Head of Technical

The Sterling Choice; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sterling Choice is assisting a Glasgow-area manufacturing site in recruiting a Head of Technical to lead the site’s technical strategy and to develop an experienced team under you.

You will balance commercial realities with food safety and quality standards, drive digital transformation, audit readiness and build strong relationships with major UK retailers and site leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site's technical strategy and develop an experienced team beneath you.
• Balance commercial realities with uncompromising food safety and quality standards.
• Drive audit readiness and embed robust technical systems that support rapid growth.
• Build strong relationships with customers and the operations leadership team across the site.

Job description

Package: Up to £90k base salary, annual bonus, private healthcare + relocation package

There comes a point where keeping up with growth isn't enough.

You need someone who can stay ahead of it.

Over the last few years this manufacturing site has transformed. Production has increased almost fivefold, significant investment continues across the operation, and new retail partnerships have created even more momentum. The challenge now isn't building the foundations. It's making sure the technical function evolves just as quickly as the business around it.

That's where you come in.

This is a genuine Head of Technical role with responsibility for leading the site's technical strategy while developing an experienced team beneath you. You'll inherit strong technical capability, but your biggest contribution will be helping people grow, challenging existing ways of working, and creating a technical function that's ready for the next stage of the site's journey.

You'll be the person customers trust when they're on site. The person Operations respect when difficult decisions need to be made. The person who can balance commercial reality with uncompromising food safety and quality standards.

The business is investing heavily, not only in its production capability but also in its systems. Digital transformation is already underway, but they aren't looking for someone who will simply maintain what's been built. They're looking for someone curious enough to ask what's next, confident enough to challenge established processes, and experienced enough to know how to bring people with them.

You'll work closely with senior site leadership, lead customer relationships with major UK retailers, drive audit readiness, develop food safety culture, and continue embedding robust technical systems that support a business growing at pace.

Technical expertise will get you through the door, but your leadership is what will make you successful. The business is looking for someone who can develop people, challenge constructively, build strong relationships across the site, and become a trusted voice with both customers and the operational leadership team.

This is an opportunity to join a business that isn't standing still. Investment is real. Growth is measurable. Expectations are high. If you're looking for a role where you can shape the direction of an entire technical function rather than simply maintain it, we'd love to tell you more.