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Technical Manager

Employer
Silven Recruitment Limited
Location
East London
Salary
Circa £50k
Closing date
12 Mar 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Production
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Technical Manager

This role is a fantastic opportunity for an inspirational Technical Manager to drive forward innovation for my client. They are a fresh, sparky company ahead of their game and growing quickly – are you the right person to elevate their products to the next level?

Job Title: Technical Manager
Location: East London
Salary: Circa £50k

The Candidate:

  • Are you degree qualified with a several years' experience as a Technical Manager within the food manufacturing industry?
  • Experience of working in a capital intensive, process environment?
  • Can you demonstrate how you have improved Quality processes and systems?
  • Have you driven Food Safety standards across the food manufacturing facility?
  • As a Technical Manager, have you been responsible for dealing with the BRC and retailers in relation to audits, etc?
  • Practical knowledge of working to the Global BRC Standard for Food Safety V8 is essential.
  • Knowledge of other third party certification for food safety such as Global BRC Standards for Suppliers e.g. Agents and Brokers, Storage and Distribution, Packaging and Packaging Materials, plus IFS and ISO Standards e.g. ISO9000 & ISO22000 is required.
  • Level 4 Food Safety in Manufacturing
  • Level 3 in HACCP Principles (Level 4 preferred)


The Role:

  • To ensure the business maintaining its third party certification to the Global BRC standard for Food Safety
  • To ensure the business maintaining other third party certification i.e. Organic and Approval Status via the Local Authority.
  • To conduct audits on the supplier base and distribution companies where required and managing:
  • in - house audits, internal audits, second party audits from EHO, Trading Standards and Customers and third party audits as required.
  • Produce, update and review all Company supplier assurance documentation including raw material specifications, self- audit questionnaires and risk assessment documents.
  • Overseeing food safety, quality and hygiene controls that are carried out and documented by QA staff and on line personnel e.g. production, cleaning, warehouse/goods in and goods out staff and so from delivery to dispatch.
  • Review and involvement in daily tasting panels and ensuring product meeting sensory evaluation and velocity requirements.
  • Ensuring that all new ingredients and products fall within the company HACCP Plan / Food Safety Management Systems and before launch or re-presentation of seasonal lines.
  • Review, arrange or complete training requirements for all staff and including induction, on the job training, refresher training and certified training i.e. in food safety or HACCP and as applicable to job role.
  • Train and develop the Technical and QA team.
  • Schedules, budgeting and trending of microbiological results via external laboratories.
  • Managing schedules, review and trending of swabbing / air plate testing requirements e.g. verification swabs for pathogens, ATP and DNA swabs to confirm suitable environmental standards and segregation of allergens.


The Company:

  • My client is a food manufacturer who supplies to major retailers.
  • The company are keen to develop employees and provide career development opportunities.


What to do next:
Get in touch! If you think this role is for you, email your CV to keeley.grindrod@silven.co.uk with KG/4522 as a reference or give me a call on 0161 832 7463 and I'll be more than happy to have a chat and give you more information!
Not for you? That's ok! Maybe you know someone who would be suitable for this position? Pass them the link!



Company

The Silven team is full of passionate, committed and personable people, who have built their careers recruiting into their specialist markets.

We’ve developed many long standing client and candidate relationships along the way; mainly because we delight in helping companies to realise their plans and in assisting candidates to advance their careers.

If you are a client or candidate seeking advice and a service based on experience and knowledge of your market, we’d love to hear from you. Contacting us could be the best thing you do today.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0845 0036872
Location
Clarence House
4 Clarence Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M2 4DW
GB

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