Night Shift Technical Team Lead - Food Safety & Quality

KPI Recruiting; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

KPI Recruiting is seeking a Nights Technical Team Leader for a busy food manufacturing site in Stoke-On-Trent. You will oversee technical and factory operations on the night shift, ensuring product traceability, allergen controls and overall compliance.

Working 9:00pm–5:00am, Sunday to Thursday, you will lead quality, food safety and continuous improvement efforts, collaborating with Production, Quality Control and Factory Team Leaders to uphold standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in food safety and quality procedures.
• Strong knowledge of GMP, allergen controls, traceability and site compliance.
• Experience conducting audits and investigations.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Ability to lead and develop teams through coaching and training.

Responsibilities

• Oversee factory operations with a focus on traceability, allergen controls, metal detection, label verification and NPD presence.
• Ensure technical and food safety standards are maintained across production.
• Lead immediate investigations into food safety, quality and compliance issues and implement corrective actions.
• Produce monthly reports highlighting key topics, trends and concerns for management review.
• Promote continuous improvement across technical and production processes.

Skills

Team leadership

GMP

Food safety

Audits

Coaching

Tools

Core system

Job description

KPI Recruiting is seeking a Nights Technical Team Leader for a busy food manufacturing site in Stoke-On-Trent. You will oversee technical and factory operations on the night shift, ensuring product traceability, allergen controls and overall compliance.

Working 9:00pm–5:00am, Sunday to Thursday, you will lead quality, food safety and continuous improvement efforts, collaborating with Production, Quality Control and Factory Team Leaders to uphold standards.