Food Safety Lead - Tottenham, United Kingdom - Option A

Option A

Verified Company

Tottenham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

An exciting new opportunity has opened within this business for a Food Safety Lead, in this role you will be accountable for the maintenance and development of the site HACCP plans, other key responsibilities include customer complaint and internal incident investigation and resolution, driving continuous improvement and coaching the staff as required.

Responsibilities:

Periodically review all food safety procedures and instructions, to ensure they remain current.
Review requests to change FSMSrelated procedures and work instructions and direct the Food Safety Team through such reviews.
Manage Food Safety Team and ensure that processes needed for the FSMS are established, implemented and maintained.
Report to the Managing Director and top management on the performance of the FSMS and any need for improvement.
Ensure the promotion of awareness of customer requirements pertaining to food safety throughout the organization.
Develop the Company's prerequisite programs and ensure that PRPs are implemented, monitored and communicated to the appropriate parties and periodically review PRPs.
Assemble Food Safety Teams, as needed.
Prepare a Flow Diagram for each product or process category covered by Food Safety Management System and verify the accuracy of those diagrams.
Conduct hazard analysis.
Ensure that inspection requirements are included on Purchase Orders.
Evaluate suppliers' food safety systems; monitor and report on supplier food safety performance on an ongoing basis.
Review all rejections by the Food Inspector.
Review revisions to manufacturing practices, to ensure potential food safety hazards have been adequately addressed.
Confirming the nonconformity and determine the disposition of nonconforming materials.
Oversee the internal food safety audit program select internal audit personnel, review results of food safety audits, ensure that corrective actions are understood and supervise corrective actions are understood and supervise corrective actions.
Reporting on corrections and corrective actions taken at Management Review meetings.
Collect, analyse and publish measurement data to determine the root cause of process and product food safety problems and recommend action to resolve those problems.
Initiate and supervise product recalls, to ensure adequate implementation and effectiveness.
Supervise hazard analyses, report results of analyses to top management and periodically review food safetyrelated processes t ensure hazards are accounted for and controlled.
Reports directly to the organisation top management. Works in conjunction with production, logistics, goods in, warehousing and IT to ensure and improve food safety.
A Bachelor's degree in bioscience or food science is required, as is 5+ years of experience in a food processing environment.
Must have demonstrated ability to lead a team of 2 or more. Good communication skills and the ability to work well with people at all levels. Strong organisational, maths and multitasking skills.
Project management experience preferred.