Compliance Technologist

Manucomm Recruitment Ltd; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Compliance Technologist for a site-based role in the Chippenham area. The ideal candidate will have experience in QA within the food industry and be involved in ensuring compliance with food labelling and specifications. Attractive salary and benefits include a contributory pension scheme and generous holiday package.

Benefits

Contributory Pension Scheme

Death in Service scheme

25 days holiday plus statutory days

Qualifications

• Experience in a QA/Technical role ideally within chilled food manufacturing.
• Ability to read, analyse and interpret technical procedures.
• Experience in specification writing and food labelling regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure technical information from suppliers is accurate and detailed.
• Respond to ongoing technical queries from customers.
• Create and maintain product specifications.

Skills

Supplier specifications systems

Food labelling regulations

QA/Technical role experience

Education

Relevant qualification in Food Science

Job description

Compliance Technologist - Food Industry
100% Site Based Role
GBPCompetitive DOE + Benefits
Chippenham area, Wiltshire

An exciting opportunity for an individual ideally with Technical/Quality management experience, gained within a food manufacturing environment. Based at a modern site near Chippenham.
Within this role you will be supporting the Regulatory and Labelling Supervisor to ensure that labels, specs and other project work are created in an accurate and timely manner. Supplier information is to be reviewed to ensure that it is accurate and in the correct format required by the customer COP and legislation. All work to be completed within the current BRC framework of the site.
This role could suit a candidate with QA experience seeking the next step in their career, or a Food Science Graduate who has already gained some experience within the industry.

Compliance Technologist Key Responsibilities:
Working with suppliers to ensure that all technical information received onto site is accurate and is sufficiently detailed to ensure that the site approval process occurs in a timely way. This information could be HACCP, specifications, labels, swabbing plans etc.
Working with customers to ensure that information supplied is accurate and if amendments are needed, these are dealt with quickly.
Responding promptly and proactively to ongoing technical queries from customers.
Maintenance & review of raw material suppliers, packaging and cheese supplier's records and audits.
Create specifications for new products and maintain the specification database.
Work within the customer technical framework using electronic specification systems (Food Logic and Trace gains).
Create, review and approve artwork against market regulations.

Compliance Technologist Qualifications and experience:
Experience in a QA / Technical role ideally with a chilled food manufacturing business or relevant qualification.
Experience of supplier specifications systems, specification writing, food labelling regulations or NPD related knowledge would be advantageous.
The ability to read, analyse and interpret technical procedures and EU regulations.

Compliance Technologist Salary and Benefits:
Competitive Salary
Contributory Pension Scheme
Death in Service scheme
Holiday: 25 days plus statutory

This role is commutable from Bath, Chippenham, Warminster, Devizes, Trowbridge, Swindon and surrounding areas and may suit a candidate that has previously worked as a QA, Technical Admin, Specifications Technologist, Food Technologist, Technical Assistant, QA Supervisor, Food Safety and Compliance Technologist, Regulatory Affairs Technologist, Product specifications Technologist or Compliance Technologist.