual discretionary bonus scheme, based on business results and individual contribution.
• A smart pension that saves you money on tax and national insurance, and matches your contributions up to 10%
• The Costa Financial Support Fund, supporting team members who find themselves in unexpected financial pressure
• 50% discount in all Costa-owned stores, and 25% off in other participating stores
• Private medical cover thanks to our Private Healthcare scheme
• And that’s not all. Explore even more of our perks here: https://bit.ly/costaperks

We’re passionate about being a great place to work, where you can bring your unique self into our mix. We firmly support diversity, equity and inclusion, and continue to work with our teams to shape the future of our culture and values: Disciplined to Deliver, Passion for Progress, Win with Warmth, Courage to Challenge and Trusted Team Players.

What you’ll do:

Being a Roastery Compliance Advisor is about so much more than keeping us compliant. It's your opportunity to champion a culture of safety, drive continuous improvement, and help create an environment where our people, visitors and operations can thrive. In this role, you will:

• Champion health, safety and compliance across the Production site, ensuring colleagues, visitors and contractors can work safely and confidently.
• Lead risk assessments, audits, inspections and incident investigations, driving continuous improvement and best practice in health and safety.
• Maintain and improve compliance systems and standards, ensuring adherence to ISO 45001 and Coca-Cola KORE requirements.
• Deliver engaging safety training, build capability across teams and promote a strong culture of accountability and compliance.
• Monitor and report key health and safety metrics, partnering with leaders, suppliers and stakeholders to identify risks, implement improvements and support operational excellence.

Who you are:

It’s your unique ingredients we’re interested in:

• Proven experience in Health & Safety, Compliance or Quality roles within a manufacturing, production or food manufacturing environment.
• A recognised Health & Safety qualification (such as NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent), with strong knowledge of risk assessment and compliance processes.
• Experience conducting audits, incident investigations and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety and compliance standards.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, train and engage colleagues at all levels.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail, confidence using Microsoft Office, and the ability to analyse and report compliance and Health & Safety data.

Where you’ll work:

Right now, our Roastery work flexibly, blending home working with in‑person time whenever it matters most – whether that’s a team moment, a creative session, or simply coming together to share ideas.

For any reasonable adjustments and general queries, please get in touch with the recruitment team.