Technical Assistant in Crawley, West Sussex

Technical Assistant

The business produces and supplies products to a wide customer base including major retail and large catering clients. Always striving for high quality and excellent service, the company always puts their customers first to ensure their continued success.

About the Technical Assistant job

The purpose of your role is to support the Technical Manager in maintaining food safety, quality and compliance standards across the site. You'll support product development, help maintain BRCGS certification, ensure customer and regulatory requirements are met, and contribute to continuous improvement.

Technical Assistant - Key tasks

• Support new product development from concept through to launch, including factory trials, product specifications, packaging development and shelf-life validation.
• Maintain food safety, quality and compliance standards by supporting the Quality Management System, carrying out audits, monitoring technical controls, and ensuring products meet legal, customer and BRCGS requirements.
• Support internal, customer and third-party audits, assist with investigations into non-conformances and complaints, and help implement effective corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, monitor KPI data, audit production records, and ensure all technical records are compliant and up to date.
• Support technical training, communicate food safety and quality requirements across departments, and promote a positive food safety culture throughout the site.
• Work closely with Production, Engineering and Operations to maintain hygiene and factory standards, support pest control and cleaning verification, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Technical Assistant - About You

We're open to candidates from two backgrounds.

• You may already have experience in a food manufacturing technical role, with internal auditing experience, HACCP Level 2 qualification, and ideally a food safety qualification.
• Equally, we'd love to hear from recent Food Science graduates who are keen to start their career in the food industry.

More details

The Technical Assistant/Food Technologist job (ref:9076) is paying £27,000 to 32,000 according to your experience.

The site is in West Sussex and is commutable from East Grinstead, Horley Redhill, Reigate, Horsham, Haywards Heath, Crawley. Brighton, Worthing, Burgess Hill, Purley, Sutton, Dorking, Guildford and surrounding areas.

The working hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm. On occasion (approx. once a month, a 7:00am start and earlier finish may be required).

Alternate job titles Technical Administrator | Technical Assistant | Technical Coordinator | Quality Assistant | Food Industry Technical Jobs | Quality Control Assistant | Quality Assurance Assistant

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