Food Manufacturing jobs in United Kingdom

About the Role:

Who are we, and what do we do?

You may not have heard of us, but there’s a good chance you’ve enjoyed our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well-known restaurants.

We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.

A little about our Telford site:

Our advanced manufacturing site in Telford, is one of ourmain processing facilities, processing up to 1.5 million birds per week. There are over 1,200 talented people employed at our Telford site, helping us to deliver high quality products to our customers and making the business a trusted leader in fresh foods.

We’ve recently invested £2.3 million in technology and equipment, making it one of the most advanced food manufacturing facilities in the UK.

About the Role:

The purpose of this role is to maintain accurate and up to date training documentation for all employees across the Midlands sites and provide administrative support to the Training Function.

Main Accountabilities and Duties:

• Responsible for maintaining training records across the hub through relevant systems / saving of records
• Coordinate provision and renewal of mandated operational licences to include; First Aiders, Fire Marshall, Mental Health, raising purchase orders as required
• Arrange and distribute training materials
• Support the facilitation and organisation of site delivered training
• Monitor / purchase licences for Food Safety to ensure compliance is maintained
• Support the setup of the Training plan for the year for refreshable operational training to ensure compliance
• Produce Monthly Training KPIs, monitoring compliance against core SOPs (focussed on offline training)
• Review feedback from Day 1, Day 2, Week 2 check ins and monitor and highlight trends with Line Managers / HR Manager to drive actions / improvements
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training programmes using surveys, questionnaires, interviews and by observation, in order to plan future courses or to amend existing ones
• Manage functional skills training with the training provider in line with site requirements

General Provisions

• Ensure information is treated as confidential.
• Participate and promote the Avara Vision and Values.
• To comply with and promote all Avara policies and procedures
• Ensure that the Health and Safety Policies, Standard Operating Procedures are properly managed and adhered to at all times
• Ensure that food safety, integrity, legality and quality applies at all times and in all areas of our business
• Ensure biosecurity processes and procedures are adhered to (where appropriate) to protect birds from disease and maintain food safety.
• Ensure that the training and, development needs of any subordinate staff are identified and addressed, and contribute generally to the development of an overall learning culture within the company.
• Ensure that delivery of agreed SLA standards is maintained where appropriate.
• Participate as necessary in appropriate shifts and on-call duty rotas, if applicable.
• Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time.
• The duties of the post and job description will be regularly reviewed by the line manager.

What you will need to succeed:

• Self-motivated and able to adapt to different circumstances
• Confident user of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Communicate and share, clearly and openly
• Good attention to detail whilst working at pace
• Strong influencing skills
• Planning and Organising
• Passion for improvement
• Team Player, with the ability to work on own initiative

The benefits of working for Avara Foods:

As a Training Administratoryou will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.

We offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your long-term career with us. You can also look forward to benefits that amongst other things, include the following:

• Competitive Salary
• 31days holiday allowance
• Secure contract with long term career development opportunities
• Subsidised staff canteen serving hot food
• Access to our Employee benefit Scheme

What happens after you apply for this role?

After you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a Resourcing Officer at our Telford site, to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.