Food Safety Manager

Nestle; East Staffordshire; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Pension up to 12%

Flexible days (12) on top of 25-dayhol

Volunteer days (2)

Personal development focus

Job summary

Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is seeking a Food Safety Manager to lead the site?s food safety program within the Quality team. You will coordinate the food safety plan, from pathogen management to allergen control, ensuring rigorous hygiene and compliance across manufacturing.

You will drive verification, audits, investigations and corrective actions, coaching teams and contractors to sustain top-tier safety standards and continuous improvement across the site.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing or coordinating food safety programs in a manufacturing environment.
• Level 4 HACCP essential; knowledge of HACCP principles and food safety management systems.
• Experience with or knowledge of FSSC 22000 implementation is a plus.
• Ability to investigate incidents, identify root causes and drive corrective actions.
• Strong communication to coordinate with colleagues, contractors and external partners.
• Ability to train, coach and engage others on food safety and hygiene.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in related discipline (food science, microbiology, quality, science).
• Exposure to continuous improvement tools and structured problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate site food safety plan focusing on pathogen management, hygiene zoning, cleaning controls and allergen management.
• Maintain food safety and quality systems, including HACCP plans and compliance with FSSC 22000 and other requirements.
• Coordinate validation, monitoring and audit readiness to ensure controls remain effective and audit findings closed.
• Support investigations into microbiological and consumer-complaint issues and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Deliver training and coaching to employees and contractors to improve food safety and hygiene understanding.
• Use structured problem-solving and metrics to reduce defects and improve first-time-right performance and factory standards.

Skills

Food safety & quality

HACCP knowledge

Auditing & verification

Problem-solving

Communication & influence

Capability building

Education in food science or related

Continuous improvement

Site systems knowledge

Contractor coordination

Education

Degree in food science/microbiology/quality/science

Job description

• Food safety strategy: Coordinate the site food safety plan, with particular focus on pathogen management, foreign-body prevention, hygiene zoning, cleaning controls and allergen management.
• Standards and compliance: Maintain effective food safety and quality systems, including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point plans, and support compliance with FSSC 22000 and other applicable requirements.
• Verification and audit readiness: Coordinate validation, monitoring and audit activity so controls remain effective, findings are addressed promptly and the factory is ready for internal and external review.
• Incident prevention and response: Support investigations into microbiological, food safety and consumer complaint issues, helping teams identify root causes, complete corrective actions and prevent recurrence.
• Capability and engagement: Build food safety and hygiene understanding through training, coaching, induction activity and clear communications for employees and contractors.
• Continuous improvement: Use structured problem-solving and performance measures to reduce complaints, defects and non-conformities while improving first-time-right performance and factory standards.

Your ingredients for success

You will bring practical understanding of food safety and quality assurance in a manufacturing environment, alongside the ability to coordinate systems, influence others and turn findings into sustainable improvements.

• Food safety and quality: Experience of implementing or coordinating food safety programs within a food manufacturing environment.
• HACCP and standards: Level 4 HACCP is essential. Knowledge of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles, food safety management systems and relevant legal or certification requirements.
• Auditing and verification: Ability to plan or support audits, validation and verification activity, and follow findings through to effective closure. Experience with FSSC 22000 standard implementation and maintaining is an additional advantage.
• Problem-solving: Ability to investigate incidents or non-conformities, identify root causes and support corrective and preventive actions.
• Communication and influence: Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues, contractors and external partners, including escalating issues appropriately and constructively challenging where needed.
• Capability building: Ability to train, coach and engage others so food safety and hygiene standards are understood and consistently applied.
• Education: A degree or equivalent qualification in food science, microbiology, quality, science or a related discipline.
• Continuous improvement: Exposure to continuous improvement methods and structured problem-solving tools within manufacturing.
• Site systems: Knowledge of food safety and quality management data, food factory manufacturing processes, materials and product standards.
• Contractor coordination: Experience of working with specialist service providers such as pest control, cleaning, workwear or laundry contractors.

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Food Safety Manager to join our Quality team in a permanent, on-site position at our state-of-the-art Coffee Manufacturing plant in Tutbury, Derbyshire.

Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is one of the largest Nestlé factories in Europe after a £250 million investment over the last few years. The factory produces several of the most well-known Nescafé products in the world through freeze-dried, spray dried and pod coffee production technologies and is at the forefront of coffee production globally.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme - up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth.