Egg Marketing Inspector

APHA is a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions. 

This role is a unique development opportunity. It is an ideal position for able and ambitious candidates who are looking to expand and refine their skill set in a demanding environment.

Do you want a role safeguarding standards of animal and plant health and welfare?    

The Animal and Plant Health Agency has an exciting opportunity for Egg Marketing Inspectors to join our team in various locations.   

As an Egg Marketing Inspector, your role will be to cover a local area over several counties, visiting farms and other premises (including premises in urban areas) that produce, pack, wholesale or distribute eggs produced for human consumption, also processing or breaking plants and hatcheries.   

The purpose of the inspections is to ensure that eggs are graded to a high-quality standard and are properly labelled in accordance with EC legislation. Apply effective and proportionate controls for the enforcement of Hygiene Regulations for Egg producers in England & Wales following The Food Hygiene (England) & (Wales) Regulations 2006 as amended.   

Post holders will require analytical skills to manage the review of paperwork that inspection requires. You will assist in Animal Health’s disease outbreak control when required and participate in other Animal Health activities as necessary. 

As an Egg Marketing Inspector, your main role will include:  

• Responsibility for enforcement of regulations including Eggs and Chicks (England) 2009. 
• Visiting premises that require inspection by risk-based assessment to include all types of egg producers, egg packing stations, wholesalers, hatcheries, and processing/boiling plants. 
• Ensuring the standards are being met, in particularly the quality and weight and grading of eggs and that the labelling of containers and packs are being complied with.  
• Conducting routine quality/weight/UV checks at egg packing centres, wholesalers, and importers.
• Applying regulatory and enforcement action when non-compliances and contraventions are found. 
• Carrying out complex record reconciliations, audit trails at packing centres and production units to check claims made on egg packs/labelling as well as egg production/sales levels. 
• Manual handling of boxes. 
• Hygiene Inspections at Egg Production sites. 
• Obtaining samples under the National Control Plan for layer flocks. Also assist APHA colleagues in the event of restrictions being placed on farm. 
• Compliance checking for Free Range and Barn Production Units under welfare legislation. 
• Collection of samples on behalf of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD). 
• You may be required to assist in additional technical duties as requested by managers to ensure regional and national delivery of targets. 
• Assist with notifiable disease contingency planning and participation in training exercises. Where necessary you may be required to work at locations across Great Britain and in roles required to support disease outbreak activities. This will incur periods of detached duty where you will be required to stay away from home. 

Please Note: You will be required to join the team out of hours rota. This will cover a seven-day week. When you are on call, you will be required to mobilise at any time to assist with numerous situations that could include supporting disease investigation, mobilisation of equipment from a storage facility, this list is not exhaustive. An on call monetary allowance is available. 

On occasion, there may be a business requirement to undertake inspections throughout England and Wales, which may require overnight stays away from home and extensive travel.