Location: London
Overview
We’re working exclusively with an exciting, fast-moving food manufacturing & hospitality business that is looking for a Food Safety Executive to join the team and help keep food safety standards high across a growing multi-site operation. This is a hands-on role where you’ll be out across sites, conducting audits, coaching teams, supporting investigations and helping make sure food safety and health & safety standards are consistently followed.
Why this role?
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being out on site, working with people and solving problems rather than sitting behind a desk. You’ll have real responsibility for supporting teams across multiple locations, identifying issues and making sure they’re properly addressed. Working closely with the Quality & Safety Director, you’ll have the opportunity to influence food safety standards, develop teams and help drive improvements across the wider operation.
What will you be doing?
- Conducting regular internal audits across multiple sites.
- Supporting sites with audits, investigations and resolving food safety issues.
- Coaching and training teams on food safety, health & safety and risk assessments.
- Providing food safety and allergen training to large teams.
- Liaising with Environmental Health Officers and supporting EHO inspections.
- Designing quarterly safety audits based on data, trends, seasonality and emerging concerns.
- Completing reports following site visits and coaching sessions.
- Supporting investigations into food poisoning, accidents and foreign body allegations.
- Helping identify root causes and recommendations to prevent issues happening again.
- Supporting enforcement correspondence and ensuring actions are dealt with efficiently.
- Working with third-party suppliers covering areas such as pest control, chemicals and management systems.
- Ensuring HACCP documentation, hygiene standards and risk assessments are maintained to a high standard.
About the business
Our client is a fast-moving and growing food business with a multi-site operation across London and the wider UK. With ambitious plans for continued growth, maintaining consistently high food safety standards is a key priority for the business. You’ll be joining a dynamic team where food safety is taken seriously, but where you’ll also have the opportunity to work closely with operational teams and make a genuine difference on the ground.
Essential
- Previous experience in a food safety role within food manufacturing, QSR, hospitality or a similar environment.
- Strong experience conducting audits and supporting site teams.
- Strong knowledge of food safety, health & safety and HACCP.
- Experience dealing with EHO inspections and liaison.
- Experience delivering food safety and allergen training.
- Knowledge of pest control, hygiene and other food safety hazards.
- Strong attention to detail with a genuine commitment to maintaining high standards.
- A proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
- Confident communicating with teams at all levels.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Experience working across multiple sites would be beneficial.
What’s in it for you?
- A varied, hands-on food safety role across multiple sites.
- The opportunity to work closely with senior leadership.
- Genuine scope to influence and improve food safety standards.
- A fast-moving and diverse working environment.
- Regular team socials.
- Employee discounts and company products.
- Referral bonus scheme.
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