Food Safety Manager Apprentice
Basketdrop LTD. · Nationwide · posted 5 October 2026
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- Assisting in the design, implementation, and maintenance of BRCGS and SALSA food safety management systems.
- Managing documentation, policies, and continuous compliance tracking for ISO quality certifications.
- Conducting regular internal audits and site inspections across our automated cold-chain logistics facilities.
- Monitoring critical control points (HACCP) and tracking real-time temperature logs on our delivery platforms.
- Preparing comprehensive data packs, compliance evidence, and reports ahead of external certification audits.
- Managing technical relationships with food safety inspectors, suppliers, and retail clients.
- Investigating any quality deviations or food safety incidents, implementing corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Delivering internal toolbox talks and updates on food sector accreditations to team members.
Your training
- Training will utilise a blended learning delivery model, combining hands-on technical food safety management at Basketdrop Ltd with structured block-release academic sessions.
- The apprentice will attend dedicated block learning weeks at the University of West London campus (St Mary's Road, Ealing, W5 5RF) throughout the academic year.
- Dedicated study time, university lecture attendance, and assignment completion will be structured around a strict 20% off-the-job training framework during regular working hours.
- Formal, three-way progress reviews will be conducted systematically every 12 weeks between the apprentice, a workplace supervisor at Basketdrop Ltd, and the university academic tutor.
Where it leads
- Upon successful completion of the degree apprenticeship, you will have a direct opportunity to transition into a permanent, high-level role within the company.
- Clear internal progression pathways into senior compliance positions such as Senior Food Technical Manager, Lead Quality Auditor, or Quality Assurance Director.
- Long-term opportunities to diversify into strategic commercial leadership and operational supply chain management.
- Continued professional development backed by your University of West London BSc (Hons) degree, positioning you as an elite technical professional in the global food logistics sector.
About Basketdrop LTD.
Basketdrop Ltd is an integrated logistics tech company founded in 2018. We design, manufacture, and rent out our proprietary AI-powered hardware products like the ("Droppoint") while operating our routing and mapping infrastructure via the "AI Track-Zero" software platform.
Our mission is to eliminate residential logistics friction entirely, achieving zero delivery failures and lowering transport costs by 40-50% for commercial retailers, couriers, and busy households.
We are a robust, minority-led trading entity with a highly stable foundation. Our early operations are heavily insulated and funded by high-value, recurring public sector healthcare distribution and catering contracts.
As a business committed to diversity, equality, and mitigating the national skills shortage, we are keen to offer high-quality workplace training to the next generation of business leaders.
Things to consider
- ESFA Funding Eligibility: Applicants must meet standard government funding rules, including having lived in the UK/EEA for the last 3 consecutive years and holding the right to work in the UK.
- You must have a quiet, dedicated workspace at home with a reliable high-speed internet connection for remote hybrid working days.
- Final selection for this role may be subject to standard right-to-work, basic reference, and identity background verification checks.