Compliance Technologist

Manucomm Recruitment Ltd; Melksham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Death in Service scheme

Holiday: 25 days plus statutory

Job summary

Manucomm Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for a Compliance Technologist in the Chippenham area of Wiltshire. This 100% site-based role offers a competitive DOE salary and benefits, with the site near Trowbridge.

The role involves supporting the Regulatory and Labelling Supervisor, ensuring accurate labels, specs and project work, and reviewing supplier information to meet COP and legislation within the site’s BRC framework.

Qualifications

• Experience in QA/Technical role within food manufacturing.
• Understanding of labelling regulations and specifications.
• Ability to read, analyse and interpret technical procedures and EU regulations.

Responsibilities

• Work with suppliers to ensure technical information is accurate and detailed for site approval.
• Collaborate with customers to ensure information is accurate and amendments are handled promptly.
• Respond promptly to technical queries from customers and maintain records.
• Maintain and review supplier records and audits for raw materials, packaging and cheese suppliers.
• Create specifications for new products and maintain the specification database.
• Utilise electronic specification systems (Food Logic and Trace gains) for documentation.
• Create, review and approve artwork against market regulations.

Skills

QA experience

Technical management

Regulatory knowledge

EU regulations

Education

Food science degree

Relevant QA qualification

Tools

Food Logic

Trace gains

Specification systems

Job description

Compliance Technologist - Food Industry

100% Site Based Role

£Competitive 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 Trowbridge

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