Food Safety Specialist

1 month ago

Manchester, United Kingdom The Co-operative Full time
Job Title: Food Safety Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Food Safety Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our Technical Services department, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with industry regulations and managing food safety and integrity incidents.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage the implementation of the Food Technical strategy within our Business to Business (B2B) operations.
  • Support food safety and integrity incidents for NISA, coordinate enforcement referrals, escalate customer complaints, and maintain Co-op's Primary Authority relationship.
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to build strong professional relationships while successfully managing projects, presenting on behalf of the business, and proactively managing risk to protect the business and customers.
  • Provide technical support and guidance on all system management issues, ensuring seamless operations.
  • Support on NISA Technical regulation and ensure legal compliance is maintained across the business.
  • Manage all technical queries for NISA, including product recalls, withdrawals, and food authenticity.
  • Oversee Organic Certification for all NISA depots and Head Office, ensuring compliance with standards.

Requirements:

  • Food Tech or Food Science degree, or equivalent technical experience with a retail, hospitality, food services, or manufacturing.
  • A Food Safety Qualification - HACCP/GMP/Hygiene.
  • Strong understanding of microbiology and nutrition.
  • Ability to manage risk and compliance within all areas of the role, including queries and issues.
  • Strong communication and networking skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong organisational skills and able to multi-task projects.
  • A data-driven person, who is able to understand and interpret large amounts of datasets efficiently.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary
  • Coaching, training, and support to help you develop
  • Pension with up to 10% employer contributions
  • Annual incentive scheme
  • Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
  • 28 days holiday (rising to 32 in line with service)
  • Discounts on Co-op products and services

About Us:

We're proud to do things a different way at Co-op. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. We're actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

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