Technical Manager
Techniche Global Ltd
Salary: up to £60k depending on experience
Location: Crewkerne, Somerset- 100% onsite
Duration: Permanent/ full-time
Key responsibilities:
- Ensure the operational process and production of finished goods are appropriately controlled, via Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), to ensure compliance with food safety and customer standards
- Ensure that technical governance is in place to deliver audit compliance with respect to BRC and M&S requirements
- Own and develop Quality Management System (QMS)
- Investigations into key deviations from process and customer specification and work with operations to implement corrective action
- Monitor departmental key quality performance indicators and challenge improvement when required
- Interface with the customers during site visits and audits, business reviews and other key opportunities
- Provide leadership and direction to ensure that people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential
- Direct food safety and quality training for site
- Ensuring production/QAs are unannounced audit ready
- Overseeing laboratory activities
- Involvement in projects to deliver site cost reduction and improvements
Desired experience:
- Proven experience in a Quality / Technical managerial role within the food production industry is essential
- Holds the following relevant qualifications: Advanced food hygiene level 4 or equivalent, level 4 HACCP
- Excellent communication and leadership skills to effectively manage a diverse team
- Experience of working with UK retailers and associated audits
- A skilled problem solver with experience of using root cause analysis techniques
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