Food Safety - Compliance Technologist

Ocado Logistics; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health care coverage

Work-life balance

Employee discounts

Recognition programme

Job summary

A leading logistics company in the UK seeks a Food Safety - Compliance Technologist to enhance food safety and quality cultures across facilities. The role includes providing technical support, compliance guidance, and training, while working with stakeholders to create best practices. Candidates should have a food science degree or equivalent experience, and familiarity with food audits is preferred.

Qualifications

• Degree in food science or relevant industry experience.
• Experience in food manufacturing and/or retail audits.
• Advanced Food Hygiene certification within 12 months.
• Advanced HACCP certification within 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Champion food safety and quality culture within the company.
• Engage with stakeholders to improve Food Safety Management Systems.
• Develop and share best practices in food safety.
• Provide guidance and training to stakeholders on compliance.
• Review quality systems and conduct microbiological testing.
• Work with sites to develop technical process documents to translate policy into operational procedures and safe systems of work.
• Review the quality systems and oversee the microbiological sampling and testing programme.
• Conduct regular reviews to ensure compliance with our food safety management system and safety standards.
• Regularly review the food safety training and contribute to developing the training programme.
• Use data insight to develop a meaningful action plan to improve engagement in, and understanding & appreciation of, food safety and quality within the business.
• Working with the Technical Policy and Compliance team to review audit results and trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Skills

Food safety expertise

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Compliance knowledge

Education

Food science degree or equivalent

Job description

About the role

Join Ocado Logistics as a Food Safety - Compliance Technologist to champion food safety and quality culture across our warehouses and delivery operations. You will be the go‑to person for sites and service providers to ensure on‑site compliance processes are understood, fit for purpose and completed correctly.

Responsibilities

• Champion food safety and quality culture in the business and provide technical support on compliance.
• Engage with stakeholders across the business and third parties to identify, evaluate and implement continuous improvement related to Food Safety Management Systems, quality standards and business compliance.
• Develop food safety and product safety excellence through identifying and sharing best practice.
• Provide guidance, coaching and training to key stakeholders and ensure compliance requirements are met and processes completed correctly.
• Contribute to the delivery of the business’ risk‑based technical compliance audit schedule.
• Work with sites to develop technical process documents to translate policy into operational procedures and safe systems of work.
• Review the quality systems and oversee the microbiological sampling and testing programme.
• Conduct regular reviews to ensure compliance with our food safety management system and safety standards.
• Regularly review the food safety training and contribute to developing the training programme.
• Use data insight to develop a meaningful action plan to improve engagement in, and understanding & appreciation of, food safety and quality within the business.
• Working with the Technical Policy and Compliance team to review audit results and trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Food science (or similar) degree – or equivalent industry experience.
• Experienced in food manufacture and/or retail audits.
• Advanced Food Hygiene (or to be attained within 12 months of role commencement).
• Advanced HACCP (or to be attained within 12 months of role commencement).

Benefits & Compensation

Ocado Logistics offers a competitive salary, extensive health care coverage and a comprehensive benefits package that includes a healthy work‑life balance, exclusive employee discounts and an award‑winning recognition programme.

Equal Opportunity

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age or disability or union membership status.