Food Standards Co-ordinator

Food Standards Co-ordinator

Location: Runcorn, Cheshire

Full-time/Permanent position

End date to Apply: 22nd September

About the Role:

At Diageo, everything we do is about celebrating life, every day, everywhere. To make that possible, we put quality, safety and compliance at the heart of our operations. We're looking for a Food Standards Co-ordinator to lead the way in driving food safety and regulatory excellence at our Runcorn packaging site.

This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about food safety, thrives in a fast-moving environment, and enjoys influencing people at all levels to embed a strong culture of compliance and continuous improvement.

Purpose of the Role

Reporting to the Governance Manager, the Food Standards Co-ordinator will have overall responsibility for the development, implementation and maintenance of our food safety management programmes. You'll ensure full compliance with Diageo Global Risk Management Standards, ISO 9001:2015, and FSSC22000, while actively promoting food safety as part of the day-to-day site culture.

Key Accountabilities:

• Implementation of a strategic plan to drive continuous improvement in food safety, including completion of food safety and hygiene audits.
• Maintain the food safety management system that delivers regulatory compliance and ensures that requirements of internal and external accreditation are fully met.
• Completion of food safety and audit reports to schedule.

What You'll Do

• Lead the HACCP team and maintain the site HACCP plan.
• Deliver the internal hygiene and housekeeping audit schedule.
• Investigate food safety consumer complaints and drive corrective actions.
• Implement a strategic plan for continuous improvement in food safety, including hygiene and audit programmes.
• Maintain and develop the Food Safety Management System, ensuring regulatory, internal, and external accreditation requirements are fully met.
• Produce accurate and timely food safety and audit reports.
• Support with validations and verifications of plant and process.
• Actively promote compliance with company systems, processes and procedures as part of day-to-day site operations.

What You'll Bring

• A qualification in a science subject (e.g., GCE "A" Level or equivalent) plus relevant experience in a food-related business in Quality Assurance
• Hands-on experience of HACCP and food safety management systems.
• Exposure to laboratory work (ideally microbiological).
• Knowledge of relevant management systems: ISO 9001:2015, FSSC22000 / BRC, and statutory requirements affecting the food industry.
• Experience in standard development and auditing.
• Strong influencing skills - able to challenge peers and senior managers constructively and objectively.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment.

Flexible Working Statement

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying.

Working with Us

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Healthcare allowance
• Product allowance
• Contributary pension scheme
• Annual performance bonus
• Share options

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of - and help build - an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

About Us

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Join us, and you'll be celebrated for your work and empowered to be you. Together with people around the world, you'll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a tomorrow worth celebrating.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world's very best people. Join us and help to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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Client-provided location(s): Manchester, United Kingdom, Runcorn, United Kingdom, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Job ID: Diageo-JR1117240

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-08T18:59:11