Location: Yate, BS37
Job Role: Technical Manager
Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am-5.00pm
Salary: £55,000.00 - £60,000.00 pa DOE
Role Type: Permanent

gap personnel acting as an employment business are currently recruiting a Technical Manager for a fast growing, entrepreneurial food business based in Yate, BS37. As a Technical Manager, you will play a key role in increasing the technical standards by which the company operates and supporting the manufacturing standards and seeking to raise them continuously.

This is not a remote/hybrid role. You will be required to work on site.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and ensure that quality systems operate efficiently in order to satisfy customers and provide due diligence
• Take full responsibility for the generation of Quality/Food Safety documentation and control systems whilst maintaining change justification, version and date control
• Ensure that Food Safety and Quality procedures are efficient, effective and maintained
• Ensure that products meet all quality criteria, ie, specification, traceability, labelling, visual presentation, weight and food safety
• Take ownership of FSSC22000 auditing procedures, documentation and actions arising
• Participate in internal auditing in line with FSSC22000, Customer specified requirements and GMP standards.
• Review and maintain the site HACCP program as team leader
• Complete customer/third party originated self-assessment questionnaires (SAQ) or information requests in varying formats
• Complete, follow up and close out supplier non-conformances as required.
• Investigate and resolve customer complaints
• Track trends on quality performance, customer complaints, defects and non-conformances and take corrective actions
• Actively participate in the management and completion of traceability challenges, mass balances and product reviews
• Implement and maintain all specifications for raw materials and final product
• Make the production parameters visual, simple and controllable
• Initial investigation into issues of poor quality/Operator Mistakes and work with Factory Manager to implement corrective actions
• Ensure excellent standards of housekeeping and hygiene are continuously maintained
• Liaise with regulatory authorities as required
• Liaise with customer and supplier technical representatives and take the lead during site audits
• Assist with NPD requirements, artwork proofing, shelf-life determination and HACCP risk assessments as well as providing technical input into product trials and new launches
• Liaise with production manager to ensure maintenance & calibration of production equipment
• Manage the FQF supplier approval process and maintain up to date specifications and accreditation

Requirements:

• Experience in Food Manufacturing, including customer interface
• Technical experience in food processing or packing
• Food Safety Level 3, HACCP Level 3 Trained
• Capacity to think of innovative solutions and ability to implement them.
• Good Level of Computer based administration (Microsoft office).
• Minimum 3 years experience of working in an environment with exposure to SOP's/Work Instructions, HACCP and food Safety rules and regulations.
• Excellent organisation skills
• Good verbal and written communication
• Ability to train food safety to level 2 (desirable)

Benefits of work:

• Day off for your birthday
• Extra holidays for Christmas
• Nest pension
• On-site parking

If you are interested, please get in touch on (phone number removed) or click Apply now!