Technical Manager

Lewis Garner Consulting; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

33 days holiday

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Lewis Garner Consulting is seeking a Factory Technical Manager in Scunthorpe to lead the technical and quality functions of a food manufacturing site. The role focuses on upholding food safety, quality, legality, and customer compliance across the operation.

You will drive continuous improvement, develop a high-performing technical team, and ensure audit readiness for customer, regulatory and third-party audits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Factory Technical Manager/Technical Manager or senior quality leadership role in food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety legislation, quality systems and customer standards.
• Excellent audit management experience (BRCGS and customer audits) and allergen management.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical leadership across the site.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, legal, quality and customer requirements.
• Lead and develop Technical and Quality teams.
• Maintain HACCP system, ensure monitoring systems are current and effective.
• Investigate food safety incidents and quality deviations; implement corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement within the site's QMS.

Skills

Food safety

HACCP

Quality management

Audit readiness

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

Factory Technical Manager

Food Manufacturing | Monday to Friday | Days Only | Up to £55,000 + Benefits

Location

Scunthorpe

Salary

Up to £55,000 per annum plus 33 days holiday, pension, and excellent company benefits.

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Factory Technical Manager to join a prestigious global food manufacturing business. This is a key leadership position, providing technical direction across the site and ensuring the highest standards of food safety, quality, legality, and customer compliance are achieved and maintained.

Reporting into the senior leadership team, you will be responsible for driving technical excellence, maintaining audit readiness, leading continuous improvement initiatives, and developing a high-performing technical team.

This role would suit a confident and influential technical professional with strong experience in a food manufacturing environment and a passion for quality and food safety standards.

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to £55,000 per annum
• Monday to Friday working pattern
• Days-based role
• 33 days holiday
• Pension scheme
• Career development opportunities within a global organisation
• Supportive and collaborative working environment
• Opportunity to make a significant impact within a successful manufacturing operation

Key Responsibilities

As Factory Technical Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Providing day-to-day technical leadership across the manufacturing site.
• Ensuring compliance with all food safety, legal, quality and customer requirements.
• Leading, coaching and developing the Technical and Quality teams.
• Managing and maintaining the site's HACCP system, ensuring it remains current, validated and effective.
• Ensuring CCPs, CPs and associated monitoring systems are effectively controlled and verified.
• Leading investigations into food safety incidents, quality deviations and potential contamination risks.
• Driving continuous improvement within the site's Quality Management System (QMS).
• Maintaining product specifications, procedures, work instructions and quality standards.
• Managing customer technical queries, complaints and requests within agreed service levels.
• Overseeing allergen management processes, including segregation, cleaning validation, labelling and verification.
• Ensuring the site remains in a state of continuous audit readiness for customer, regulatory and third‑party audits.
• Supporting operational teams to deliver quality, compliance and continuous improvement objectives.
• Monitoring technical KPIs and implementing corrective and preventative actions where required.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Proven experience in a Factory Technical Manager, Technical Manager, Quality Manager or similar senior technical leadership role within food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety legislation, quality systems and customer standards.
• Experience leading technical teams and developing high-performance cultures.
• Excellent audit management experience, including BRCGS and customer audits.
• Strong understanding of allergen management and risk mitigation.
• Experience investigating food safety incidents and implementing corrective actions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive, hands‑on approach with a continuous improvement mindset.