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Food Safety & Quality ManagerPilgrim's Europe • Anwick, UK
Food Safety & Quality Manager

Food Safety & Quality Manager

Pilgrim's Europe • Anwick, UK
6 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Food Safety & Quality Manager
Location: Anwick

Are you a passionate food safety and quality professional looking to take the next step in your career? Pilgrim's Europe is seeking an experienced Food Safety & Quality Manager to lead food safety, quality, and compliance activities within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

This is a key leadership role responsible for maintaining the highest standards of product safety, legality, and quality while driving continuous improvement across the site.

What You'll Do

  • Lead and continuously improve the site's HACCP-based Food Safety & Quality Management System.
  • Ensure products consistently meet customer, legal, and food safety requirements.
  • Support successful new product and process introductions from concept to launch.
  • Lead customer, BRCGS, third-party, and regulatory audits, ensuring compliance and effective corrective actions.
  • Manage non-conforming products, customer complaints, product holds, and investigations.
  • Monitor hygiene, housekeeping, and factory standards through regular audits and inspections.
  • Analyse microbiological and chemical trends to identify risks and implement preventative actions.
  • Lead serious incident investigations, crisis management activities, and water quality programmes.
  • Manage, coach, and develop the Food Safety & Quality team.
  • Provide technical guidance and training across the site to promote a strong food safety culture.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality, compliance, and operational performance.

Essential Criteria

  • Degree qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, or a related discipline.
  • Proven experience within an FMCG food manufacturing environment.
  • Strong working knowledge of HACCP, BRCGS, Food Safety, Food Hygiene, and Food Legislation.
  • Experience leading customer, third-party, and regulatory audits.
  • Previous people management and team leadership experience.
  • Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong experience of root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
  • Ability to build effective relationships with customers, auditors, and stakeholders.

Desirable Criteria

  • Advanced Diploma in Applied HACCP Principles.
  • Advanced Food Hygiene qualification.
  • Internal Auditor qualification.
  • Project management, coaching, and training experience.
  • Experience managing customer technical relationships and responding to quality issues.

*We are currently unable to provide sponsorship*

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