Technical Manager

Templarfox Consultancy; Crewe; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading contract GMP manufacturer in Crewe is seeking a Technical Manager to oversee engineering operations, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with safety standards. The role requires a Degree in Chemical Engineering and ideally 5 years of leadership experience in the process industry. The successful candidate will have autonomy in prioritizing projects and will be instrumental in enhancing the company's growth and sustainability. Competitive salary and leadership opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Leadership opportunities

Qualifications

• Educated to at least a Degree qualification in Chemical Engineering.
• Ideally working toward chartered engineer status with IChemE.
• 5 years experience in a management/leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for site technical engineering operations.
• Manage the design and installation of new processing equipment.
• Control maintenance budget and oversee maintenance activities.

Skills

Leadership

Budget Management

Process Improvement

Communication

Team Development

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Technical Manager

Technical Manager – An independent contract GMP manufacturer requires a Technical Manager based in the gateway to the Northwest on a full time, permanent basis. The company processes specialist products within animal health, actives within medical devices and food ingredients. As part of the site succession plan the opportunity will embed the core values of the small company for future growth and sustainability.

As the site Technical Manager, you will be responsible for the site technical engineering operations including facilities, site safety, CAPEX projects, process improvement as well as Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and reactive site maintenance across the site.

Responsibilities overview

• Safety, Health & Environmental- continued development of a safe operating culture including DSEAR, HACCP and quality systems ISO9001, ISO14001, FSSC22000.
• Having 100% autonomy to prioritise your own work across short term and long term strategy for the Design and Development of site assets, facilities and CAPEX projects in line with client new development programmes.
• Communication of technical information with customers.
• Design and manage the installation of new powder processing equipment and facilities including the design and delivery of IQ / OQ / PQ qualification and validation studies to GMP standard.
• Control of maintenance budget and maintenance team using internal and external SME resources and site annual shutdown.
• Manage the daily operational delivery of the maintenance / problem solving to meet business / customer needs working through root cause analysis with corresponding GMP traceable paperwork.
• Support and input QA laboratory and the GMP regulatory systems working with external QP and site PQS.
• Provide strategy input and direction to the smooth running of the business through technical, quality, budgetary and management.
• Continuous development for the site and your personal growth.

The ideal candidate background and experience for the Technical Manager will be :

• Educated to at least a Degree qualification in Chemical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Ideally (or working toward) a chartered engineer with IChemE.
• Ideally 5 years experience within a management / leadership role within work experience in New product introduction / development, engineering management role
• Proven experience within process industry with plant operation – OEM, Chemicals, Food, FMCG, pesticides, API pharmaceuticals specifically powder handling, or bulk solid handling exposure.
• Experience of managing budgets, CAPEX, HSE, teams and staff development
• Management of quality system including CAPA, site master validation plan, deviation and coordinating site audits and managing external consultants / SME.
• You must be curious, flexible, inquisitive, a team player, decision maker and good communicator

This is fantastic opportunity to join a growing contract manufacturing business and in return they are offering a competitive package and the opportunity to be a site leader through being the Technical Manager. Please note the client cannot accept applications from candidates who are not based in the UK or who require visa sponsorship.

About us : Templarfox is a privately owned recruitment business leading in executive search, management selection, Salary benchmarking and Business development services. The recruiter has stated that all applicants for this job should be able to prove that they are legally entitled to work in the UK and on this occasion TemplarFox Consultancy is acting as an employment agency