Safety, Quality & Hygiene Specialist

Campden BRI; Chipping Campden; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Safety, Quality and Hygiene Specialist to enhance hygiene standards and operational efficiency for food manufacturers. The role involves technical delivery, consultancy, and training, along with a focus on food safety management systems. Candidates must be graduates with extensive knowledge in food safety and hygiene practices.

Benefits

Employee discounts and rewards

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Buy and sell holiday scheme

Generous pension scheme with company contributions

Work/life balance focus

Subsidised onsite restaurant

Qualifications

• Graduate in a relevant scientific subject or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in a technical or quality management role within food manufacturing.
• Formal qualification in HACCP, Level 4 preferred.

Responsibilities

• Technical delivery of research and contract outputs to agreed service levels.
• Delivery of training courses on-site and off-site.
• Answer technical enquiries on food hygiene topics.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

HACCP

Training

Education

Graduate in a relevant scientific subject

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Consulting Technology

Supporting food manufacturers and retailers with product innovation including: rheology, new product development, value optimisation, instructional development, pilot plant, quality and food safety manufacturing, thermal processing, new technologies, and regulatory affairs.

Global Quality & Safety Team

Campden BRI offer consultancy services, auditing and training to support food & drink manufacturers, retailers and suppliers with all food safety & quality concerns. Food quality management systems help to ensure that products are safe and fit for purpose. Food quality management uses tools, such as HACCP and auditing, to describe processes, analyse what could go wrong, put procedures in place to prevent things going wrong, check the systems are working, and identify actions to take if things do go wrong.

We're looking for a Safety, Quality and Hygiene Specialist who will support the team to deliver and develop factory hygiene services through consultancy and testing in key areas such as cleaning in place systems (CIP) personnel hygiene, hygienic design, building and air handling systems, environmental sampling, cleaning and disinfection validation, training, and troubleshooting. The role involves a combination of research and contract services, contributing to the continuous improvement of hygiene standards and operational efficiency.

Position

• Technical delivery of both research and contract outputs to agreed service levels.
• Supporting Business development and external marketing.
• Delivery of training courses -both on -site at Campden BRI and off -site at client premises.
• Answering technical enquiries on food hygiene topics.
  
  

Requirements

• A graduate in a relevant scientific subject or equivalent (e.g. experience).
• A technical knowledge of the food industry (science and technology) across multiple food sectors.
• Proven experience in a technical or quality management role within food manufacturing or in food legislation enforcement.
• Practical experience of at least one industrial food safety management standard would be an advantage.
• Formal qualification in HACCP, Level 4 would be expected to fulfil the job requirements.
• Practical experience and trained in auditing.
• Training experience at least Train the Trainer level would be expected to fulfil the job requirements.
• Good verbal and broader communication skills to support business development, training and consultancy offerings.
• Effective project and time management skills assuring effective delivery and compliance with business practices.
• Full UK/EU driving licence.
• IT literate - particularly a working knowledge of PowerPoint expected.
  
  

Benefits

• Reward platform with employee discounts and rewards
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Buy and sell holiday scheme
• A generous work save pension scheme, with employee contributions matched by the company up to 10%
• Culture focus around work/life balance (early finish Fridays)
• Subsidised onsite restaurant
  
  

Additional Information

We foresee this role involving travelling to clients, UK and Europe. We expect the successful candidate to be at our site in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire 2-3 times per week as required, when not travelling to clients.