Technical Manager

Recruitment Helpline Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No specific perks listed

Job summary

Recruitment Helpline Ltd, based in the United Kingdom, seeks a skilled Food Technical Manager to safeguard site and product safety, quality, and compliance across the production chain. The role blends food science, QA, compliance, and operations, acting as the technical authority on site.

You will drive HACCP, audits, training, and supplier management while leading a culture of food safety. Robust leadership and stakeholder communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage the company quality systems and SOPs to ensure documentation and risk assessments are compliant.
• Maintain the supply chain in compliance with quality systems.
• Ensure HACCP is correctly managed to maintain safety and legality.
• Lead audits (BRCGS, regulatory) and act as site lead for external audits.
• Drive site food safety culture and lead technical review meetings.
• Oversee budget for technical and QA activities.
• Coordinate internal and supplier audits and corrective actions.

Skills

Quality management

Food safety

HACCP

Auditing

Regulatory compliance

Root cause analysis

Leadership

Communication

Budget management

Training development

Education

Degree in Food Science

Job description

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

Technical

• Managethecompanyqualitysystems,ensuringthatall 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 carefully complied with throughout 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 concessionreporting.
• 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, recordkeeping 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.