Food Safety Auditor (QA) - PM Shift

Danish Crown A/S; Bugle; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company is seeking a Quality Assurance team member for their Cornwall site. The role involves ensuring compliance with hygiene and safety standards, conducting inspections, and collaborating closely with the production team. Ideal candidates have experience in food safety and strong communication skills. This full-time position offers a salary of £30,000 and 42 hours of work per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional weekends during peak periods.

Benefits

28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave

Enhanced company sick pay

Matched company pension scheme

Seasonal free meat boxes

Well-being programmes

Employee Assistance Programme

Free parking

Free hot drinks

Subsidised canteen

Development opportunities

Company events

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discount

Life insurance

Referral programme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a quality assurance or food safety role within a chilled food production environment.
• Understanding of CCP’s and procedures.
• Level 2 Food Safety and HACCP training (Beneficial).

Responsibilities

• Conduct factory food quality inspections and verify factory records.
• Calibrate equipment and collect swabs and samples.
• Assist the Compliance Manager as required.

Skills

Quality assurance experience

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Computer skills with Microsoft Word and Excel

Job description

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.

• 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
• Subsidised canteen
• Development opportunities for those that would like to progress in a global business
• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Life insurance
• Referral programme

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

Experience Required

• 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 (Benificial)

Specifics

• Hours of work are Monday – Friday
• 14:30 - midnight
• 42 hours per week
• Salary £30,000
• Shift patterns may differ during initial training
• Occasional weekends will be required during peak periods
• Job Types: Full‑time, Permanent

Requirements

• 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

Leadership Principles

• Totality: We always put the overall interests of the company first, sacrifice our own targets for the greater good, and actively resist silo culture.
• Talent: We always select the strongest team, prioritize diversity, and dare to hire people who are more skilled than we are.
• Ambition: We set ambitious targets and do not get excited about easily achieved green numbers, and we dare to “lean out” in the pursuit of better results.
• Trust: We fight every day against the “zero‑mistake culture” and accept that mistakes are part of our professional and personal development journey.
• Followership: We strive daily to create followership from our employed colleagues and act as role models by living out our values and leadership principles.