Traveling Internal Auditor – Food Safety & Compliance

Thistle Seafoods Ltd; Boddam; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Thistle Seafoods Ltd is seeking an Internal Auditor to conduct comprehensive internal technical audits across our Boddam and Uddingston sites. The role requires regular travel and focuses on ensuring compliance with customer, BRC, and third-party standards.

You will maintain the audit matrix, manage non-conformances, and drive improvements through cross-functional collaboration while monitoring KPIs and reporting findings to the Quality & Compliance team.

Qualifications

• Willingness to travel between sites regularly.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills to manage audits.
• Strong communication, written and verbal, across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal technical audits at Boddam and Uddingston sites.
• Maintain audit matrix and audit frequencies, and manage non-conformance close-out.
• Report on internal audit KPIs and drive corrective actions with stakeholders.
• Support brand integrity and CSR through cross-department collaboration.
• Travel between sites to perform announced and unannounced audits.

Skills

Willingness to travel

Planning & organisation

Interpersonal communication

Attention to detail

Team player

Self-motivated

Work under pressure

Education

Lead Auditor qualification

HACCP certification

Job description

Thistle Seafoods Ltd is seeking an Internal Auditor to conduct comprehensive internal technical audits across our Boddam and Uddingston sites. The role requires regular travel and focuses on ensuring compliance with customer, BRC, and third-party standards.

You will maintain the audit matrix, manage non-conformances, and drive improvements through cross-functional collaboration while monitoring KPIs and reporting findings to the Quality & Compliance team.