Technical Manager

Recruitment Helpline Ltd; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruitment Helpline Ltd is seeking an experienced Technical Manager for a full-time, permanent role in Dunstable. You will act as the technical authority on a AA grade BRCGS-certified site, ensuring safety, legality, hygiene and compliance across products and processes throughout the supply chain.

The role bridges food science, assurance, and operations, overseeing quality management, audits, supplier compliance and training. Strong HACCP knowledge and leadership are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of food safety systems, HACCP, and food hygiene regulations.
• Excellent risk assessment and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail with a commercial mindset.
• Confident communicator with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Leadership and people management capability.

Responsibilities

• Manage quality systems, documentation, risk assessments, SOPs to ensure compliance.
• Maintain supply chain quality and ensure adherence to company quality systems.
• Lead HACCP and site audits, drive corrective actions where needed.
• Oversee testing and verification procedures across the site.
• Address customer issues, audits, complaints, and concessions.

Skills

Food safety knowledge

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Food Science or Microbiology

Job description

This permanent, full-time Technical Manager role is based in Dunstable, Bedfordshire (LU5), working Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. The successful candidate will act as the technical authority across an AA grade BRCGS-certified food manufacturing site, ensuring products and processes remain safe, legal, hygienic and compliant with regulatory, customer and company standards throughout the supply chain. Responsibilities span quality management, food safety, auditing and supplier compliance, bridging food science, assurance and operations. Applicants should hold proven experience in a similar food technical or quality role, with strong knowledge of BRCGS requirements, HACCP and relevant legislation. A competitive salary is offered, dependent on experience. An excellent opportunity for an experienced Technical Manager to join a well-established company. Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent. Salary: Competitive Salary, Depending on Experience. Location: Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5. Schedule: Monday – Friday 8am to 5pm.

About The Role

The company are an AA grade BRCG site and seeking an experienced and highly skilled Food Technical Manager who will be responsible for ensuring that the site and food products are safe, legal, high quality, hygienic and compliant with regulatory, customer, and company standards throughout the site and food supply chain. The role bridges food science, quality assurance, compliance, and operations, acting as the technical authority within our food manufacturing site.

Key Duties

• Manage the company quality systems, ensuring that all documentation, risk assessments, standard operation procedures etc. are reviewed, relevant and compliant, as necessary.
• Ensure that the supply chain is properly maintained and managed, ensuring compliance with company quality systems.
• Understand the key elements of specification, certificate of conformance and other areas so that safety, quality, and legislation are fully complied with through the entire production chain.
• Operate the company internal and supplier audit program ensuring that all non-conformance is reported in a timely manner and that corrective action is carried out as appropriate.
• Ensure that all testing and verification procedures are operated in a correct and timely manner.
• Deal with customer issues including audits, complaints, and technical concession reporting.
• Ensure that the cold chain operates in accordance with the company quality systems.
• Operate a budget such that all technical and QA activities are correctly resourced and operate efficiently.
• Ensure that HACCP is correctly managed such that safety and legality are maintained.
• Organise and chair key technical review meetings including HACCP team meetings.
• Drive site food safety culture in alignment with business key values.
• Manage site microbiological performance through effective root cause analysis and reporting.
• Ensure that all key performance indicators are monitored, reported, and actioned if necessary.
• Ensure quality attributes are maintained accordingly, and prompt actions are taken when necessary to address quality issues.
• Lead preparation for and delivery of audits (BRCGS, regulatory) and act as the site lead for all external and customer audits.

Training

• Develop, implement, and maintain effective training programs.
• Collaborate with key business leaders and partners utilising key performance indicator data to identify and priorities manufacturing training opportunities.
• Build capability through training on food safety, quality standards, and best practices.
• Develop and maintain documentation, record keeping of training sessions.

General

• Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of food safety systems and legislation, HACCP, Food Safety & Hygiene etc.
• Excellent risk assessment and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail with a commercial mindset.
• Confident communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Leadership and people management capability.

The employer fully supports Equality in Employment. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit and business need.