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Technical Officer (maternity contract)

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
London
Salary
to £30,000
Closing date
1 Sep 2019

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

Job Details

Technical Officer (maternity contract)

Job ref: 62341 | to £30,000 | London

The company

This is a well-established global trading company that imports and distributes ambient goods to a variety of industries including bakeries, confectionery companies, the ethnic trade, manufacturers, re-packers, wholesalers and health stores.  The company pride themselves in providing their customers with a personal first class service as well as products that meet the highest specifications.

The job

The role of Technical Officer is office based in a trading environment.  You will have broad responsibilities including supplier base, completing customer questionnaires, writing specifications and dealing with quality queries on a daily basis. Essential duties and responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring all products meet current legislation, specifications, food safety and BRC standards
  • Approving supplier base maintaining up to date documentation for suppliers
  • Completing regular monitoring of HACCP and QMS systems
  • Writing and maintaining product specifications
  • Managing supplier performance and assisting with the approval of new suppliers
  • Liaising closely with both suppliers and customers to develop and maintain strong working relationships

Your experience

To be considered for the Technical Officer’s job you will ideally be educated to a degree level in a food science or technology discipline and possess previous experience working in a food manufacturing technical or QA role. You will be able to demonstrate solid knowledge of HACCP and QMS systems plus possess excellent attention to detail and communication skills.  Experience of specifications (internal, retailer or generic) is also highly desirable.

More details

The Technical Officer job is based in London and is paying to £30,000. This is a maternity cover contract and the company would ideally like the successful candidate to start around October.  The role would be based on normal office working hours.

How to apply

If this really sounds like you and you want to be considered for the Technical Officer job, please click the Apply button.

Or, alternatively you can apply directly for this job, by emailing me, Becky Gander, becky@b3jobs.co.uk quoting job reference 62341.

What happens next?

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to be able to contact you about your job search, for full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website. We aim to contact you within 24 hours on the assumption that your credentials fit the requirements for the role.

b3 jobs is a professional, friendly and progressive food recruitment consultancy established in 2000 dedicated to the food manufacturing industry. We are a market leader for permanent jobs within food and drink manufacturing throughout the UK. All of our consultants have considerable experience in recruitment so you can be confident that they will have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.

We deal with food jobs covering product development / NPD, quality assurance / QA, technical, process, production, operations, planning, supply, sales, account management, engineering, microbiology, food technology, specifications, marketing, logistics, purchasing, hygiene and auditing. We cover all job levels including Assistants, Technologists, Technicians, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Managers and Directors.

Alternate job titles

Technical Administrator | QA Technologist | QA Technician | Technical Coordinator | Food Technologist | Food Industry Interim Technical Jobs | Quality Assurance Technologist | London | Specifications

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

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https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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