Technical Director

JR United Kingdom; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food business is seeking a Technical Director to strategically manage its technical and R&D functions. This role involves overseeing quality and compliance, managing teams, and working across departments to ensure the highest standards in food safety and innovation. Join a dynamic environment with tremendous growth potential and a commitment to excellence.

Benefits

Huge professional growth potential

Access to a dream leadership team

Qualifications

• Experience in food manufacturing technical and quality leadership.
• Expertise in HACCP, TACCP, VACCP.
• Significant experience with strategic planning at the C-Suite level.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all direct and co-manufacturing activities and quality programs.
• Work cross-functionally with various departments while managing teams.
• Act as the CEO’s technical advisor.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Management

Regulatory Expertise

Education

Food Manufacturing Technical Leadership

Job description

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Technical Director – Global Food Challenger

Driving Quality and Compliance

Job Description

Reporting through to C-Suite, this is a rare opportunity to take total strategic ownership of the technical and R&D functions for this rapidly growing specialist food business.

With a growing International presence and a heavy focus on innovation, quality, safety and compliance are paramount. This newly created role will oversee all direct and co-manufacturing activities with a permanent base at the business’s state-of-the-art production site in Northern Ireland.

Working cross-functionally with R&D, Procurement, Planning, Commercial, and Marketing as well as externally with retail customers, as the successful candidate, you’ll build and implement a Group wide quality and safety program.

From day one, your extensive technical leadership background will be critical – from TACCP/VACCP risk assessments and allergen safety through to legal compliance and R&D stewardship, you’ll act as the CEO’s “technical” right hand!

With both direct and indirect team leadership responsibility, it’s a given that people influence and development, along with upward communication, will be front and centre of your tool kit.

In an open door, proactive “scale up” culture, your ability to be both top-level strategist and operational do-er / mentor is key – If you’re a food manufacturing technical leader and this sounds like you … get in touch for a chat in confidence

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Huge professional growth potential

Dream leadership team

Requirements

Food Manufacturing Technical / Quality Leadership

Regulatory Expert Inc. HACCP, TACCP, VACCP

Quality expert inc BRC Global Food Safety Standard

Significant C-Suite strategic planning/influence

Team management

Ref: V11648

Location: Northern Ireland - 4 Days Per Week On Site