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Technical Process Technologist

Employer
Jarvis Johnson
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£28-£32k per annum
Closing date
30 May 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Quality Assurance, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Our Client, a fast paced, high volume manufacturer of chilled foods for the major retailers, is looking for a Technical Process (Validation) Technologist for their site based in Kent. This is a key role within the Technical Team ensuring that the site’s risk assessments are live and accurate, with appropriate validations to maintain integrity and food safety.

Reporting to the Technical Services Manager and managing a team of QAs, key accountabilities for the role are:

  • Maintaining and updating the sites allergen, species and segregation risk assessments and associated factory documentation. Assessing feasibility for the introduction of new raw materials/ components/ product claims to the factory by analysing process flows
  • Carrying out validation and verification of process controls
  • Developing and maintaining the site’s thermal validation matrix, scheduling validations for new recipes and annual re-validations 
  • Conducting validation studies prior to the introduction of any new equipment or following any adjustments to existing equipment
  • Coordinating shelf life extension requests for raw materials, work in progress and existing finished products 
  • Conducting process audits as required to investigate customer complaints or internal issues 
 

Essential skills and experience include:

  • Sound understanding of food science and thermal processing in a food manufacturing environment
  • Excellent communication skills - customer and supplier facing role
  • Great organisational and time-management skills
  • Good standard of written English and Numeracy
  • Experience managing, motivating and developing a team
  • Ability to generate and interpret statistical data
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Good IT skills- data entry, report writing (graphs & charts) and photography
  • Full UK driving licence
 

The Company:

  • A well-established multi-site chilled food manufacturer
  • Modern and well invested sites
  • Supplying major retailers across the UK

If you are interested in applying for this role please apply AS SOON AS POSSIBLE quoting reference number JJ-P4358 with an updated CV, an indication of your current salary and your availability.

 

Company

Jarvis Johnson is a Specialist Recruitment and Interim Management Agency, set up by Technical Managers and “Placing Technical First” for the Food Manufacturing Industry.

We have a total database of over 6,500 candidates within our specialist areas of Technical, Quality and NPD, built up over the last 20 years.  

We identify candidates with specialist experience, seeking referrals from influential candidates within the market, combined with advertising on Food Industry specific and generalist job boards as well as searching external databases and our very wide LinkedIn Network.

We truly believe in building strong relationships with both our candidates and clients and we go the extra mile to find candidates who really fit in terms of experience, skills and personality/ culture fit.

If you’re an Interim Manager who wants to be notified on upcoming assignments or you are looking for a new permanent role and want to be kept updated on new vacancies then please email an updated CV together with location and remuneration details to enquiries@jarvisjohnson.co.uk 

If you are representing a Food Company and want to find out more about our Recruitment / Interim Management  services then please email enquiries@jarvisjohnson.co.uk  for a copy of our Terms of Business or call 01302 366967 to speak to our ex-Technical Manager Managing Director, Lisa Johnson

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
01302 366967
Location
70-72 Nottingham Road
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 1BN
United Kingdom

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