Technical Services Team Lead: Food Quality & Compliance

Agrialfreshproduce; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance 4x basic salary

Employee Assistance Programme & BUPA

33 days annual leave

Funded apprenticeships & leadershipDev

Salary finance schemes

Staff transport service

Job summary

Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd, part of the Agrial group, is seeking a Technical Manager to lead the site’s technical services and ensure QMS compliance with BRC and customer standards. The role drives audits and HACCP/TACCP, and supports supplier approvals and packaging approvals.

You will work with a small technical team, manage KPI analyses and coordinate across stakeholders to uphold product safety and quality on-site. Standard UK hours, Monday–Friday.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in the food industry is essential.
• Experience leading a small team in a technical capacity.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP and BRC standards.
• Good interpersonal skills. Able to operate effectively within a team dealing with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills. Able to assimilate and present information to inform and influence decision making.
• Relevant auditing qualification/experience of auditing external businesses.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the QMS and its compliance to BRC and customer requirements.
• Manage the internal systems audit schedule and ensure all are completed on time and all non-conformances actioned.
• Conduct trend analysis on all Technical KPI’s, communicate all findings to stakeholders. Support closure of non-conformances.
• Active participant in HACCP, TACCP and all third-party audits.
• Manage supplier approval process, conduct supplier approval audits where necessary.
• Manage customer specification systems/portals.
• Ensure all equipment is calibrated to schedule.
• Participate in packaging approval and approve artwork on Brandbank.

Skills

Food industry experience

Technical leadership

HACCP knowledge

BRC standards

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Auditing qualification/experience

Job description

Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd, part of the Agrial group, is seeking a Technical Manager to lead the site’s technical services and ensure QMS compliance with BRC and customer standards. The role drives audits and HACCP/TACCP, and supports supplier approvals and packaging approvals.

You will work with a small technical team, manage KPI analyses and coordinate across stakeholders to uphold product safety and quality on-site. Standard UK hours, Monday–Friday.