Technical Compliance Coordinator

The Role

You will be site champion for systems, audit programmes and compliance to customer, industry and legal codes of practice and standards.
Custodian of the site Quality Management System (QMS) and driving and developing robust factory compliance standards from supplier intake to finished product on the factory lines.
Responsible for the Intake of Raw materials delivered to site.
To be responsible for the site Technical Service operations and performance delivery to internal and external KPI's for the site and customer respectively.

Company Information

Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.
With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.
At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.
Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.
Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the worldIf you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.

Key Accountabilities

• Supports the Technical Manager in setting site food allergen management protocols compliant to internal and external codes of practice.

• Manages internal audit programmes and training, keeps abreast of new standards, and ensures implementation down to factory line level. Establishes clear compliance framework and provides governance to ensure standards are implemented effectively - "audit ready".
• Site "Subject matter expert" for food law and legal compliance. Keeps up to date with new requirements aligned to group policies/implementation standards.
• Leads the management of internal and customer specifications and document control. Familiar with retailer specification and compliance platforms.
• Ensures minimum testing frequencies for our customers are maintained.
• Maintains detailed logs of Product and Environmental tests carried out and ensures the contract laboratory receives all samples correctly identifiable, including individual tests required.
• Ensures that environmental sampling, swabs are completed to pre-determined schedules. Maintains and updates schedules as required.
• Ensures routine information from testing is summarised and trended and available to the technical Manager, and customers on request.
• Ensures out of specification results are reported promptly to the Technical Manager and records action taken.
• Maintains and controls customer Certificates of Conformances/Analyses.
• Site allergen risk assessments 100% up to date and compliant to industry/customer codes of practice as verified through compliance audit programme
• QMS implemented to factory reflects latest legal and customer requirements down to line operating procedures and training

Skills and Experience Required

• BSc. Food related subject/or science degree with relevant food experience (Advantageous)
• Minimum of 5 years chilled food industry experience (ideally cooked meats ready to eat high risk products or multi component chilled foods) with demonstrable record/impact on audit success.
• Appropriate training in food legislation
• Ideally Level 4 Food Safety/Hygiene advanced

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive Contributory Pension
• Online Benefits Hub
• Life assurance scheme
• Free onsite parking