H&S and Food and Safety Manager

Our head offices based in the beautiful village of Hook Norton near Banbury. Here you will find our teams of finance, HR, purchasing, marketing & creative that support all of our locations across the Thomas Franks family. There is ample parking space available when visiting.

We are looking for a Health & Safety and Food Safety Manager to join our team. Ideally you will be based near Newcastle upon Tyne or surrounding area. 

The role will be responsibile to complete safety management system audits, manage health and safety and food safety standards for Thomas Franks Ltd. To ensure that health and safety and food safety standards, policies, and procedures are maintained and updated in line with Company standards and food safety and health and safety legislation. To review safety compliance audits, accidents / incidents and ensure that any necessary actions or recommendations are implemented. To coach and support Operations Managers and Location Managers in implementation of food and safety controls, and manage the Food and Safety Officers. To deputise for the Group Director of Health and Safety as required.

Location Support

• Responsible for reviewing all food safety and health and safety audits on the safety compliance platform.
• Responsible for completion of annual safety management system audits as required by the agreed annual audit programme.
• Responsible for coordinating support to Operations Managers and Location teams where the annual safety management system audit score is
• To play a supporting / mentoring role in reaching required food safety and health and safety standards.

Health and Safety and Food Safety Incidents

• To ensure all necessary reporting systems, procedures, controls, and standard operating systems are in place and utilised to record health and safety and food safety incidents.
• To triage health and safety incidents and accidents in the safety compliance platform and ensure all necessary action is taken by the operational team.
• To ensure that any learning from incidents is disseminated to the business to reduce the likelihood of future incidents.
• To complete / support investigations of accidents / incidents as required at Location.
• To report RIDDOR incidents to the HSE.

Training and Development

• To take responsibility for promoting training material within the business and to support timely completion.
• To deliver the health and safety and food safety element of the Thomas Franks induction programme.

Health and Safety and Food Safety Standards

• To provide a mentoring role regarding health and safety, food safety, and hygiene standards at location.
• To continuously review and update Thomas franks Food Safety and Health and Safety practices and procedures as laid out in the Food Safety and Health and Safety procedures, policies and associated documents in line with developments in legislation and best practice.

Communication

• To ensure that Operational teams are kept up to date and notified of any changes to policy, process, procedure or legislation relating to food safety and health and safety.
• To prepare and disseminate monthly reports for Regional Directors.
• To manage any food alerts on behalf of Thomas Franks and ensure timely notification and removal of potentially contaminated products sensitively.

Various

• This job description is not exhaustive, therefore you may be required to carry out any other related tasks as directed by Senior Management.

Required Training/Qualifications

• BSc Environmental Health or equivalent.

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Travel expenses paid.
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.