Technical Manager - food manufacturing

Technical Manager

A growing food ingredients supplier serving retail, manufacturing and foodservice sectors, with a strong focus on building long-term B2B partnerships and delivering exceptional customer service. The business works closely with manufacturers, distributors and commercial customers to identify opportunities, develop tailored solutions and strengthen market presence. Through a commitment to quality, supply chain excellence and relationships, the company continues to drive sustainable growth across domestic and international markets.

About the Technical Manager job

The purpose of your role will be to lead and manage all quality, technical and food safety activities within a modern food manufacturing environment, ensuring products consistently meet customer, regulatory and internal standards.

Key tasks

• Take ownership of the site's Quality Management System, ensuring it is effectively maintained and continuously improved to meet customer, regulatory and business requirements. As the HACCP Team Leader, you will drive food safety standards across the operation, ensuring full compliance with BRCGS requirements, UK food legislation and industry best practice.
• Lead all quality assurance and quality control activities, maintaining robust documentation, traceability systems and risk assessments, and ensuring the highest standards of hygiene and GMP is achieved. You will be responsible for planning, conducting and hosting internal, customer and third-party audits, ensuring the site always remains audit-ready.
• Lead investigations into non-conformances, customer complaints and food safety incidents, implementing effective corrective and preventative actions to minimise risk and drive continuous improvement. Work closely with production and operational teams, and identify opportunities to enhance quality performance, product integrity and operational efficiency.
• Provide training, coaching and technical guidance to site teams, promoting a strong quality and food safety culture throughout the business. Support supplier quality management activities, ensuring raw materials and suppliers meet required specifications and standards.

About You

• The successful candidate will have proven experience in a technical, quality or food safety role within a food manufacturing environment, ideally at supervisory or management level.
• You will hold a Level 4 HACCP qualification and possess a strong understanding of food safety management systems, HACCP principles and industry standards, with experience of BRCGS and retailer requirements being highly desirable.
• The role requires a candidate with a proven track record of successfully managing internal, customer and third-party audits, along with the ability to maintain compliance and drive continuous improvement across a manufacturing operation.

More details

The Technical Manager job (ref:9068) is paying c.£50,000 according to your experience.

The site is in South Wales and is commutable from Bridgend, Newport, Pontypool, Caerphilly, Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Llantrisant and surrounding areas.

The working hours are standard office hours.

Alternate job titles - Assistant Technical Manager | QA Manager | Quality Assurance Manager | Senior Quality Manager | Food Manufacturing Technical Management Jobs | Food Safety Jobs

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