Food Safety Lead

**Position Title**:Food Safety Lead

**Position Type**: Regular - Full-Time

**Position Location**:Hastings

**Requisition ID**: 33526

**About McCain**.**
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to Pizzas, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain

**Why join the McCain family**.**
- Your Life - we’re here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.
- Your Success - work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success.
- Your Impact - we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business.

McCain is a place where you can grow from the ground up, so join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain.

**About the team**.**
Reporting to the Quality and Environmental Manager, this role will be responsible and accountable for food safety and quality systems including foreign material, equipment control, pest control along with supporting the quality and environmental management systems.

**About the role**.**
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.
- Champion/coach/improve H&S culture and ensuring compliance within the Production Department
- Conduct Behaviour Observation Surveys as directed
- Key member of the Quality team, responsible for implementation and sustainment of all continuous improvement activities
- A ‘hands on’ approach to delivering Quality training to staff as required
- To ensure all aspects of the day-to-day operation of the plant are compliant with Local body, Legislative and Corporate requirements
- HACCP, GMP and Quality System programmes auditing team member
- To prevent pollution and protect the environment within the site boundaries
- Lead and audit various site programs including: foreign material, equipment validation and calibration, pest management, environmental monitoring
- Participate in the site internal audit program

**Leadership Principles**.**
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.
- **
We are customer obsessed**. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.
- ** We think big and plan ahead**. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.
- ** We bring out the best in our people.** We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.
- ** We act like owners.**Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

**Accountabilities**.**
**Knowledge**:

- Background in food processing/manufacturing
- Previous Quality Technologist experience in an FMCG environment
- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP), Safety, HACCP and Quality Systems
- Previous experience in a continuous manufacturing environment
- Previous experience in the implementation, operation, and maintenance of a Quality system (preferred ISO and HACCP)

**Skills**:

- People and communication skills (across multiple departments and all levels of personnel)
- The ability to identify potential problems and provide solutions within their scope of responsibility
- A strong determination to succeed, be highly motivated and have a willingness to learn and ultimately progress

**The McCain experience**.**
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.
- We've got this covered No external agency support required at this time._

LI-RS1
- McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we h