Assistant Technical Manager

Samworth Brothers; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Samworth Brothers as an Assistant Technical Manager in Leicester. You'll oversee quality assurance processes, ensuring compliance with food safety standards while leading QA teams. This role values collaboration and communication, offering excellent benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Private health scheme

Employee discount scheme

Experience annual pay reviews

Profit related pay

Training and growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in chilled food manufacturing and bakery is desirable.
• Proven ability to enforce food safety and quality systems.
• Experience with audits (BRC, TFMS) is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop QA and Technical Services teams.
• Maintain and improve HACCP and Quality Management Systems.
• Ensure site compliance with food safety and quality standards.

Skills

Technical experience in chilled food manufacturing

Communication skills

Ability to manage competing priorities

Education

HACCP and Food Safety qualifications (minimum Level 4)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
  
  
  

The Opportunity

In this role as Assistant Technical Manager, you’ll lead and support the technical agenda on-site—ensuring compliance with food safety, quality, and legal standards across all operations. With a hands-on approach and a sharp eye for detail, you’ll oversee the QA and Technical Services teams, manage site systems like HACCP and internal audits, and work closely with both suppliers and customers to uphold high standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the QA and Technical Services teams to deliver against technical KPIs.
• Maintain and continuously improve HACCP, Quality Management Systems, and internal audits.
• Ensure the site retains key accreditations (BRC, customer standards) and is audit-ready at all times.
• Work closely with suppliers to manage approvals and risk assessments for raw materials and packaging.
• Collaborate with customers and external bodies on all technical matters.Oversee product specifications and artwork to ensure compliance with legal and food safety requirements.
• Deputise for the Technical Manager when needed and manage departmental budgets and health & safety.
  
  
  

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

This role demands strong chilled food and bakery experience, the ability to juggle competing priorities effectively, and excellent communication skills to engage confidently with external partners and internal stakeholders alike.

• Strong technical and quality experience in chilled food manufacturing—bakery experience is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to drive and uphold high standards across food safety and quality systems.
• HACCP and Food Safety qualifications (minimum Level 4).
• Experience with BRC, TFMS audits, and retailer technical systems.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  
  
  

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member - you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Services

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