Food and Safety Manager - International

Thomas Franks Ltd

Lisboa

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: € 45,000 per annum

Hours: 40 per week

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.

This role will involve travel from time to time across various countries in Europe where Thomas Franks Group operates.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

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 <90% to implement a timely action and improvement plan.

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.

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.

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

As part of the onboarding process a clear Certificado do Registo Criminal (Criminal Record Certificate) will be required due to the nature of the business.