FACTORY TRAINER
Monday – Friday, 08:00 to 16:30
Cranswick Country Foods, Staithes Road, Preston, Hull, HU12 8TB
Cranswick is a leading UK food producer with revenue of over £2 Billion. We produce and supply premium food to high profile UK grocery retailers, the food service sector and other UK and global customers.
We are currently seeking a factory trainer - the purpose of the role is to support all departments with training activities, ensuring the highest levels of compliance, productivity, and food safety standards.
Main Duties Include (but not limited to)
- Ensure Food Safety, Health & safety rules and regulations are always followed
- Ensure that all employees are compliant to work in a food production environment by analysing skills gaps on the IT systems in place
- Updating skills matrix and certification of training completed by all employees, ensuring that all information entered is correct
- Working on a day-to-day basis on all four training systems to support Dept Managers/Trainers, HR and Training with a live training matrix to give a precise and up to date completion of Training
- Identifying compliance skills gaps across all 4 sites to ensure as an organisation we are compliant with customers (Audit ready)
- Assume responsibility for the management of activities which ensure food safety, integrity, legality and quality
- Attend required training in line with current legislation, Health and Safety guidelines and changing departmental operations
- Book and manage internal/external training to meet business needs and development of employees
- To identify hazards in the workplace and actively take part in the behavioural safety program
- Carry out activities with full awareness of their impact on the environment, both in terms of people and the local area
- Identify and analyse learning needs: establish team and individual capability and learning gaps, in line with organisational performance outcomes and to enable effective evaluation
- Use sound questioning and active listening skills to understand requirements and establish root causes i.e. establishing that it really is a learning/training need, before developing L&D solutions
- Design, construct and structure training / learning resources to meet a variety of needs, which will include:
- Research of delivery options and resources including digital / online / blended solutions (including identifying existing resources)
- Evaluate the impact of learning solutions - measure and assess development initiatives for effectiveness, business relevance, efficiency, and continually seek ways to improve learning solutions
- Consistently support colleagues / collaborate within the team and L&D to achieve results
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with others in the L&D team, HR and the wider business as required
What We Look For:
- Experience in a similar role: Factory / Warehouse trainer
- Previous experience of FMCG manufacturing (preferably food related)
- Level 3 Food Safety
- Level 3 HACCP
- Strong level of IT skills: Excel, Word etc
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
What We Offer:
- Job stability at a growing and expanding company
- Strong commitment to progression and personal development through department specific training
- 28 days annual leave with option to purchase additional 5 days
- Purchase company shares through discounted share scheme
- Company pension scheme including enhanced contribution options
- Access to retail discount app, bike to work scheme, health and wellbeing platform
A full job description is available upon request. Salary to be discussed at application stage.
To apply, please submit your CV & Cover Letter to: CCF.Careers@Cranswick.co.uk
Closing Date: 25/07/2025
Please note that if a suitable candidate is found, this closing date may be brought forward.
If you are an internal applicant, please ensure you have made your line manager aware before applying and confirm this when submitting your application.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £15.10 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Kingston upon Hull HU12 8TB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
