Technical Compliance Officer
Job Type : Contract, Full Time
Salary :
Technical Compliance Officer (Maternity Cover)
Job Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical & Compliance Officer to join our team for a maternity cover contract at Agrial Fresh Farms in Colchester. Your primary role will be to ensure the maintenance and development of our farm food safety and quality management systems. You'll ensure compliance with plans and the maintenance of records such that customer requirements are fulfilled and certification is maintained.
Working hours: Full time*
*A full time role is available, however we also encourage applications from candidates who would be interested in flexible working patterns or part time hours.
About Us
Agrial Fresh Farms Ltd is one of four UK based sites owned by the French co-operative group, Agrial. Agrial has operations across 18 regions with 280 farming outlets and it's not just about lettuce!
Our Agrial Fresh Farms site is an Integrated farming operation based in Colchester, Essex. The salad farm provides baby leaf year-round to the UK, grown in polytunnels, and whole head and outdoor crops throughout the summer. The produce is supplied into our UK sites for processing and distribution.
All 4 UK sites operate under the name of Agrial Fresh Produce Limited and fall under Agrial's vegetable division. The business is more recognisable in the UK by its Florette salad brand and we are now one of the UK’s leading producers in the industry. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team.
Main Responsibilities
* Manage, maintain and develop the food safety and quality management systems.
* Manage, maintain and develop the internal audit schedule – recruiting and training auditors and performing audits as required.
* Producing spray and fertiliser plans to ensure safe harvest date
* Lead for ethical and social responsibility on farm. Ensuring continued SEDEX and Grasp compliance.
* Maintaining all records (e.g. spray records, planting and drilling information) pertinent to demonstrating compliance and readily available to the appropriate standard for audit.
* Preparing for customer technical audits and visits.
* Lead for technical and compliance audits on site.
* Keeping up to date with the appropriate standards, Leaf, Global Gap+, Sedex, Red Tractor etc. to ensure our systems remain fit for purpose making improvements where required.
Skills and Experience Required
* Understanding of farm standards and their application e.g. RT, Leaf, Global Gap +
* Basis registered with good agronomic pesticide application knowledge.
* Health & Safety IOSH.
* I.T. literacy and key User for farm I.T. systems.
What You Will Get In Return
A competitive salary commensurate with your experience and a range of employee benefits you’d expect from a market leading business, including:
* Life Assurance – three times your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme: providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.
* A flexible & competitive annual leave entitlement that increases with service and offers an option to purchase additional holiday.
* Personalised training and development.
* Employee discount and salary finance schemes.
* Recognition awards and an annual volunteering day.
Next Steps
It’s an exciting time to join our business! If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want a new challenge in a company experiencing success we would love for you to join us on our journey!
Please apply directly or alternatively contact Liza Crane, Recruitment Officer for a totally confidential discussion.
Note to recruitment agencies: this role is being handled by the company HR team and no agency contact is required.
Agrial Fresh Produce reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.
Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer. In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job – the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer
More Information
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