Quality & Food Safety Manager

Job Description :

About us: With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations. Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other. Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more

About the Function:

Supply Chain & Manufacturing is where our brands are made, moved and delivered to the world.

With over half of our people working across more than 100 sites, this is a complex, large-scale operation that brings together production, logistics, engineering and supplier partnerships.

It’s fast-paced and hands-on, with teams working together to ensure quality, efficiency and sustainability at every stage. From sourcing ingredients to getting products into customers’ hands, you’ll play a role in delivering the brands people know and love.

About the role

Establishes, maintains, improves, and ensures compliance with the management systems required for FSSC 22000, IS09001.

Maintains, improves, and ensures compliance with the management systems required for ISO 45001, ISO 14001.

The site must operate in a continual audit ready status.

Responsible as ‘contributor’ for ensuring that health & safety and environmental monthly reporting is completed.

Support the Risk & Assurance Manager in relation to CARM for the site.

FSSC 22000 (Food Safety Management System)

• Lead activities to ensure ongoing readiness for FSSC 22000 certification and surveillance audits.

• Create, implement and maintain food safety audit programmes and associated procedures.

• Develop and oversee a structured hygiene inspection and verification programme.

• Lead, maintain, and review HACCP, TACCP and VACCP programmes, ensuring ongoing effectiveness and compliance.

• Review working practices and procedures to verify compliance with food safety requirements.

• Identify and implement improvements to strengthen food safety performance and system effectiveness.

• Support the development and maintenance of governance systems that underpin food safety compliance.

• Contribute to site emergency response and incident management planning from a food safety perspective.

• Promote a strong culture of food safety and lead the integration of food safety principles into routine operational activities, through education and training.

ISO 9001 (Quality Management System)

• Lead activities to ensure ongoing readiness for 9001 certification and surveillance audits.

• Assist in the development and maintenance of integrated EHSQ management systems and governance frameworks.

• Review operational processes and procedures to ensure adherence to quality management requirements.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through the identification of process enhancement opportunities.

• Support the implementation of audit programmes and risk-based evaluation methodologies.

• Develop reporting mechanisms and performance monitoring tools to support business objectives.

• Establish systematic audit, review and compliance monitoring processes.

• Analyse performance data and trends to support continual improvement activities.

• Assist with business continuity and crisis management arrangements where aligned to management system requirements.

• Promote adherence to documented procedures, standards and management system controls.

ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System)

• Support preparations for ISO 14001 certification, surveillance and recertification audits.

• Develop and maintain environmental auditing programmes and inspection processes.

• Establish and manage reporting systems required to demonstrate compliance with Industrial Emissions Licence obligations.

• Implement systems to monitor, evaluate and report environmental performance trends.

• Support the development and maintenance of environmental governance and compliance frameworks.

• Review operational practices to ensure environmental risks are effectively controlled and legislative obligations are met.

• Contribute to emergency preparedness and environmental incident response arrangements.

• Develop processes for monitoring environmental compliance and managing associated performance indicators.

ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System)

• Support preparations for ISO 45001 certification, surveillance and recertification audits.

• Assist in the design and implementation of occupational health and safety audit programmes.

• Support the development and review of risk assessment processes and associated control measures.

• Evaluate workplace practices and procedures to verify compliance with health and safety requirements.

• Develop and maintain systems for recording, monitoring and analysing health and safety performance data.

• Establish reporting mechanisms for near misses, incidents, accidents and injury trends.

• Contribute to emergency preparedness, incident response and crisis management processes.

• Implement and maintain systems that support sustained compliance with occupational health and safety standards and legal requirements.

Internal Audit Programme

• In conjunction with the EHSQ team, develops and executes the site internal audit programme to ensure compliance to:

  • Regulatory and legal frameworks for Health & safety, food safety, quality & environment, FEMAS
  • Diageo Global Risk Management Standards
  • Diageo way of Brewing

• Document control - Manage, update, and organise standard operating procedures, policies, and records.

• Corrective / Preventative Action planning – Support root-cause investigations and drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) across teams.

Experience/skills required: (TE)

Working with Us Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one. We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible. We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team. Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win. Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more. Ready to bring your best? This could be your opportunity. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application.

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Littleconnell Brewery

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-11-04