Technical Coordinator

Warburtons; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary profit share

Additional annual leave purchase

Pension scheme with employer contrib.

Life assurance

Staff discounts via Extra Dough

Development opportunities

Fully stocked kitchens

Health & wellbeing support including 1

Physiotherapy access

Job summary

Warburtons seeks a highly organised Technical Coordinator to uphold product quality, food safety, and process efficiency across the site. You will work with Compliance, Production and Engineering teams to drive improvements and ensure timely delivery of quality baked products.

The role emphasizes audits, data-driven decision making, and strong collaboration within a fast-paced bakery environment. Excellent IT and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent IT skills including Excel and spreadsheets.
• Experience in fast-paced environment with Food Safety or quality control.
• Strong team working ethic and collaboration.
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently and as part of a wider site function.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain quality control procedures and regular process audits.
• Test products in the small laboratory and monitor quality parameters.
• Coordinate site bakery trials with Centre Technical Team.
• Maintain production process records and quality control checks; generate reports.
• Manage internal calibration schedule with engineers for quality and safety equipment.
• Provide training and technical support to bakery staff on processes and quality.
• Support HACCP and QMS internal audit teams for food safety compliance.

Skills

Quality Control

Data analysis

IT skills

Excel

Teamwork

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication

Tools

Quality Management Systems (QMS)

Document management systems

Job description

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Are you a meticulous problem-solver with a passion for baking and an eye for technical detail?

The Recipe

Warburtons are seeking a highly organised and proactive Technical Coordinator to join our team and ensure the smooth, efficient production of our quality baked products. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy bridging the gap between baking artistry and technical precision, we want to hear from you! Your strategic thinking and operational expertise will help us maintain the highest standards in ensuring the freshest products are delivered on time and in full to our customers.

The Role

As a Technical Coordinator, you will report to the Site Technical Manager, and play a crucial role in maintaining and driving product quality standards, improving our production processes, ensuring adherence to food safety standards and optimising efficiency. You will be the go-to person for technical troubleshooting and will work closely with our Compliance, Production and Engineering teams.

You’ll support the Technical Manager to maintain food safety, hygiene and quality standards.Ensure site compliance across bakery and depots through data, audits and systems, and act as site quality lead when the Technical Manager is absent.

• Quality Control: You will Implement and maintain robust quality control procedures, conducting regular process audits to ensure consistent product quality and adherence to specifications.
• Product Assessment: Testing products in our small laboratory,you will monitor quality parameters and identify any areas outside of our specification. You will also collate samples for external testing and sampling.
• Bakery Trials: Working closely with our Centre Technical Team, you will be involved in site bakery trials for existing or new ingredients, packaging and products.
• Document management: You will be a site expert on document management ensuring all our process specifications are accurate and up to date. With the manufacturing teams you will ensure maintenance of accurate production process records and quality control checks, generating reports on quality performance and Key KPi’s.
• Equipment Calibration: You will manage our internal calibration schedule, liasing with both internal and external engineers to ensure the accuracy of our quality & food Safety monitoring equipment.
• Training & Support: You will provide technical support and training to bakery staff on production processes and quality.
• Food Safety: You will be part of the HACCP & QMS Internal Audit teams, and provide support to the site food safety team, to ensure to all relevant food safety regulations and standards are maintained. You will be an integral part of the team ensuring we maintain our BRC accreditation and other external audits.
• Problem Solving: In conjunction with the manufacturing teams you will analyse production processes, utilise our data capture monitoring systems, be involved in root cause problem solving sessions, identify areas for improvement and implement solutions to optimise quality, efficiency and reduce waste.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with Food Safety or quality control experience.
• Excellent IT skills including experience of working with various IT systems, Excel and spreadsheets.
• Strong team working ethic.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a wider site function.
• Good relationship builder- collaborative in approach, establishing credible, trusted relationships with both internal and external contacts at all levels.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong balanced judgement and use a pragmatic common-sense approach.
• Attention to detail and high, consistent levels of accuracy.
• Prioritising and Organisation - Ability to plan, organise and monitor a diverse workload.
• Quality data & KPIs: Collate, trend and report QMS data to drive decisions.
• Product quality reviews: Routine assessments, benchmarking and corrective actions.
• Trials & improvements: Coordinate trials, analyse results, document outcomes.
• Audits & compliance: Conduct internal audits and close corrective actions.
• Training & culture: Champion quality through coaching and clear communication.

Extra Dough

At last and by no means least you will want to know what your breads worth.

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.