Arla Foods Oakthorpe Dairy, N13 6DA

Monday to Friday, days based role

Arla Foods are looking for a Site Quality Coordinator to join the QEHS Team at our Dairy manufacturing site in Oakthorpe. Our Oakthorpe Dairy produces award winning milk and creams for our retail customers and the Quality Coordinator will work as part of the wider QEHS function to lead on technical compliance on site.

Benefits

• Competitive salary (salary discussed at application)
• 26 days holiday + bank holidays
• Annual Pay review
• Employer pension matched up to 6% (12% total contributory)
• 4 x annual life salary assurance
• Flexible Benefits- buy additional annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
• People agenda commitment to training and development
• Access to discounted Arla products
• Most importantly- a cheese hamper at Christmas!

What will the role involve?

Reporting into the site QEHS (Quality, Environmental and H&S) Manager, you will implement Arla Food’s QEHS standards and policies on site, ensuring that we maintain the relevant certifiable standards, customer demands, legislation and site standards in a cost- conscious manner.

• Contributes to ensure Arla Foods QEHS standards/policies, relevant certifiable standards, customer demands, legislation and site standards are implemented within area of responsibility.
• Contributes with specialist knowledge about products and/or processes in designated area of expertise.
• Participates in quality-related projects and shares specialist knowledge to deliver continuous improvement with respect to designated area of responsibility.
• Acts as a service provider or internal consultant by collecting and communicating relevant technical and quality information to help in problem solving and development in the business.
• Provides risk assessment and crisis management support when appropriate and contributes to the resolution of issues.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of the management system.
• Supports and drives development and maintenance of relevant data and databases.
• Gathers, monitors, analyses and reports on quality information and data.
• Provides relevant reports to site and business group management as applicable.
• Carries out internal and external audit.
• Coaches teams and individuals within the quality function at site.
• Liaises with customers in relation to reporting, investigating issues, complaints, queries and coordinating of customer audits to support and enhance customer satisfaction.

What you’ll need in order to be successful in the role

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Food Science or FMCG background, with a minimum of 1-3 years’ experience within a Technical or Quality function.
• Be an excellent communicator who has knowledge of customer and BRC standards.
• HACCP Level 4/ Food Safety Level 4 would be preferred.

Things we’d love to tell you about our Oakthorpe site

• Our Oakthorpe Dairy produces award winning milk and creams.
• When Oakthorpe was built, it involved the largest crane in Europe lifting the sterilized plant in which is why the roof is V shaped.

Things We’d Love To Tell You About Arla

• We are a farmer- owned cooperative. That means we are committed to partnering with farmers so they are guaranteed a fair price for their milk.
• We experimented with poo powered trucks (google it- you won’t regret it), and built the world’s first ever 100% carbon neutral dairy. All as part of our ongoing commitment to combatting climate change.
• We are the producer of Lurpak, one of the world’s most iconic butter brands.
• We are a Danish business, operating across the UK, Europe, Asia, The Middle East, North America, South America and other regions across the globe.

Next steps

Please apply using the link or reach out to Olivia Pine, Talent Partner at Arla Foods. The closing date for applications is 2nd May 2024.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency's terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.

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