- Job Title: Food Safety Auditor
- Location: UK-based SE, SW, Scotland | Regular Travel (UK, Ireland & Overseas)
- Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time, or Contracting considered
- Salary: £50-£65,000 or £500 per day DOE
Are you a food industry professional with strong technical expertise, a sharp eye for detail, and a passion for driving high standards? We’re looking for Food Safety Auditors to join our growing team and help ensure our clients meet the rigorous requirements of globally recognised food safety schemes. Amtivo are the 6th largest BRCGS Certification Body in the world, and the largest in the UK and Ireland.
About the Role
Reporting to the Head of Operations, this role focuses on delivering high-quality audits across a range of food safety schemes. You’ll assess compliance, identify improvement opportunities, and support clients in ensuring they meet and maintain robust food safety and quality systems.
You’ll work independently, while collaborating closely with our Food & Packaging team, engaging confidently with client teams at all levels.
What You’ll Be Doing
Planning
- Manage your diary and maintain clear communication with the scheduling team.
- Respond promptly to audit requests and scheduling updates.
- Take ownership of your ongoing professional development to maintain auditor status.
Delivering
- Conduct audits across a variety of recognised food safety schemes, assessing client compliance.
- Liaise professionally with client teams at all levels.
- Work closely with the internal Food & Packaging team to ensure consistent delivery.
- Respond to technical queries clearly, accurately, and in a timely manner.
- Participate in witness and shadow audits to maintain accreditation and scheme-owner requirements.
Reporting
- Produce high-quality audit reports within agreed timelines.
- Ensure corrective actions are clearly documented and followed through.
Resourcing
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients.
- Identify opportunities to grow and expand our client base.
What Success Looks Like
- Contributing to our certification body retaining its 5‑star rating in scheme owner KPIs.
- Delivering consistent, high-quality audits and insightful reports.
- Acting as a trusted point of contact for clients.
What You’ll Bring
Essential
- Minimum of 10 years’ technical or quality experience within the food industry, ideally across a breadth of product types and manufacturing processes (8-10 categories & 6-month minimum in each).
- Strong understanding of food safety systems, HACCP, and quality management.
- Experience in internal auditing, as a minimum.
- Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage your own workload.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information to diverse audiences (including those where English is not the first language.
- A collaborative, flexible, and proactive mindset.
- Close attention to detail, particularly in audit reporting.
- Willingness to travel (UK, Ireland and overseas).
- Full, clean UK driving licence.
Desirable
- Educated to degree level (Food Science, Food Technology, or related discipline)
- Level 3 or 4 HACCP Qualification and Level 3 or 4 Food Hygiene Qualification.
- Management Systems Lead Assessor Qualification.
- BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 Auditor Training.
- Lead Auditor 9001 & or 22001.
- Additional food safety or risk assessment training.
- Experience conducting 2nd and/or 3rd party audits.
- Experience working with GFSI-benchmarked schemes.
How to Apply
Please send your CV & covering letter to recruitment@amtivo.com
At Amtivo, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where authenticity thrives. We believe that true collaboration stems from valuing every individual’s unique perspective and experience. Our commitment to agility empowers us to adapt and innovate, driving superior performance. Upholding the highest standards of integrity, we strive to create a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and inspired to contribute their best.
Amtivo Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer. The organisation provides equal employment opportunities regardless of ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, or medical history.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are not always able to provide individual feedback. We aim to contact applicants within 14 days if selected for interview.
