Quality & Food Safety Specialist

Slough - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Job Summary

Job Description:

Following a career move a vacancy in the SLO site Q&FS team has come up reporting to Slough Site Q&FS Manager.

The core responsibility of this role is to continuously improve the site food safety management systems to enable the reliable delivery of safe products that meet all external legislative requirements and all internal addition to the role is the Q&FS lead on site capital projects providing the in depth technical Q&FS expertise into the vision and realisation of these site projects.

Location: Slough UK full-time on-site 5/2

Salary: 49000 - 57000 (depending on the knowledge & experience) annual bonus benefits

What are we looking for

Knowledge

Knowledge of HACCP FSSC 22000 and quality & food safety management systems.
Good understanding of Food microbiology.
Good understanding of Allergen management
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Education

Bachelor or Master Degree in Microbiology / Food Technology / Quality Management or other relevant technical discipline.

Experience

Project management & organising skills.
Food Safety related working experience (minimum 3 years) in food industry.
Sound risk management skills.
Auditing

What will be your key responsibilities

Food Safety standards owner at site level:

Leads site insights into Food Safety standard development with regional and global Q&FS teams.
Calibrates understanding of Food Safety standards and best practices with the Regional food safety community and across the regional network.
Ensures deployment of Food Safety standards to the factory environment through leading workstreams and partnership with supply.
Develops and deploys site specific food safety standards processes and risk assessments.
Provides necessary communication to stakeholders and reporting on Q&FS standards implementation and compliance to the regional network.
Supports capital project workstreams as the voice of Q&FS to ensure hygienic design and manufacture.
Engages local stakeholders around the upcoming changes (Operations IE Engineering/Maintenance HSE etc.).
Owner of standards verification on a regular basis and revisions if deviations are identified.

Custodian of Food Safety on site in projects and daily activities in the factory:

Provides expert input in risk analysis dedicated to the activities /changes implemented on site.
Provides expert input in Food Safety related incidents and leads creation of relevant preventive actions.
Provides risk based recommendation on site wide food safety non-conformances and deviations.
Site representative in regional Food Safety related communities of practice.
Internal auditor of Q&FS management system on site.

What can you expect from Mars

Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose-driven company where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry-competitive salary and benefits package including a company bonus.

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Job Description:Following a career move a vacancy in the SLO site Q&FS team has come up reporting to Slough Site Q&FS Manager.The core responsibility of this role is to continuously improve the site food safety management systems to enable the reliable delivery of safe products that meet all externa...