Food Quality & Compliance Leader – Technical Assurance

HR GO Recruitment; Harlow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

HRGO Recruitment is seeking an experienced Technical Assurance Manager for a well-established food manufacturing site. You will lead QA and Hygiene teams, protect product safety and quality, and drive continuous improvement while ensuring audit readiness.

This leadership role reports to the Site Technical Manager and requires strong HACCP and regulatory knowledge. You will oversee traceability, pest control, testing, and customer complaint investigations, delivering training and guiding teams to

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of food safety and quality standards in food manufacturing.
• Previous experience in a technical/quality role within a food manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading QA and Hygiene teams is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensure food safety, legality, quality and integrity through technical policies and controls.
• Maintain audit readiness for BRCGS and customer audits.
• Develop traceability systems to assure full product traceability and regulatory compliance.
• Lead pest control strategies to protect product integrity and hygiene standards.
• Oversee product testing and environmental monitoring to reduce contamination risk.
• Investigate customer complaints and implement corrective actions.
• Deliver training on food safety, hygiene and quality standards to site teams.
• Monitor site trends and risks, driving improvements.
• Manage the site non-conformance system and ensure timely closure of issues.
• Coordinate internal audits to meet BRCGS and customer requirements.
• Lead and develop the QA and Hygiene teams to deliver daily standards and checks.

Skills

Food safety

Quality assurance

Leadership

Audit readiness

HACCP knowledge

Root cause analysis

Education

HACCP Level 3

Food Safety & Hygiene Level 3

Tools

SAP

Job description

HRGO Recruitment is seeking an experienced Technical Assurance Manager for a well-established food manufacturing site. You will lead QA and Hygiene teams, protect product safety and quality, and drive continuous improvement while ensuring audit readiness.

This leadership role reports to the Site Technical Manager and requires strong HACCP and regulatory knowledge. You will oversee traceability, pest control, testing, and customer complaint investigations, delivering training and guiding teams to