Food Safety Auditor(AM Shift) Job Details | Danish Crown Group

Danish Crown; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food company located in St. Austell seeks a Food Safety Auditor for its Cornwall site. The candidate will conduct inspections, manage quality assurance tasks, and collaborate closely with the production team to maintain high food safety standards. This factory-based position requires strong communication skills and experience in food safety, with a work schedule of Monday to Friday from 05:00 to 14:30.

Benefits

28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Matched company pension scheme

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a quality assurance or food safety role in chilled food production is essential.
• Level 2 Food Safety and HACCP training is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Conduct factory food quality inspections and verify records.
• Perform calibration of equipment and collect samples.
• Manage incidents and assist the Compliance Manager.

Skills

Excellent communication and reporting skills

Ability to conduct internal audits

Attention to detail under pressure

Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel

Job description

Food Safety Auditor (AM Shift)

Why come to Danish Crown? Here’s a few reasons for you to think about.

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

Who is Danish Crown?

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

Area of responsibility

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.

Specific tasks

• 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)

Specifics

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.

Benefits

• 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

Danish Crown is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.