Compliance Co-ordinator FTC 12 months

New England Seafood International; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Sealaska Constructors is seeking a Quality Systems Lead to own and maintain our technical controls ensuring food safety obligations are met across Ready to Cook and Ready to Eat lines. You will oversee QMS, document control, and regulatory compliance on site at Grimsby.

You will lead audits, manage external laboratories, and support continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring accurate data collection, trends, and timely action on any non-conformities.

Qualifications

• Experience in the food industry, technical and quality roles preferred.
• Knowledge of food legislation, labeling, nutrition and allergen information.
• Able to communicate across all levels and functions.
• Interpret the technical agenda with precision.
• Flexible, multitask, and able to work under pressure.
• Understanding of HACCP and technical systems.

Responsibilities

• Custodian of technical systems to meet food safety obligations and certifications.
• Manage and review processes for food safety and QMS for Ready to Cook products.
• Ensure documentation controls are updated and compliant.
• Maintain data collection, identify trends, escalate issues.
• Lead audits, QA checks, GMP, and labelling compliance.
• Oversee external labs and customer/retailer reporting.
• Support crisis management, mock recalls, and KPI meetings.
• Drive continuous improvement in quality and food safety culture.

Skills

Strong communicator

Collaborative

Flexibility & multitasking

Interpret technical agenda

Education

Degree in Food Science or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Word/Excel

Job description

Role Purpose

This role will be the custodian of all technical systems that confirm our food safety obligations and commitment are being met for New England Seafood, our customers and external certification bodies

Key Accountabilities

Manages, and reviews processes to deliver and continuously improve the company’s food safety and QMS system for Ready to Cook and Raw Ready to Eat.

To ensure that correctly documented technical controls are operated within the site and kept up to date with any amendments being issued in a timely manner.

Ensures factory traceability and process control paperwork is compliant.

Understand any changes in legal requirements, codes of practices, and industry standards; the impact on sites and QMS, ensuring compliance

Maintaining accurate data collection, identifying trends, and escalating when intervention is required. I.e., complaints out of spec micro, Taste panel, serious complaints.

Site contact and management of external laboratories

Develops and monitors internal auditing systems i.e., QA checks, GMP audits, NESI manufacturing Standards, Process audits etc ensuring audits are completed to schedule through reporting statistics via Tier 3 and 4 meetings.Manages taste panels, results and feedback including monthly store buy backs.

Completes and/or supports benchmarking sessions.

Manages complaint data, investigations, and close outs in a timely manner.

Reviews sampling results & taking appropriate action where necessary.

Updates to the Speciation risk assessment, review of artwork and QMS are made in a timely manner to ensure successful launches

Leads the quarterly brand integrity reviews and customer consistency panelsEnsure good preparation for successful technical visits.

As and when required to lead thorough investigation and root cause identification of quality and safety issues. Where corrective action plans are identified, facilitate the completion and implementation of actions to prevent reoccurrence

Provides new and innovative insights. Through continuous improvement, challenge methods and techniques that change the way processes and systems operate.

Manage the completion of all retailer reports and internal monthly board report.

Manage and prepare all technical data required for customer KPI meetings, to ensure that processes are in place that maintain and support authenticity claims.

Ad-hoc project work as gaps identified,

Work with site technical leads to meet technical objectives

Work in multifunctional team to provide trend and to support Food Safety Culture initiatives.

Support team in the Crisis Management Situation, Mock Recalls and data collection.

Identify cost saving initiatives as work is progressed Attend and actively participate on Daily Cross - functional meetings reporting Technical KPI’s and instigating actions when required.

Daily presence in factory floor, work collaboratively with Operations and Engineering teams driving improvements on Quality and Food Safety Controls and Culture.

Experience an Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent in a Food Science or related discipline is preferred
• Experience within the food industry, Technical and Quality preferable.
• Knowledge of food legislation, labelling, nutritional and allergen information
• A strong communicator with a conscientious and diligent attitude
• Ability to deal with colleagues across all levels and functions of the business
• Can interpret the technical agenda
• The ability to be flexible, multitask and work well under pressure
• An understanding of technical systems including HACCP
• Competency in Microsoft Word/Excel