Lead Food Technical & Quality Manager – Audits & Compliance

Energy Jobline CVL; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline CVL is seeking an experienced Food Technical Manager to join a well-established food manufacturing site in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. You will ensure safety, legality and quality across the site and supply chain, acting as the technical authority.

The role bridges food science, quality assurance, compliance, and operations, leading HACCP and audits while driving a strong food safety culture within a busy production environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of food safety systems and legislation, HACCP, Food Safety & Hygiene etc.
• Excellent risk assessment and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail with a commercial mindset.
• Confident communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Leadership and people management capability.

Responsibilities

• Manage the company quality systems, ensuring that all documentation, risk assessments, standard operation procedures etc. are reviewed, relevant and compliant, as necessary.
• Ensure that the supply chain is properly maintained and managed, ensuring compliance with company quality systems.
• Understand the key elements of specification, certificate of conformance and other areas so that safety, quality, and legislation are fully complied with through the entire production chain.
• Operate the company internal and supplier audit program ensuring that all non-conformance is reported in a timely manner and that corrective action is carried out as appropriate.
• Ensure that all testing and verification procedures are operated in a correct and timely manner.
• Deal with customer issues including audits, complaints, and technical concession reporting.
• Ensure that the cold chain operates in accordance with the company quality systems.
• Operate a budget such that all technical and QA activities are correctly resourced and operate efficiently.
• Ensure that HACCP is correctly managed such that safety and legality are maintained.
• Organise and chair key technical review meetings including HACCP team meetings.
• Drive site food safety culture in alignment with business key values.
• Manage site microbiological performance through effective root cause analysis and reporting.
• Ensure that all key performance indicators are monitored, reported, and actioned if necessary.
• Ensure quality attributes are maintained accordingly, and prompt actions are taken when necessary to address quality issues.
• Lead preparation for and delivery of audits (BRCGS, regulatory) and act as the site lead for all external and customer audits.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Assurance

HACCP

Audits

Training

Regulatory Compliance

Budgeting

Communication

Root Cause

Education

Food Science degree

Job description

Energy Jobline CVL is seeking an experienced Food Technical Manager to join a well-established food manufacturing site in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. You will ensure safety, legality and quality across the site and supply chain, acting as the technical authority.

The role bridges food science, quality assurance, compliance, and operations, leading HACCP and audits while driving a strong food safety culture within a busy production environment.