Agricultural Compliance Officer

Agricultural Compliance Officer

(Cranswick Country Foods, Hull or Watton)

Summary

Cranswick is a leading food producer in the UK, renowned for its commitment to excellence, sustainability, and animal welfare. We are currently seeking an experienced and dedicated Agricultural Compliance Officer to join our team and oversee the compliance of our agricultural supply chain, working closely with both owned and third-party farming businesses. As an Agricultural Compliance Officer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring adherence to Cranswick and customer standards, thereby maintaining our industry reputation and brand integrity.

Main duties include (but not limited to):

• To work with Certification Bodies and producers to ensure that all retailer aligned farms are certified to the correct standards.
• To oversee the management of customer compliance databases and farm certification processes.
• To work with factory technical teams in customer factory audits to provide evidence that Cranswick is compliant to customer standards.
• To be the point of contact for all customer agricultural compliance related queries.
• To work with Cranswick’s Livestock team to schedule and organise retailer farm audits with internal farming businesses and third-party producers.
• To be Cranswick’s representative on retailer farm audits, working with the auditor and producers to explain Cranswick’s retailer farm standard and audit process.
• To understand and support producers on any observations or non-conformances raised on audits, working with producers to close out and provide the necessary corrective action evidence in the allocated time frame.

Requirements, experience and person specification

· Suitably qualified, ideally with a degree in Food, Science or Agriculture.

· A minimum of two years’ experience in the Food or Agriculture sector – preferably in pigs or poultry.

· Must be an effective communicator, with excellent people skills and be team orientated at all levels.

· Experience of working with retailers would be a bonus.

· Full training and personal development will be given.

Benefits and Development

· Excellent rates of pay

· Strong commitment to progression & personal development

· Enrolment into our company pension scheme

· Buying up to 5 days of additional holiday

· Access to opt into our company Share Save scheme, with the ability to purchase shares at a discounted rate

· Discount at major high streets to supermarkets via our company discount portal

A full job description is available upon request

Salary to be discussed at interview stage

If you are an internal applicant, please ensure you have made your line manager aware before applying and confirm this when submitting your application.

To apply, please submit a covering letter and CV.

Please indicate salary expectations

Closing date: 16thJune 2023

Please note that if a suitable candidate is found, this closing date may be brought forward

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kingston upon Hull: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Agricultural Compliance: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person