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We are Pilgrim’s Food Masters, part of the Pilgrim’s family since September 2021, (previously part of Kerry Foods) and we have a proud history of developing brilliant food for our customers and consumers that is enjoyed in millions of UK and Irish homes every year.

The wider Pilgrim’s company employs around 60,000 people across the globe and we’re one of the world’s biggest food companies. We aim to become the best and most respected company in our industry creating the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our Pilgrim’s Food Masters portfolio includes famous brands that are some of the UK and Irelands favourites, such as Denny, Galtee, Richmond and Fridge Raiders. We are the UK’s biggest producer of prepared meals, making delicious chilled and frozen ready meals for every major supermarket in the UK. And our Accelerator business includes newer brands like Rollover Hot Dogs and Oakhouse Meals that target different consumer groups in unique ways.

We strive every day to make Pilgrim’s Food Master’s a safe, healthy and happy place to work for all of our 4,500 employees. We will give full and equal consideration to all applicants regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion and sexual orientation. Continuing to build a diverse workforce is fundamental to our business and we value the critical role it plays in creating a truly inclusive workplace

Role Description

Provide technical support and advise to the operational team to ensure current KFMS and customer requirements are maintained and enhanced where appropriate.

Work with the technical and operation teams and other functional areas to build effective relationships, develop trust and promote a food safety & quality first culture thus enabling the effective and sustainable transfer of food safety & quality systems to factory work streams.

Provide verification that the transfer of ownership to the factory work streams has been effective through process or GMP audits.

Responsibilities

• Managing a team of 4.
• Ensure compliance in all production areas against sites own internal KFMS standards (including all CCP’s)
• Check that operational standards within the operational teams is adhered to through layered confirmation, GMP audits or visual assessments.
• Confirm the sites adherence to customer standards through auditing of product and operational processes against customer codes of practise.
• Continuously improve standards – be involved with the implementation of new, amended or revised internal, externals or customer requirements ensuring that they are understood and complied with by the operational teams.
• Conduct additional work as required to ensure operational compliance to any standards that the company wish to comply to, for e.g - Health & Safety and Environmental Management Systems.
• Raise non-conformances against the business where non-conformance is identified during review of operational practice.
• Compile customer complaints data and enter into the relevant database to produce usable trend data for the factory teams.
• Work with Ops teams to agree complaint actions plans and ensure implementation of actions agreed.

Qualifications (Accredited)

• Food Safety, HACCP or equivalent experience level.

We want you to have every opportunity to shine and show us your talents - please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the assessment process works for you!

Why Join Pilgrim’s Food Masters
Our values are at the heart of our business and drive everything we do. Availability is key as we are receptive and open and prepared to take on new challenges. Humility is important to us as we listen and respect each other and value opinions of others. Discipline is vital to fulfil commitment internally and externally. We need to be truthful to each other and respectful of other opinions, so Sincerity drives us. At Pilgrim’s we focus on what’s practical and important so through Simplicity, Ownership and Determination brings success. All these core values culminate into our vision which is: To be the best and most respected company in our industry, creating the opportunity of a better future for our team members.