Animal Welfare Officer

Location: Sandycroft, Flintshire

Hours: 08:00 - 16:30, Monday - Friday

About Us

Join 2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover exceeding £3 billion and approximately 13,000 employees across 16 sites. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual that's eager to join a prestigious employer within the FMCG sector.

Sandycroft is one of the largest sites within 2 Sisters, processing, cutting and packing poultry. An accredited supplier to the UK's largest supermarkets, this site also provides wholesale products to the likes of KFC and Nando's. With fast-paced production and high-quality expectations, our site brings out the best in people with fresh challenges every day.

About the Role

As an Animal Welfare Officer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of animal welfare compliance within a busy food manufacturing setting. You will oversee welfare operations, ensuring adherence to legal requirements and industry standards such as those set by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and British Retail Consortium (BRC). This role is critical in maintaining a culture of compliance, continuous improvement, and animal welfare excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Work alongside a team of Welfare Officers to ensure compliance with animal welfare regulations and standards.
• Develop and maintain working practices and procedures aligned with Council Regulations and UK statutory requirements.
• Maintain accurate records of welfare checks, incidents, and corrective actions using both written and computerised systems.
• Prepare and present regular KPI reports; collaborate with site teams, AWOs, and compliance heads to address welfare issues.
• Participate in internal and external audits and investigate welfare incidents, implementing corrective and preventative measures.

About You

We are looking for a candidate with a background in animal welfare and potentially a willingness to step up into a leadership role for the AWO team. You will have a pragmatic approach to balancing welfare compliance with operational realities and with proven experience in animal welfare within slaughterhouses or related environments.

Key Skills

• In-depth knowledge of animal welfare legislation, auditing standards, HACCP, and food safety procedures.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of slaughtering processes, poultry welfare or Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations is highly advantageous.
• Problem-solving skills with a focus on compliance enforcement and continuous improvement.

The role is based at our site UK Poultry site in Sandycroft where a typical working day will be 08:00 - 16:30 with occasional need for flexibility.

Benefits

• 33 days annual leave
• Company pension scheme with Legal & General or NEST pension
• Death in service benefit, optional - linked to membership of L&G pension
• Company sick pay - after qualifying period
• Free onsite parking
• Exclusive 2 Sisters employee discount platform available via an app offering savings of up to 60% with brands including Asda, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer and Tesco.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Wisdom wellbeing app
• Grocery Aid - employees access to counselling

Why Join Us?

As one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, we provide ample opportunities for career growth and skill development. We emphasise promoting from within, ensuring you can build a rewarding career with us.

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