Technical Compliance & Quality Assurance Lead

The Oval Partnership; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Oval Partnership is seeking a Technical Compliance Lead to own and advance the site Quality Management System, oversee BRCGS and other audits, manage HACCP governance and ensure audit readiness. You will drive supplier assurance, allergen controls and customer specification work, translating complex requirements into robust site processes.

You will build capability, coach the team, and maintain compliance across all product documentation and labelling requirements in a fast-growing food

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of food safety, legality, quality-management systems, BRCGS and retailer/customer technical requirements.
• Strong supplier assurance, auditing, investigation and root-cause-analysis capability.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Effective communicator with the confidence to challenge and influence at all levels.
• Strong customer and commercial awareness.
• Ability to translate technical, regulatory and customer requirements into practical site systems.
• Technical/Quality management experience within food manufacturing.
• HACCP Level 4 and Food Safety Level 4, or equivalent.
• Strong BRCGS and external audit experience.
• Experience of supplier approval and ongoing supplier performance monitoring.
• Experience of specifications, customer technical systems and artwork/label compliance.
• Internal/lead auditor experience and major UK retailer experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own and continually improve the site Quality Management System.
• Coordinate BRCGS, certification, customer and regulatory audits.
• Manage the internal audit programme and corrective-action close-out.
• Maintain HACCP governance and support management review systems.
• Ensure technical systems remain current, effective and audit-ready.
• Own customer technical requirements, portals and associated documentation.
• Manage finished-product specifications and ensure approval before launch.
• Coordinate artwork and label compliance against legal and customer requirements.
• Support customer technical queries and complaint investigations where appropriate.
• Ensure certification and customer requirements are incorporated into product documentation.
• Own the supplier approval and ongoing monitoring programme, ensuring suppliers remain approved against defined risk-based requirements.
• Maintain allergen management and associated risk-assessment systems.
• Maintain TACCP/VACCP and food defence/fraud systems and ensure reviews are completed to schedule.
• Develop compliance capability within the Technical team and wider business.
• Coach colleagues in QMS, audit, supplier assurance and customer requirements.
• Establish clear standards, ownership and accountability for compliance systems.

Skills

Food safety

Quality management

BRCGS knowledge

Auditing

Root-cause analysis

Organised

Communication

Commercial awareness

Regulatory translation

Technical management

Artwork compliance

UK retailer experience

Education

HACCP Level 4

Food Safety Level 4

Job description

The Oval Partnership is seeking a Technical Compliance Lead to own and advance the site Quality Management System, oversee BRCGS and other audits, manage HACCP governance and ensure audit readiness. You will drive supplier assurance, allergen controls and customer specification work, translating complex requirements into robust site processes.

You will build capability, coach the team, and maintain compliance across all product documentation and labelling requirements in a fast-growing food