Food Safety Auditor(AM Shift)

Danish Crown A/S; Bugle; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food producer in Bugle, Cornwall is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to join their food safety team. This role involves ensuring compliance with hygiene and safety standards in a food production environment. Responsibilities include conducting inspections, managing records, and performing internal audits. Ideal candidates have experience in quality assurance within the food industry. Competitive benefits and a full-time contract are offered.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Matched company pension scheme

Seasonal free meat boxes

Well-being programmes

Free parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Must have previous food safety experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Familiarity with food safety standards and auditing processes is required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct food quality inspections and verification of records.
• Calibrate equipment to ensure proper function.
• Manage incident reports and complaint investigations.
• Perform internal audits according to procedures.

Skills

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

Education

Level 2 Food Safety and HACCP training

Job description

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

Why come to Danish Crown?

• 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, toast and porridge
• Development opportunities for those that would like to progress in a global business

Job Opportunity

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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)

Work Details

Hours of work are Monday – Friday, 05:00 to 14:30, 42 hrs per week. Shift patterns may differ during initial training. Occasional weekends will be required during peak periods.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits include: 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

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.