Technical Manager

Do you have strong knowledge of food safety standards?

Do you feel comfortable building relationships with suppliers and customers?

Are you confident managing a small team?

If so, this exciting role could be for you! Our client is Looking for a technical manager to drive quality, food safety, technical, legal and ensure customer requirements are met in full. You would manage a small team across the sites and ensure systems are in place to deliver continuous improvement whilst maintaining third party certification

Key Responsibilities

• Interpret requirements of BRC quality standards, Food Safety and Gluten Free.
• Co-ordinate all customer audits & visits and ensure actions raised are completed in a timely manner and there are no re occurrence of non-conformities.
• Ensure a comprehensive HACCP system is implemented, monitored, and reviewed to ensure product safety is maintained.
• Ensure that the Company quality manual is a comprehensive guide to the Company’s quality systems.
• Monitor and ensure up to date procedures in respect of traceability, calibration, testing, production controls and other quality systems.
• Maintain up to date QC records and control all documentation regarding quality systems.
• Raise and discuss quality issues with senior management and continually seek to develop awareness within the Company of the importance of quality procedures.
• Identify any non-conformances through regular formal and informal quality and hygiene audits and ensure that corrective action is taken and documented.
• Carry out audits of suppliers as required
• Maintain and update customer specifications for all products.
• As required arrange for external analysis.
• Support the Sales team by assisting the planning and co-ordination of new product development.
• Recommend to General Manager any changes which would improve efficiency and conformance to the quality standard.
• Co-ordinating outside contractors such as Laundry, Pest Control, Waste & Chemical suppliers
• Manage and be responsible for the BRCGS Gluten Free Management Program at Frampton.
• Hygiene Supervisor reports to you, and site hygiene must be kept to a high standard.
• Organise BRC, Femas, Soil Association & Biodynamic audits.

Requirements

• Technical Management background/Quality Manager
• Understanding of food safety standards (HACCP and BRCGS)
• Forward facing, personable
• GMP auditing
• FMCG background – auditing
• Attention to detail
• Good technical knowledge and enthusiasm to learn.
• Good at colleague, customer, and supplier relationships.
•  An enthusiasm to continuously improve the product quality, through analysis, investigation.
• Working of unsociable and weekend work to meet the needs of the business when reasonably required.

Hours and package: 

Hours will be 07:30 to 16:30 Mon to Fri

£40,000 - £60,000 depending on experience

Full benefits package that can be discussed if you call up or apply 

If you would like to find out more about the role, place get in contact with us. Interviews will be taking place shortly.